News & Issues

On the question of homework, we are clearly giving kids more than adults got when they went to school. We wonder why and to what end.

A bill to scrap a charter school commission in IL that can overrule a local school board's decision has passed the House Elem. & Sec. Ed. Comte., and it now heads to the full House.

Common sense may prevail in N.C., at least if the board in Wake County has anything to say: they called for the repeal of a law that asks teachers to sign away their due process rights.

Hoping to reduce the number of students suspended and expelled, CPS released data showing that the expulsion rate at privately run charter schools is exceedingly high.

Trying to fix a loophole in Md. that allows part-time teachers to have sex with 16- or 17-year-old students will perhaps create a brand new loophole over age differences.

2 schools in Chicago have teachers who have consciously decided to boycott the administration of the ISAT. School leaders have sent letters.

Teachers in the Chicago Public Schools had a professional development session, about a minute of which was posted on YouTube. You're gonna wanna see this.

The Network for Public Education, led by education historian Diane Ravitch, will host its first conference in Austin on March 1 and 2.

The President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans is a dream team when it comes to advocating for the educational needs of black communities.