Hogan won’t sign ESSA plan for Maryland
Md.'s gov. wouldn't sign off on the state board's school accountability plan, but his objections were based on the use of standardized tests.
News & Issues
DeVos wants US to rethink schools’ mundane malaise
US Ed Sec'y Betsy DeVos said for too many kids, school is just a "mundane malaise" that hasn't been updated in at least 2 generations. Agree?
Texas students put 9/11 in a hurricane context
It's been 16 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, and Pa. How did your school remember those who died?
Can DeVos and privatization be stopped?
The public school privatization argument is worth talking about—if only to bust the myth that it will solve all our problems. It won't even come close.
IL school funding resolution not all peaceful
A compromise was reached in the IL school funding fiasco, but one provision, a voucher program, troubles some educators and politicians.
Trump’s DACA ax makes life rough for students
The overwhelming majority of Americans support allowing kids who are in the US under DACA protection to stay here, even if the DACA program ends.
Selinsgrove confronts a drug abuse problem
Drug problems are certainly affecting US schools and US schoolchildren, reports Hilde Lysiak from Selinsgrove, Pa.
Post-Katrina lessons for student hurricane victims
Even in the face of a natural disaster, kids can show great resilience. But everyone has to beware of the dangers that come in a hurricane's wake.
Schools continue to send help for hurricane victims
Helping people in need includes helping schools that suffered losses in recent hurricanes. Schools in Md. & a marching band in IL step up.
When the school bus just never shows up
Parents in Kent Co., Md., complain that school buses don't show up, etc., as the district works with a new out-of-town transportation provider.