For decades, educators have assumed that learning arithmetic in school helps students solve real-world problems. Yet, a new ...

Schools are struggling to get chronic absenteeism to pre-pandemic levels, five years after it spiked during COVID-19. Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing more than 10 percent of school days.

Charter school court cases of the past (and at least one of the future) turn on the wonky term “state actor.” Is a charter school a state actor or not? If a charter school is a state actor, meaning ...

These days it’s impossible to avoid the avalanche of evidence about young men falling behind in America. Within the last month, the New York Times laid out the dismal data, the Wall Street Journal ...

In my last blog post, we looked at how to step back from worry about aspects of school life—whether yours or your child’s—and use a series of questions to clarify whether the concern is useful, ...

(WESTERN WAYNE NEWS) — Students, parents, administrators and board members attending Western Wayne School Board’s March 12 meeting brought their frustrations, concerns and demands for action. Many ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...

While educators debate AI policies, students are using ChatGPT to build million-dollar businesses, forcing schools to confront a new reality: Students aren’t preparing for the future — they’re already ...