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Statewide launch of content and teacher tools

Nearpod, an instructional technology company, has teamed up with Agora Cyber Charter School to deploy the company's more than 6,500 lessons with K12 teachers...

Americans don’t agree on what they want from schools, and that’s fine

The more interesting takeaway from EdChoice's annual Schooling in America Survey is that there is not one form of education that the majority of...

Tentative deal struck in Chicago charter school strike

Teachers and management of Chicago's Acero Schools reached a tentative deal, putting an end to the nation's first-ever charter school strike. The agreement includes...

Arkansas high schoolers are using virtual reality to learn about concussions

This month, the state of Arkansas announced that it is teaming up with nonprofit public health group TeachAids to implement a new interactive education...

Groundbreaking study examines effects of screen time on kids

The federal government, through the National Institutes of Health, has launched the most ambitious study of adolescent brain development ever attempted. In part, scientists...

U.S. Department of Education to erase debts of teachers, fix troubled grant program

A plan is being released to help teachers who have been wrongly hit with debts, sometimes totaling tens of thousands of dollars, because of...

10 staggering statistics about struggling readers

Research has revealed some surprising facts about struggling readers and how they differ from peers who read at grade level. Watch this short video...

Missouri district picks Nicholle Ruess

The North County School District will start off the 2019 school year with Nicholle Ruess as the new superintendent, replacing Yancy Poorman, who is...

No evidence N.J. superintendent salary cap saved districts money, researcher finds

Initially billed as a cost-cutting measure, the New Jersey superintendent salary cap failed to save money and instead resulted in a higher probability that...

Ways to boost service learning in schools

There is a mistaken assumption that community service done by high school students occurs almost automatically and that the hours students give to charities...

After nationwide search, Reeds Spring leader chosen

Cody Hirschi, currently the superintendent of the Mid-Buchanan School District, has been named to head up the Reeds Spring School District in Missouri. He...

Fight for federal right to education takes a new turn

A new fight to secure a federal constitutional right to education is spreading across the country. This fight has been a long time coming...

Alejandro Ruvalcaba to lead California district

Rosemead School District's new superintendent is Alejandro Ruvalcaba. He most recently served as assistant superintendent in charge of human resources at the Upland USD....

Millennials join the school board, not long after high school

The millennial generation has arrived in school board politics. In Prince George's County's school system in Maryland, they once again make up a majority...

N.C. House School Safety Committee unveils new recommendations

Lawmakers approved six recommendations at their latest meeting, including further studying the development of a statewide system for mental health screening of school children...