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PIERRE, S.D. — The killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis has amplified calls for white people to openly discuss systemic racism. Those calls include adults having talks with school-age children. Protesters demanding racial justice say providing children with a better understanding of the history behind...
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The job market is rapidly changing, thanks to new and emerging technologies. As a result, job training has become highly specialized, even at the high school level. While young people living in urban and suburban communities often benefit from on-site access to the specialized education that they will need...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In California and across the nation, districts are struggling to hire enough teachers. And the shortage is getting worse, according to a new report. There remains a supply gap of about 110,000 teachers nationwide as of last school year, primarily because more teachers are quitting or...
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PHOENIX – Mientras un reporte nacional sobre programas preescolares recientemente dio a Arizona una nota baja, el grupo defensor local Primero lo Primero (First Things First) afirma estar haciendo progresos en el estado en estándares de calidad que no se reflejan en el reporte de la Universidad Rutgers. El...
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PHOENIX — A study of literacy programs for Arizona third-graders found that children who live in poverty or attend rural schools are at a disadvantage in learning to read. The report evaluated how effective reading instruction programs were for third-grade students based on a number of key metrics derived...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California could become the first state in the nation to ban the dissection of animals in K-12 schools if a bill just introduced in the state Legislature were to pass. Assembly Bill 1586, called the Replacing Animals in Science Education (or...
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SCCOE SAN JOSE, CA – On Thursday December 6, the California Department of Education released the 2018 edition of the California School Dashboard. The California Dashboard allows users to measure local schools and districts across a number of indicators. The 2018 Dashboard includes more user-friendly tools and accessible data. In...
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Students at McCollam Elementary celebrate Mexican culture with event themed on Disney’s Coco film and Día de los Muertos Think Together SAN JOSE, Calif. – Think Together, a statewide nonprofit organization that partners with schools to provide early learning, afterschool and support programs, hosted a Lights On Afterschool rally on October 25...
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DEBORAH TEMKIN Child Trends Getting enough good sleep is critical for adolescents’ health, education, and overall well-being, but data from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey suggest that only one in four high school students (27 percent) receives more than eight hours of sleep per night. However, sleep scientistsrecommend that adolescents receive...
PIERRE, S.D. — The killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis has amplified calls for white people to openly discuss systemic racism. Those calls include adults having talks with school-age children. Protesters demanding racial justice say providing children with a better understanding of the history behind...
The job market is rapidly changing, thanks to new and emerging technologies. As a result, job training has become highly specialized, even at the high school level. While young people living in urban and suburban communities often benefit from on-site access to the specialized education that they will need...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In California and across the nation, districts are struggling to hire enough teachers. And the shortage is getting worse, according to a new report. There remains a supply gap of about 110,000 teachers nationwide as of last school year, primarily because more teachers are quitting or...
PHOENIX – Mientras un reporte nacional sobre programas preescolares recientemente dio a Arizona una nota baja, el grupo defensor local Primero lo Primero (First Things First) afirma estar haciendo progresos en el estado en estándares de calidad que no se reflejan en el reporte de la Universidad Rutgers. El...
PHOENIX — A study of literacy programs for Arizona third-graders found that children who live in poverty or attend rural schools are at a disadvantage in learning to read. The report evaluated how effective reading instruction programs were for third-grade students based on a number of key metrics derived...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California could become the first state in the nation to ban the dissection of animals in K-12 schools if a bill just introduced in the state Legislature were to pass. Assembly Bill 1586, called the Replacing Animals in Science Education (or...
SCCOE SAN JOSE, CA – On Thursday December 6, the California Department of Education released the 2018 edition of the California School Dashboard. The California Dashboard allows users to measure local schools and districts across a number of indicators. The 2018 Dashboard includes more user-friendly tools and accessible data. In...
Students at McCollam Elementary celebrate Mexican culture with event themed on Disney’s Coco film and Día de los Muertos Think Together SAN JOSE, Calif. – Think Together, a statewide nonprofit organization that partners with schools to provide early learning, afterschool and support programs, hosted a Lights On Afterschool rally on October 25...
DEBORAH TEMKIN Child Trends Getting enough good sleep is critical for adolescents’ health, education, and overall well-being, but data from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey suggest that only one in four high school students (27 percent) receives more than eight hours of sleep per night. However, sleep scientistsrecommend that adolescents receive...