Public Education
Falling student enrollment triggers closure conversations, highlights strains on half-empty buildingsU.S. public schools are beginning to tackle the problem of severe under-enrollment – a decision delayed by years of federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funding. “Public school enrollment is projected to… Read More
Public Education
Law firm calls for probe into North Carolina district after 4 complaints from autistic studentsA nonprofit law firm has requested a systemic investigation into one of North Carolina’s districts after filing four complaints this year on behalf of families with autistic students. “Just… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Teacher survey shows they need help, but they’re looking in all the wrong placesAs a homeschool mom, I’m constantly discovering former public-school teachers turned homeschoolers – and I admire them as some of America’s greatest yet often-unrecognized heroes. Take Sallie Schaaf Borrink, a former schoolteacher who now runs a … Read More
Public Education
Nashville adding weapon detection systems to middle schools in wake of deadly shootingWeapon detection systems will be expanded from high schools to middle schools in the Metropolitan Nashville Public School district, according to WSMV 4 News. As… Read More
Public Education
Boston University study cites state’s private-school growth, public-school decline since COVID pandemicA new Boston University study has discovered the most affluent 20% of public-school districts in Massachusetts lost more students than the other 80% combined since the COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously,… Read More