By Perry Stein December 3, 2018 Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday named the Indianapolis schools superintendent to be the next leader of D.C. Public Schools, choosing an heir to the educational philosophy that put the city’s classrooms in the national spotlight a decade ago. Lewis D. Ferebee, who served for five years as superintendent…
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How President George H.W. Bush helped pave the way for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Valerie Strauss December 4 at 7:00 AM If you were to create a list of the most influential presidents when it comes to education policy, it isn’t likely that George H.W. Bush would be on it. His son, George W. Bush, would be, with his 2002 No Child Left Behind Act. And Barack Obama might…
8 Pieces of Advice to Improve Public Education
By Guest Blogger Chris Gleason The instructions for living a life, according to great American poet Mary Oliver, are: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. Recently, I had an opportunity to put Mary Oliver’s declaration in action when I attended the NEA Foundation’s Keeping the Promise of Public Education Symposium. Many speakers shared their stories…
Are KC public schools on the verge of a breakthrough? Full accreditation within reach
BY STEVE KRASKE November 25, 2018 Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell and student Naima Wilson Jill Toyoshiba Charlie Shields is the president of the Missouri State Board of Education. So he’s got a lot of pull when it comes to the plight of Kansas City Public Schools. The district’s challenges center on one…
SC public schools just got graded. How did your child’s Beaufort County school stack up?
BY MAGGIE ANGST November 29, 2018 05:46 PM A third of Beaufort County public schools are performing below S.C. standards — and two schools are among the bottom 9 percent in the state, according to a new report released Thursday. For the first time in four years, the S.C. Department of Education released school…
With salaries up, schools eye funding for facilities
The Higley Unified School District office at twilight. (Courtesy of Higley Unified School District) Tom Blodgett Dec 3, 2018 MST Like many school districts in Arizona the three public school districts that serve Gilbert are in an improved situation this school year; however, work remains to be done to restore their financial health, district officials…
The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade
JILL BARSHAY November 26, 2018 What does the declining birthrate mean for elementary, middle and high schools across the country? According to one set of projections, it could mean 8.5 percent fewer public school students a decade from now. “If it does come true, we’re going to see massive changes,” said Mike Griffith, a…
Cincinnati Public Schools enrollment continues to grow
by Meghan Mongillo Wednesday, November 28th 2018 CINCINNATI (WKRC) – The Cincinnati Public School district is growing big and fast. The district says it’s projected to have more than 450 new students in 2019. More families are choosing CPS. In 2018, the number is higher than what district leaders thought it would be. There are…
Boston Public Schools plan bumps off middle schools
170-page document dump outlines district’s future plans Taylor Pettaway Friday, November 30, 2018 Phase two of the BuildBPS plan was released at the School Committee meeting Wednesday night, with the 170-page document confirming the elimination of middle schools, outlining building renovations and providing a neighborhood analysis of each area. It outlines the district’s plan…
Alabama public school enrollment down, Hispanic student population growing
By Trisha Powell Crain Enrollment in Alabama’s public schools has declined for the fifth year in a row, to 722,212 statewide, down from 726,924 last year, according to 2018-2019 enrollment numbers posted on the Alabama State Department of Education’s website. Hispanic students, while representing only 8.4 percent of the student population statewide, are the fastest-growing student group,…
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