But while these nonpartisan positions wield little power, they have become symbolic battlegrounds over the future of public education — and the members of the board have emerged as visible education advocates in the city. Some of the issues dividing the board are mayoral control and, of course, how schools […]
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Las Vegas Sun The Clark County Government Center is seen Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 | 2 a.m. Editor’s note: Candidates receiving the Sun’s endorsements are listed in bold type. NEVADA BOARD OF REGENTS The Sun will preface our endorsements here by saying the most important vote regarding […]
Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account program took another hit Tuesday, with the Tennessee Court of Appeals upholding a lower court’s decision that the controversial plan is unconstitutional. A three-member panel of the Court of Appeals upheld a previous decision by Davidson County Chancery Court Judge Anne Martin, who ruled against the […]
Share This Article: Photo via Pixabay An education task force released a report Monday highlighting the urgency for every San Diego County student to have equitable access to learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Support Times of San Diego’s growthwith a small monthly contribution For distance learning to be equitable, teachers […]
After a yearlong investigation into the alleged wrongdoing of the Manor school board president, the Texas Education Agency is assigning a monitor to oversee the Manor district and its school board members, according to a correction action plan sent to Manor this month and obtained by the American-Statesman. A monitor, […]
Snowstorms. Hurricanes. Shootings. Educators and the students they serve have long been at the mercy of crises; most have some sort of plan for disasters. But with coronavirus, a new national emergency forced districts to rewrite their playbooks. While it’s obvious how COVID-19 changed the structure of school, what’s less […]
The Orange County Board of Education’s bid to force California to re-open school campuses for in-person learning ended Wednesday when the California Supreme Court refused to hear the case. Board of Education President Ken Williams expressed disappointment with the ruling. “I am sorry that the state Supreme Court did not […]
© Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA The UK education secretary, Gavin Williamson, has defended the government’s U-turn on pupils in England wearing face masks in schools after coming under fire from Conservative MPs over the move. Just hours after the cabinet minister Alok Sharma said on Tuesday morning […]
The virtual school door had problems opening Wednesday morning in Broward County. Students were met with login errors, slow connectivity and crashing dashboards during the first day of the new school year, held virtually at public schools across Broward County. The issues frustrated parents who were hoping their children would […]
Parents across America are facing the pandemic school year feeling overwhelmed, anxious and abandoned. With few good options for support, the vast majority have resigned themselves to going it alone, a new survey for The New York Times has found. Just one in seven parents said their children would be […]
Giulia Zonza Photography At one point or another, most of us in lockdown will have tried out a new recipe – and failed. Perhaps you couldn’t bring your sourdough starter to life, or maybe your hand-cut noodles were too thick, too chewy or too much of a sloppy mess. At […]
RIVERHEAD, NY — With schools set to reopen soon, nine parent information sessions have been scheduled to discuss the Riverhead Central School district’s plan. In preparing for the opening of its seven schools, district officials scheduled the nine school-specific parent information Zoom meetings; the meetings are in addition to the […]
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL — A group of parents has filed a lawsuit against the Hillsborough County School District objecting to the district’s policy that all students, staff and visitors wear face masks at school. Hillsborough County will begin the school year Monday with all students learning online from their homes. […]
Beginning your first year of medical school is daunting. Beginning your first year of med school in a pandemic, faced with varying degrees of remote learning, is even more daunting. By and large, medical schools have made significant adjustments to their first-year curriculums to accommodate the specific challenges of social […]
HAMPTON BAYS, NY — With schools set to reopen soon, two new community forums to discuss the Hampton Bays Public School district’s plan have been scheduled. The district, which held a first meeting on July 31, has planned additional forums for Wednesday, August 19 at 6 p.m. and Friday, August […]
Giulia Zonza Photography At one point or another, most of us in lockdown will have tried out a new recipe – and failed. Perhaps you couldn’t bring your sourdough starter to life, or maybe your hand-cut noodles were too thick, too chewy or too much of a sloppy mess. At […]
Traci Wells was at a school board meeting when she found out the springtime balancing act between her job and helping her children with online schooling would stretch into the fall. “I was like, I cannot do six more months of this,” says Wells, a mother of four, who is director […]
The usual debates in education circles aren’t helping right now. These conversations — about school choice and vouchers and equity, public vs. private vs. charter vs. home, standardized testing and screen time and district residency rules and teachers’ unions — can’t be suspended as COVID-19 spikes around the country ahead […]
Traci Wells was at a school board meeting when she found out the springtime balancing act between her job and helping her children with online schooling would stretch into the fall. “I was like, I cannot do six more months of this,” says Wells, a mother of four, who is director […]