Less than half of eligible U.S. students attended summer school last year, despite robust academic programs, according to a newly released Rand survey of K-12 school districts, as reported in Education Slice. In 2023, 81%
A potential benefit of summer learning programs is to give educators an opportunity to test out new approaches to persistent challenges like family engagement, according to Education Week. That’s what Beth Holland argued in an
The developers of a new climate-centered, open source curriculum focused on land subsidence in California’s Central Valley promise the lessons for 7th graders will be joyful, engaging and rigorous, according to an article in K-12
At Haileybury, a leading co-educational private school in Melbourne, Australia, fostering a supportive work environment that is ingrained into the school’s culture has been key to both attracting and retaining quality staff, according to The
Edtech has fundamentally changed the way the K-12 ecosystem works, providing high-level insights and back-office management benefits for educators, and presenting students with a wealth of information–and entirely new ways to learn it, according to
Two decades ago, no one could have predicted that a device small enough to fit in a student’s back pocket could upend K-12 education, according to Education Week. But in recent years, cellphones have emerged
The demand for special education services is increasing, particularly in the wake of the pandemic, according to eSchool News. Staff who provide those services, however, are becoming fewer and farther between. In 2023, 65 percent
“Calls to transform U.S. K–12 schools grow more pressing each day. Yet the complex web of relationships and expectations that shape most schools—referred to in innovation theory as their value networks—create formidable barriers to change,”
In 2023, roughly 1 student out of 4 was chronically absent across the school year, according to NPR. The problem is aligned with historic drops in reading and math scores nationwide. School districts have launched
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