One in four district leaders recently surveyed say chronic absenteeism is so bad that none of their strategies are working, according to The 74. Some attribute the problem to increased parental apathy about the importance
The shortage of qualified STEM teachers is a pressing issue, as schools struggle to recruit and retain educators in high-demand fields like cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, according to a news brief in Education Slice. Says
“When my Los Angeles high school banned cell phones, I brought in a boombox and my CD collection,” writes Joel Snyder, a government and economics teacher in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood of Los Angeles, in a
“Educators know the value of students learning great works of poetry, but teaching poetry often lacks a key ingredient: orality,” writes Clay Greene, assistant professor of literature at the University of Austin, in an Education
More than 8 million high schoolers are active in school-sponsored sports, an all-time high, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), as reported in K-12 Dive. Sports participation grew by 210,469
Federal, state and local education leaders recently gathered at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House for an “Every Day Counts Summit” to encourage families, community organizations, local elected officials, businesses, faith leaders,
Climbing rates of chronic absenteeism, increasingly disengaged students, historically low rates of college readiness among high school seniors, declining college enrollment – the fall out of the pandemic has educators thinking intensely about high school
New guidance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency helps schools strengthen protection strategies as threats increase nationwide, according to a K-12 Dive article. FBI data found schools were targeted in more than 6,000 threats in 2022,
Most school districts are ill-equipped to handle “Deepfakes“—artificial intelligence-manipulated video, audio, or images created using someone’s voice or likeness without their permission, according to an Education Week article. Most educators haven’t had training on the
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