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Schools across the U.S. are dealing with record heat — and no air conditioning
Aug 27, 2024
More than 10,000 schools nationwide lack air conditioning, according to the Center for Climate Integrity. And with soaring temps across the midwest and East Coast, some schools are releasing students early or closing altogether this week.
Report shows why some kids are struggling at school
Jun 11, 2024
The economic life of a child at home has a direct relationship to how things go at school, per the Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
End of pandemic funding forces some schools to consider cutting teachers, programming
May 15, 2024
School districts across the country have relied on a combined $190 billion in federal money for more than three years. But time’s up: the funds have to be accounted for by Sept. 30.
Federally funded electric buses are coming to a school near you
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Kate Grumke
Feb 19, 2024
A new federal program is beginning to send electric school buses to schools across the country, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Early adopting districts weigh in on how the new buses are working so far.
The UK's private schools may be getting even more expensive
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James Graham
Oct 19, 2023
Labour, the main opposition party in the United Kingdom, wants to undo a tax exemption private schools have enjoyed for decades.
Superintendents have always been politicians. Now they have to be diplomats too.
Jul 19, 2023
In a Rand survey, 80% of superintendents call their jobs stressful, largely because of the intrusion of political issues into schooling.
COVID broke the habit of attending school. Now, districts are spending millions to bring kids back
Jun 27, 2023
About one in three students are chronically absent, double the number before the pandemic.
For public good, not for profit.
Public spending on preschool hasn’t gone up in two decades
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Ali Budner
May 18, 2023
A new report finds that funding has stagnated in the last two decades. Some states are trying to buck the trend.
Why do teachers pay for school supplies with their own money?
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Janet Nguyen
Apr 7, 2023
Instructors are investing their cash, along with their skill and passion, in their students' education.
The advent of ChatGPT creates demand for software to detect its use
Feb 1, 2023
Since the chatbot launched, schools have sought tools to inform teachers when students try to pass off AI-generated writing as their own.