Schubart: It’s time to question our public school curriculum
Fifth-grade students at Union Elementary School in Montpelier in 2013. File photo by Roger Crowley/for VTDigger Bill Schubart, a retired...
Science & Education
House, Senate firm up education committee leadership. Big issues await.
Florida’s new lawmakers have been sworn in, and committee weeks are a month away. Leaders in both chambers have now...
How Betsy DeVos’s Department of Education navigated key issues
Over the past four years, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos found support among some in the Jewish community for her...
What should education issues for the next administration look like?
Nearly everyone in education wonders how the new administration plans to shape the federal role in the sector and how...
Challenges to delivering special education have increased during the COVID era
Jaylene Hill attends classes online at her mom’s job on Wednesday, Dec. 2. (Photo courtesy of Adiel Dominguez) When COVID-19...
Superintendents ask state to address COVID-19 testing issues
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – As Florida schools reopen this month, district superintendents are calling on state officials to address two major...
Race and Schools Are at the Core of Trump’s ‘Suburban Lifestyle Dream’
—iStock/Getty Over the last few weeks, President Donald Trump has ramped up his election-year pitch to the suburbs, and it...
Teachers blocking in-person learning: NJEA issues statement advocating remote-only for September
MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ - If your child's teacher wants to go back to school, they will need to speak up quickly....
Brighton schools vote delayed due to Zoom meeting problems
Brighton Area Schools Board of Education was expected to vote Monday night on a plan to send students back to...
School Zone, a weekly newsletter on local education issues
Published: 8/10/2020 9:50:02 AM Eileen O’Grady, the Monitor’s Report for America journalist covering education, is launching School Zone, a weekly...
