As families move away to avoid deportation, excruciating goodbyes leave teachers feeling ‘completely empty’

National Math Stars, which funds tutoring, enrichment and supplies for 10 years, is moving into the Midwest, adding another 100 underserved students.

Educators say campus immigration enforcement will traumatize 'all students attending public schools.' School attendance is already reportedly down.

Oakland’s multilingual enrollment office goes to exceptional lengths to eliminate the “million reasons” why immigrant students aren’t in school.

The struggling Bay Area school system has made it its mission to embrace and educate these new arrivals now threatened by Donald Trump’s election.

The resolution reached with the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights also looks to remedy bias complaints not being properly recorded.

With little research or consensus on the topic — unlike its reading counterpart, dyslexia — educators are striving to identify and help kids with it.

Black girls were far more likely than Black boys to have 'a negative math identity' and to not see how the subject connects with their future.

Math education experts say schools should no longer classify kids as bad at the subject, but instead normalize accommodations and tutoring.

Researchers looking at two other states — Oregon and Michigan — find English learners less likely to take essential core classes than their peers.

In 35 states, students have a right to attend high school until at least age 20; a 74 investigation revealed a 19-year-old was repeatedly turned away.

After a 74 investigation found new arrivals routinely turned away, some long for what they could have accomplished with a HS diploma.

The 74’s reporting prompts 13 states to take added steps to ensure districts do not violate older immigrant students' right to attend school.

Vote is largely symbolic after school board already agreed to restore it, but districts nationwide are still grappling with when to offer algebra.

Central perk: Small-town coffee house in New York’s Hudson Valley offers much-needed jobs after high school.

Academic outcomes surge when high-achieving Black, Latino and low-income students take advanced HS math classes, but often they don’t get the chance.

Queries sent to 20 top schools, many known for engineering programs, found that 11 do not require calculus while 6 strongly recommend or encourage it.

Working with The Dana Center in Austin, many have reconfigured Algebra II and have added more pathways than just those leading to calculus.

The high school, where students can graduate with industry certifications in marine science or tech, will more than double its enrollment by 2030.

A 2019 policy change increased the number of Hispanic, Black & English learner children — the majority of Dallas students — without decreasing scores.

Teacher staffing levels for English learners swing widely across the country and shortages abound, but appropriate class size can hinge on many things.

A lone individual fueled a huge spike in discrimination complaints last year — the same person behind 6,157 similar claims to the office in 2016.

The course has, for decades, served as a signal to admissions officers that a student’s coursework has been robust. But some in education say it’s time to reconsider this de facto requirement.

Some argue it’s necessary for success in high school, college and beyond, while others say its requirement furthers racial inequity.

Tom Horne, who dismantled bilingual ed and stomped out ethnic studies, is back — this time targeting CRT and growing the state’s voucher program.

Districts’ failure to quickly enroll and assess young immigrants can cause lasting educational, emotional damage.

Unclear if Uvalde tragedy will soften Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s tough talk on undocumented students as his anti-immigration policies face scrutiny.

Many have struggled to balance their studies with painful images from home, including possible war crimes committed by Russian forces against civilians.

Oklahoma recently joined several other states in requiring students to pass the same citizenship test administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in order to graduate from high school.

Experts say teachers have not been adequately trained to spot these students’ gifts and that schools’ failure to recognize and grow their talent could turn them off to school entirely.

Instead of telling students what happened at the Capitol, educators are asking them to conduct their own investigations using credible news sources and critical thinking to shape their perceptions.

A brand-new joint venture between the district, located some 20 miles north of Manhattan, and a local educational enrichment organization, it promised a far more academic focus than a typical summer camp.

Most school districts have general liability insurance, which does not cover communicable diseases like COVID.

The News Literacy Project, a nonpartisan national education nonprofit that provides programs and resources to help people of all ages become smart, active news consumers, released a new tool for teachers today to aid in their ongoing battle against disinformation.

Infants born during the pandemic produced significantly fewer vocalizations and had less verbal back-and-forth with their caretakers compared to those born before COVID.

The study, conducted by the University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab, examined the outcomes of students who were slated to graduate from high school between 2011 and 2020.

Conservative parent group Moms for Liberty, which spent 1,200 hours dissecting its contents last year, called for the removal of 31 books.

A year after the Taliban seized power, Afghan students who fled to the U.S., some with limited education, soak up culture, language and opportunity.

Facts laid out in grand jury report cut through political acrimony over transgender bathroom policies, parental rights and an activist governor’s role.

Pandemic-related school closures, which caused an alarming rate of learning loss among the country’s most vulnerable students, have prompted some administrators to reconsider the school calendar.

The November election of four conservative members to Colorado’s Douglas County school board led to the firing this month of the district’s beloved superintendent and the swift mobilization of teachers, students and community members against his dismissal.

With no clear sense of the future, they pray for a quick resolution to the war while bracing for the possibility of a long and painful insurgency.

Former schools chief claims discrimination, retaliation. Critics call his replacement, who is pledging to unite the district, underqualified.

From February until just this week, Mexico has been the second-to-last stop on a journey to a semblance of normalcy for Ukrainian families.

Children relish returning to class while parents fret about the future — and worry for the safety of family and friends left behind.

Districts’ failure to quickly enroll and assess young immigrants can cause lasting educational, emotional damage.

Thousands of English language learners could be headed for American public schools in the coming months due to recent changes in U.S. immigration policy and devastating natural disasters in Central and South America.

Teachers say pandemic-related setbacks in mathematics will linger well into the coming school year, especially for students who suffered the most during shutdowns.

The program’s very existence at the national level has grown increasingly politically polarized in recent years, with many progressives pushing for its dismantling and conservatives arguing for its preservation.

As the U.S. inches closer to greenlighting one or more vaccines, teachers have once again become a focal point in the nation’s battle against COVID-19.

School closures can be challenging for children with special needs, particularly those who rely on a team of teachers and therapists to access their education and who can’t replicate those services at home.

Schools across the country, concerned about children falling behind academically and bolstered by additional federal funding, are turning to summer school and enrichment programs to shore up students’ skills before they start the new school year.

Federal Probes into Lack of School Services for Special Needs Students Reflect Nearly a Year of Parental Anguish, Advocates Say

Most school districts have general liability insurance, which does not cover communicable diseases like COVID.

In 2019, The Sidewalk School opened in a cramped tent city on the U.S.-Mexico border. Now its students, craving educational opportunities in the States, face their latest challenge: learning during a pandemic.

Fueled by protesters’ calls to remake urban police forces in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, officials from New York City to Los Angeles are trying to steer funds once earmarked for law enforcement toward education.

Walla Walla Public Schools in the state of Washington calls them “look fors” and “listen fors”: the subtle but telltale signs that students are struggling with their mental health.

Activists want to know how Hempstead’s “transitional school” students will make up
class time

How a little girl helped her grandfather battle emotional and physical scars of 9/11

How shorter winters, hotter summers and rising waters could transform the Island — and what scientists say can be done

Sachem faces the loss of 229 faculty and staff and possible consolidation or closure of schools under a revised budget for 2013-14 to be offered in next week’s revote

Sandy 1 Year Later: Few long-term fixes in place. Perils remain for tens of thousands near shore

Narcan saves lives and gives addicts a chance to overcome their addictions

States watch, worry as NY’s battle over evaluations plays out

Independent report finds students given ‘inappropriate staff-directed assistance’ at two elementaries

Bellport resident Rossellini mixes humor,message in offbeat play about animals’ mating habits

$144G in fines for 2 administrators, 6 teachers in Glen Cove cheating scandal

One-time child violinist next heads to elite music program

With funds short, the National Center for Missing Adults faces its own disappearance

Stiffed storage facility owner to put Blagojevich’s belongings on the block

Owner fumes as home in slayings sits in ruin

Latino investors trusted couple, prosecutors say

Bank-owned homes to get new life