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In a recent meeting to discuss school personnel issues, the Denver school board voted 5-2 to not renew the contracts of 220 probationary teachers. The decision came after a 10-hour meeting that ended in a vote to delay the decision over the weekend.... Read More

Carroll County district, a 3,900-student district in southwestern Virginia, plans to end its contract with K12 Inc., the for-profit provider that operates the state’s largest full-time, online school and provides virtual schools and education services across the county.... Read More

The Chicago Board of Education will vote this week on whether to shut down 53 elementary schools and one high school program a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. The school board will vote on the plan this Wednesday.... Read More

A decade ago, the rallying cry for education reform standards was No Child Left Behind. Now it is Common Core Standards. And just like NCLB, debate over the necessity of Common Core is heating up, with just as many touting it’s necessity as saying it is unwarranted.... Read More

Religious private school students are nearly a year ahead academically of their public and charter school peers, according to a study by William Jeynes, Professor of Education at California State University-Long Beach and a Senior Fellow at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey.... Read More

For the first time, state School Superintendent Dr. John Barge released Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) that measures schools and school districts on a new, easy-to-understand 100-point scale.... Read More

In the wake of last January’s Miramonte Elementary School Scandal, Los Angeles Unified School District has adopted a new zero tolerance policy for teachers. The district is now looking to toughen those policies to include cheating as an instantly fireable offense.... Read More

Earlier, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced that participation in the newly formed voucher program has nearly doubled in the last year. However, a new ruling from the Louisiana State Supreme Court has left administrators, politicians and supporters scrambling for a new way to fund the program.... Read More

Álamos, Sonora is a poor town with sparse educational resources. Girls often get pregnant young, and many of the children eventually get into crime. But long before these events, at the most pertinent and influential time in their lives, the children asked for a summer camp - something to do during the long hot summer months. Summer learning has proven to be of great benefit to children. To these children, it is especially important.... Read More

After sporadic problems with online ACT testing last week, the Kentucky Department of Education is moving to pencil-and-paper tests.... Read More