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After 20 years of enrolling nearly 1.2 million pre-kindergarten children, a new, first-of-a-kind study is showing that students who completed the program are outperforming their national peers in both math and reading.... Read More

Nevada Democratic legislative leaders unveiled a new plan to improve and reform education for young children in the state, calling for an expansion of the number of public schools with full-day kindergarten, limiting class sizes and increasing preschool learning opportunities for 3- and 4-year-olds.... Read More

Former chancellor of the Washington, D.C. public schools, Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst organization, released its first annual report card that examines states’ environments for passing education reform laws.... Read More

After a vote of 3 to 2, the school board in Tucson, Ariz. lifted its objection to including “culturally relevant coursework” in the core curriculum. This bodes well for the recently suspended Mexican American Studies program, meaning it has the potential to return.... Read More

In the teacher-strike-ending agreement made in August, Mayor Rahm Emanuel got the longer school day he was pushing for, but he also agreed to hire nearly 500 more teachers and “make the school day better” by improving school music, art and physical education programs.... Read More

Gov. Rick Scott and his Blue Ribbon Task Force on State Higher Education are championing a plan for Fla. universities to charge less tuition for students who choose STEM majors.... Read More

In a new report from a New York education commission appointed by the governor, the commission recommended longer teaching days and academic years, teacher competency exams, more pre-kindergarten, district consolidations and the recruitment of top high school and college graduates as educators.... Read More

Looking to overhaul the way funding is distributed to schools in the state of California, California Governor Jerry Brown is planning sweeping policy changes that would provide more funding for schools in poorer areas with disadvantaged students.... Read More

When a child struggles with math, often they just attribute it to a lack of natural talent, or even being ‘dumb in math.’ However, a new study out of the journal Child Development shows that the key factors in developing math skills are actually motivation and developing good study skills.... Read More

K-12 education programs have been temporarily spared from what could be the largest across-the-board cuts in history under a ‘fiscal cliff’ bill approved by Congress this Tuesday.... Read More