Making public schools more inclusive and safer for transgender students would no longer be optional in Washington if legislators pass a bill heard Monday. School districts would be required to develop a policy to conform to state law that addresses the challenges transgender students face.

Striking teachers in West Virginia celebrated as lawmakers rejected a bill that would have opened the first charter schools in the state as unions become more vocal about the public schools run by private groups.

It's past time districts introduce accountability goals that address the source of our educational problems: segregation. Housing segregation undoubtedly makes it difficult to create integrated schools. While it's harder to change neighborhoods than to change schools, we can make sure schools don't replicate our segregated lifestyles. Diverse cities like New York offer an opportunity to create diverse schools.

Ridgeway R-V school system Superintendent Brenda Dougan will head up the Northeast Nodaway R-V School District starting July 1.

PowerSchool, a leading provider of K-12 education technology solutions, announced that PowerSchool SIS, its award-winning student information system, was selected by the Alabama State Department of Education to provide services for 750,000 students at public schools and districts throughout the state. PowerSchool SIS is an award-winning student information system for educational institutions that powers school […]

Illuminate Education, the leading K-12 Education Intelligence Platform (EIP), announces the release of its Achievement Dashboard product. With a focus on efficiency and usability, Achievement Dashboard is an interactive tool with customizable visualizations of real-time data to help district administrators collaborate, create shareable insights and design effective strategic plans. Through its intuitive platform, Achievement Dashboard […]

VizZle has launched a beta version of a new digital curriculum solution for K-12 special education programs in Texas. The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) aligned curriculum which contains instructional field guides that include essence statements and student expectations was created by coordinators at Lubbock ISD. Paired with VizZle’s vertical alignment functionality, interactive lessons […]

A study released by the Public School Forum of North Carolina once again shows a chronic and growing gap in public school funding between the highest and lowest-wealth counties. The study found that the 10 highest spending counties spent on average $3,200 per student compared to $755 by the 10 lowest spending counties.