Young refugees who have fled foreign war zones, religious violence and dire poverty represent some of the country’s most “at-risk” students. In one New York district, for instance, refugee students who recently heard alarms during a fire drill worried the school was being bombed. About 61,000 refugees age 17 and younger entered the U.S. between […]

Districts and states that have done the best job graduating homeless students have now seen some of their practices enshrined in federal law as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act. “The things some districts are doing well are now instituted as expectations for all districts” says Barbara Duffield, director of policy and programs for […]

Equity in K12 education doesn’t mean the same thing as equality. In fact, achieving true equity often requires providing lower-income schools and students with more resources than are given others in the same district, says Joel Boyd, superintendent of Santa Fe Public Schools in New Mexico. “Fair student funding means some students are funded at […]

Administrators, teachers and other school personnel have been ordering supplies from Amazon.com for years, but the e-tailing colossus has now jumped formally into the education procurement market. And some in the procurement business see benefits. “If they are bringing a new level of service and pricing and breadth of products, then the providers in that […]

Prevent people from starting heroin Reduce prescription opioid painkiller abuse. Improve opioid painkiller prescribing practices and identify high-risk individuals early. Reduce heroin addiction Ensure access to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT). Treat people addicted to heroin or prescription opioid painkillers with MAT, which combines the use of medications (methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone) with counseling and behavioral therapies. […]

The number of districts and states rushing to stock an emergency antidote that can revive students suffering heroin overdoses shows the severe degree to which the nation’s latest drug epidemic has disrupted schools. Students who in the past might have abused marijuana, painkillers and other prescription drugs have turned to heroin, which is now cheaper […]

In the mountains of western North Carolina, administrators in Buncombe County Schools have seen a steady rise in the number of its 25,500 students who are homeless, food-insecure and involved in domestic violence. The need for increased mental health care has led the district to adopt social-emotional learning models designed to help students at its […]

In January, the Jackson Public Schools became the first district in Mississippi to launch an evening high school that students attend from 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. It’s designed for students whose other commitments—such as jobs or caring for their own children or younger siblings—make traditional school hours difficult. A similar evening program in neighboring Alabama […]