As part of a large education bill passed through the state legislature last month, students will be allowed to enter kindergarten only if they have turned age 5 by the start of September. The change will take effect July 1, 2024, affecting as many as 11,500 children for the 2024-25 school year. 

Across the nation, educator shortages continue unabated. But leaders in these three states are hoping to change the narrative through teacher-centered reform.

The West Virginia district's instructional innovations kicked into high gear when Superintendent Adam Cheeseman got his students involved in bringing broadband to his rural community.

Dozens of teachers from school districts across central Ohio spent a day last month at Congregation Beth Tikvah in Worthington, a Jewish synagogue, where they received hands-on instruction so they could better educate the future generations of children about the Holocaust and the dangers of antisemitism.