Education Policy & Legislation

2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (607+ words) Texas education officials approved new high school social studies standards, drawing support from Moms for Liberty members who urged their passage before the State Board of Education’s final vote. The SBOE gave final approval on September 4 to revised standards for…...

9+ hour, 14+ min ago   (1740+ words) Dozens of community members and activists attended a Regional School Unit 24 board meeting in Sullivan last December, the first since the state filed a lawsuit against the district over a resolution aiming to ban transgender students from bathrooms and sports…...

41+ min ago   (329+ words) ISSUE | TRANSGENDER STUDENT POLICIES: Policies surrounding transgender students have become key points of debate in school board races around the Sacramento region and the nation. In the Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Education race, where incumbent Michael Vargas…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago   (931+ words) More than half of New Jersey third-graders are not meeting literacy standards and an overwhelming majority of eighth-graders are not hitting math standards, signals that post-pandemic learning trends continued under the modernized state exams that were administered in the spring....

1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (728+ words) New York’s Board of Regents voted Monday to press ahead with sweeping changes to graduation requirements, even as state officials acknowledged that key questions about the transition remain unresolved. The state’s Board of Regents must approve any changes to the…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (113+ words) New York’s schools are spending more than ever, but student performance keeps falling. Unsurprisingly, Empire Center’s latest opinion poll shows more than 90% of New Yorkers are unhappy with how education is run. They want better results, less spending, and more…...

2+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1711+ words) Dozens of community members and activists attended a Regional School Unit 24 board meeting in Sullivan last December, the first since the state filed a lawsuit against the district over a resolution aiming to ban transgender students from bathrooms and sports…...

7+ hour, 57+ min ago   (421+ words) Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Tashkent Metropolitan University (TMU) has received accreditation from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for two bachelor’s programmes: Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance and Bachelor of Arts in International Business, the university said…...

5+ hour, 18+ min ago   (101+ words) buglenewspapers.com Educators are working to understand how best to respond to rapidly evolving technology Illinois schools will look to new guidelines in the battle against AI cyberbullying and rapidly evolving technology. Medill Illinois News Bureau CHICAGO - Earlier this year,…...

2+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1140+ words) This story was originally published by NJ Spotlight News through the NJ News Wire. More than half of New Jersey third graders are not meeting literacy standards, and an overwhelming majority of eighth graders are not hitting math standards, signaling…...