The less affluent areas of a district can have trouble with fundraising, booster clubs, etc. Parents might be working in the evening, might not have babysitting for younger children, and may have ...

Kathy Hoffman was right. Arizona is intentionally defunding public school education while shifting funds to private schools. (“Sound the alarm: Arizona is intentionally neglecting public schools,” ...

MOREHEAD, Ky. — The summer after ninth grade, Zoey Griffith found herself in an unfamiliar setting: a dorm on the Morehead State University campus. There, she'd spend the months before her sophomore ...

Rooks is the chair of and professor of Africana Studies at Brown University, where she's also the founding director of the Segrenomics Lab. Her interdisciplinary work, reflected in four books and ...

Every once in a while, a state or city discovers a new and better way to educate poor children. Inevitably, a group of skeptics arises to insist that this new way doesn’t work, that even attempting to ...

The statewide Public Employees Retirement System has caused a stir in Oregon’s public education system this winter, after underperforming investments in side accounts have forced school districts to ...

Georgia's budget includes $141 million for a new voucher program for private schools and homeschooling, providing over 21,000 vouchers at $6,500 each. For the first time, Georgia will allocate $15.3 ...

WASHINGTON - An Education Department commission is recommending pre-kindergarten programs for every poor student within 10 years, adding a time frame to President Barack Obama's similar call to help ...

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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia will spend more state money on private school vouchers and poor students in traditional schools under a budget that lawmakers agreed to on Friday. House Bill 68 outlines the ...