(this article was updated March 13, 2024) School boards (in some states “school committees”) sit at the intersection of civic engagement, local politics, and community service. The school board is a...
As schools across the country return to in-person learning, parents are divided. We thought the pandemic was over and, suddenly, with the surge of the Delta variant of COVID-19, it’s not. We thought...
When national politicians and lobbyists argue we should spend more money on K-12 education, they’re almost always talking about increasing allocations for a federal funding stream called “Title I,”...
Few education topics get parents, teachers, and school leaders more riled up than discussions about using results from student tests to measure the quality of state education systems, districts,...
What is critical race theory? What does CRT mean, exactly? At its core, critical race theory—often abbreviated as CRT—is an intellectual framework that examines how racism is embedded in the laws,...
