It’s award season here at reimaginED, and we’re reviewing a trend from “the Nation’s Report Card” for low-income students who tested in all 50 states between 2003 and 2022 on the fourth grade Reading exam. Basically, you want to see your state on the right side of the zero line on this chart that plots… Read more »
Editor’s note: In a two-part series last week, Tom Greene, national legislative director for ExcelinEd in Action, reflected that the release of NAEP scores in late October came with a nationwide lament about the failings of the country’s K-12 education system, long-term pandemic disruptions, school closures and other challenges. Those in the education policy space,… Read more »
Public schools historically have been defined by their location. Whether one’s home is in a “good school district” matters. But the last few years have raised important questions about whether tying children to a particular building is wise policy. Zoning laws may have made some sense decades ago, but today, they serve little purpose other… Read more »
DANIA BEACH, Fla. – While millions of American students sat in rows of desks under fluorescent lights, 40 kids in Take Root Forest School began their day in a state park on the edge of the Atlantic. Their classroom: Tan sand. Blue water. Sea breeze rustling through cabbage palms. Over the next few hours, the… Read more »
Editor’s note: This first-person essay from Nevada mother Diana Reyes was adapted from the American Federation for Children’s Voices for Choice website. I spent many nights crying myself to sleep in frustration at the lack of help my son was receiving at school. So many times, he would come to me with tears in his… Read more »
