The Unequal Effects of School Closings

As more families opt for charter and private schools or homeschooling in the wake of the pandemic, cities around the country are shuttering schools. The effects fall hardest on majority-Black schools ... Read More

With COVID-19 relief gone, teachers are losing their jobs. It's a blow to diversity.

Thousands of educators could lose their jobs now that COVID relief is ending. Newer teachers may be first to go, and many will be teachers of color. Read More

Ousted Houston ISD principals describe changing evaluation system, district culture under state-appointed leadership

A record number of principals left their jobs in HISD since June 2023 ... accomplished and done for kids and for students over our many, many years of experience. And this didn’t just happen ... Read More

Teachers’ Morale Is Still Low. They Say Principals Can Help Improve It

When Suzan Harris became Henderson Middle School’s principal during the pandemic ... being and job satisfaction, the findings show. Teachers were more likely to say that their principals ... Read More

Daily Briefing: Teachers are losing their jobs

Background: The Biden administration granted schools $189.5 billion over the past few years under the American Rescue Plan Act. School officials have until the end of September to commit the remainder ... Read More

Good And Bad News As Students And Teachers Return To School

The bad news: many students ... 3 to 8 students in about 22,400 public schools during the 2023-2024 school year. Researchers compared that information with eleven million pre-pandemic students ... Read More

Public School Enrollment Decline: Why Students Are Leaving, Where They’re Going, and Why It Matters

Charter schools pulled many students away from public schools ... Some parents turned to charter or private schools during the pandemic since they can make their own rules. During the beginning ... Read More

Paterson district reverses course on unpopular transfers of school principals

Dozens of parents and teachers from Schools 10 and 15 and Roberto Clemente have reached out to Board of Education members, district officials and the news media to say removing their principals ... Read More

What Ohio principals are saying about the potential impacts on students after legalization of recreational marijuana

The study found more than 50% of school principals in Ohio agreed that marijuana legalization is likely to lead to more of their students using ... local and national news? The latest sports? Read More

Former HISD principals gather at panel to share stories of forced resignations

HOUSTON — Houston ISD students return to school ... principals who were on the panel have more than 100 years of experience combined, but they said that experience wasn't enough to save their jobs. Read More

Medical Students News

Loneliness Screening Needed for Cancer Survivors Researchers measured loneliness using an 11-item abbreviated version of the UCLA Loneliness Scale in a cohort of patients from the 2008-2018 Health ... Read More