National News

High School Seniors Are ‘Making Lemonade out of Lemons’ With Graduations Online, at Drive-Ins and on Racetracks

Posted on Friday, May 15th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Katie Reilly, Time
Date: 5/14/2020
Link: Complete Article

Briauna Leonard graduated from high school at home wearing pajamas and sitting at her kitchen table beside her cat, Mr. Pickles, watching the salutatory address that she recorded a week earlier in an almost empty auditorium. “It was a little heartbreaking, honestly, to work your way up for 12 years, and you look forward to… [Read More]

How to reach students without internet access during coronavirus? Schools get creative

Posted on Monday, April 27th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Amadou Diallo, NBC News/The Hechinger Report
Date: 4/19/2020
Link: Complete Article

This article about students without internet access at home was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. On the Friday before spring break at Meigs Middle School in Decatur, Tennessee, special education teacher Matt Coe was busy preparing new lessons for his students now that schools were set… [Read More]

Education Dept. Reverses Plan to Cut Rural School Funding

Posted on Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Erica Green, New York Times
Date: 3/4/2020
Link: Complete Article

WASHINGTON — Facing a bipartisan backlash led by Republican lawmakers, the Trump administration is backing off a bookkeeping change that would have drastically cut federal funds for rural schools – at least for a year. Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, will allow states to more easily qualify for funding under the Rural and Low-Income School… [Read More]

From “flat Earth” to climate change denial, kids are deluged with fake science. Now teachers are fighting back

Posted on Thursday, March 5th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Ines Novacic, CBS News
Date: 3/5/2020
Link: Complete Article

Melissa Lau, a middle-school science teacher in Piedmont, Oklahoma, with over 19 years of experience, stood by the doorway of her classroom as the last few of her first-period sixth grade students filed in and took their seats. “Hey guys, you need your papers from yesterday, and a pencil,” said Lau, launching into the day’s… [Read More]

States Raise the Bar for What It Means to Be Proficient in Reading and Math

Posted on Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Lauren Camera, US News & World Reports
Date: 8/21/2019
Link: Complete Article

NEARLY EVERY STATE IN the U.S. has raised the bar over the last decade for what it considers grade-level achievement in math and reading, according to a new study from the National Center on Education Statistics. Because each state sets its own standards for what proficiency in a subject means, researchers at the center developed a… [Read More]

‘Homework gap’ shows millions of students lack home internet

Posted on Monday, June 10th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Associated Press, NBC News
Date: 6/10/2019
Link: Complete Article

HARTFORD, Conn. — With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd’s homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone? On the tiny screen, she switches between web pages for research projects, losing track of tabs whenever friends send messages. She uses her thumbs to tap out… [Read More]

$23 Billion Funding Gap Exists Between White and Nonwhite School Districts, Report Finds

Posted on Thursday, February 28th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Sarah Mervosh, New York Times
Date: 2/27/2019
Link: Complete Article

School districts that predominantly serve students of color received $23 billion less in funding than mostly white school districts in the United States in 2016, despite serving the same number of students, a new report found. The report, released this week by the nonprofit EdBuild, put a dollar amount on the problem of school segregation, which… [Read More]

In Historic Win, Nationally Recognized Teacher Jahana Hayes Elected to U.S. House

Posted on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Sarah Schwartz, Education Week
Date: 11/7/2018
Link: Complete Article

Jahana Hayes, the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, has won her race for a U.S. House seat, representing Connecticut’s 5th district. A former high school history teacher and current district administrator, Hayes, a Democrat, will be the first black woman from the state to serve in Congress. In her victory speech Tuesday night in… [Read More]

Follow 15 of America’s teachers on a day of frustrations, pressures and hard-earned victories

Posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Multiple Authors, USA Today
Date: 10/18/18
Link: Complete Article

It’s shortly after dawn when Edward Lawson, one of America’s 3.2 million public school teachers, pulls his car into the parking lot of Julian Thomas Elementary in Racine, Wisconsin. He cuts the engine, pulls out his cellphone and calls his principal. They begin to pray. Lawson is a full-time substitute based at a school with full-time… [Read More]

In the Age of Trump, Civics Courses Make a Comeback

Posted on Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Alina Tugend, New York Times
Date: 6/5/2018
Link: Complete Article

MAMARONECK, N.Y. — It’s just after 7 on a Thursday morning and Mamaroneck High School is empty — except for about 30 freshmen who are already seated in their classroom, laptops in front of them. They are finishing the first year of a new initiative: a four-year program called Original Civic Research and Action, which… [Read More]