Feb 15, 2022
Conservatives around the country are protesting what they claim is
the teaching of a formerly obscure legal theory - Critical Race
Theory - to America’s schoolchildren and undergraduates. While of
course CRT isn’t in the formal second or even eleventh grade
curriculum, reporter Molly Minta of Mississippi Today and...
Feb 8, 2022
Most school districts have returned to in-person learning, but enrollment numbers have taken a hit – and so have daily attendance rates. Chronic absenteeism – typically defined as missing at least 15 days of school – takes a heavy toll on students' academic progress, and can also decrease a district's state...
Feb 1, 2022
President Biden’s education secretary, Miguel Cardona, is marking his first year in office. And what a year it has been – not just for the federal agency but for schools, educators, students, and families. The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Eric Kelderman and Education Week’s Andrew Ujifusa look at the highs...