Group Seeks Federal Probes Into Schools That Pledge to Address Systemic Racism
A national advocacy group that opposes anti-racist efforts in schools is trying to use a federal civil rights law against districts that have declared that they have a systemic racism problem, which many educators consider the first step in addressing racism, or are taking steps…
School Counselors Face ‘Role Ambiguity.’ This State Tried to Clarify Matters
School counselors are supposed to focus on supporting students’ mental health and to work with them on their academic and career plans. But, in some schools, the job can include nearly everything—from filling in when teachers are absent, discipline intervention, and computing student test scores….
Biden Pick for Education Civil Rights Office Has History With Racial Equity, LGBTQ Issues
President Joe Biden plans to nominate Catherine Lhamon to serve as assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education, a role she previously held in the Obama administration. The impending nomination of Lhamon, currently a White House adviser, signals plans for an…
Schools Are Trying to Do Too Much (Opinion)
Over the past year or two, there’s been a lot of talk about educational “unbundling.” I’m glad. After all, more than a decade ago, I helped import “unbundling” into K-12 when I penned the ASCD book Education Unbound, which delved deep into the idea; edited…
Biden’s K-12 Budget Seeks $20 Billion for State Incentives to Address Funding Inequity
President Joe Biden proposed an ambitious $6 trillion national budget Friday that calls for dramatic increases in spending on K-12 education, including $20 billion in new incentives to states to raise teacher pay and address inequity in school funding. The proposal would increase the U.S….
See the Hundreds of Pet Projects for Schools and Students Federal Lawmakers Want to Fund
For the first time in roughly a decade, federal lawmakers are allowed under internal rules to seek direct funding for local pet projects by lobbying for what are commonly known as earmarks. The U.S. House of Representatives recently published a list of the earmarks members…
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