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Educators Who Ran for Office Share Their Lessons Learned (Video)

Watch a discussion between three educators who ran for their state legislatures about their experiences on the campaign trail.




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North Carolina Teachers Say Conditions in Schools Are 'Unacceptable'

North Carolina teachers had press conferences in seven locations across the state to criticize education spending levels.




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Two More Statewide Teacher Protests Are on the Horizon

Teachers in North Carolina and Oregon plan to walk out of their classrooms in protest in May.




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North Carolina Awards $12 Million Dollar Grant to Improve Literacy Instruction

A $12.2 million dollar grant from the state Department of Public Instruction will go to a program based at North Carolina State University to provide additional training literacy training to teachers in 16 high-needs districts across the state.




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Coronavirus Upends After-School World

With schools shut down, social distancing in place, and parents at home, after-school programs are laying off staff and switching gears to meet families' needs.




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Despite Fierce Teacher Opposition, West Virginia House Votes to Allow Charter Schools

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed its version of a sweeping education omnibus bill, which would allow the state's first charter schools.




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West Virginia Teachers Scored a Victory But Will Remain on Strike

Lawmakers effectively killed the controversial education bill that had prompted the second statewide strike in two years.




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West Virginia Teachers Are Going on Strike Again

Teachers across the state will walk out of their classrooms on Tuesday to protest an education bill going through the state legislature.




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State Auditor's Battle Cry: Open the Books on K-12 Spending

A West Virginia official turns up the heat on financial disclosure for the state’s beleaguered schools, and ruffles feathers in the process.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in West Virginia

This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Virginia

This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in West Virginia

This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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How Schools Will Overcome the 'Coronavirus Slide:' Ideas From 5 Superintendents

With many school buildings closed for the rest of the academic year—and more to follow—district leaders turn their attention to making up for what may be deep learning losses.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Virginia

This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Coronavirus Is Pushing Teacher Hiring Online. Here's What That Means

Districts that can screen, interview, and select candidates virtually will have less disruption to their hiring, despite how coronavirus is upending every aspect of school operations.




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Home learning shows 'digital divide' among Virginia students




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Maine

This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Where They Are: The Nation's Small But Growing Population of Black English-Learners

In five northern U.S. states, black students comprise more than a fifth of ELL enrollment.




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WATCH: What It's Really Like for Homeschooling During Coronavirus

Coronavirus has shut down schools across the country, forcing millions of students to learn at home. In this video, families from Seattle to Maine describe how they are adjusting to this new reality.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Maine

This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Schools Lean on Staff Who Speak Students' Language to Keep English-Learners Connected

The rocky shift to remote learning has exacerbated inequities for the nation's 5 million English-learners. An army of multilingual liaisons work round the clock to plug widening gaps.




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Ohio Orders Cyber Charter to Return $60 Million

The Ohio board of education last week voted to order the state's largest full-time online charter school to repay $60 million in state aid.




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Ohio Sues Cyber Charter Founder, Pursuing Millions in Disputed Funds

Ohio is seeking to recoup millions of dollars in funds from now-defunct online charter school, the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow.




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Lion's Share of Ohio Districts Rank No Teachers as 'Ineffective'

About 94 percent of Ohio school districts did not rate a single teacher as "ineffective," the lowest rating on the state's four-rung teacher-evaluation scale, according to the 2016-17 state report card.




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Ohio Sues Cyber Charter Founder, Seeking Millions in Disputed Funds

Ohio's attorney general last week filed suit against the founder of the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, aiming to recover millions of dollars in public funding that the state claims wrongfully went to the cyber charter school.




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ECOT Looms Over Ohio Gubernatorial Candidates' Education Plans

Any discussion in politics of the future of education in Ohio inevitably turns to the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow.




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Ohio Expected to Ban Most Suspensions, Expulsions for Youngest Students

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is expected to sign a bill into law that would ban suspensions and expulsions for children in prekindergarten through 3rd grade for minor offenses.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Ohio

This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Like College Athletes, These High School Players Get an Assist on Academics

An unusual program in Cincinnati provides academic coaches to help high school players meet eligibility requirements to stay in the game.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Ohio

This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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States Ordering Schools to Close in Response to Coronavirus

"We have a responsibility to save lives," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said on Twitter. "We could have waited to close schools, but based on advice from health experts, this is the time to do it."




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Ohio governor: $775 million budget cut as revenue crashes




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Educators Who Ran for Office Share Their Lessons Learned (Video)

Watch a discussion between three educators who ran for their state legislatures about their experiences on the campaign trail.




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Oklahoma Orders Tulsa District to Review All Students' Special Education Plans

The decision comes after a state investigation of one Tulsa school found that the individualized education programs for students there frequently used generic educational goals.




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The War on Teachers Comes to Oklahoma

The West Virginia teachers strike is over, but the fight for teacher pay rages on, write Lawrence Baines and Jim Machell.




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Election Night Brings Highs and Lows for Oklahoma Teachers

About a dozen teachers running for state legislative seats gathered with their supporters in Tulsa for a watch party on election night. The results were better for some than others.




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Who Shows Up for Teachers? Coalition-Building in the Era of Educator Activism

"Teaching is a political act," argues teacher-turned-politician John Waldron. And it's going to take more organizing to rescue public education.




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I Was an Angry Teacher Fighting for Better Education Policy. Now, I'm Shaping It

What goes on behind all the closed doors in politics? Most teachers never get a chance to find out, writes teacher-turned-politician John Waldron.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Oklahoma

This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Reading Instruction: A Flurry of New State Laws

Many states have recently enacted laws or rules designed to ensure that teachers are well versed in evidence-based reading instruction. Here are some highlights.




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Oklahoma Ranks 49th on Quality Counts Annual Report Card

The state, which earned a D-plus, has struggled with school finance issues and endured teacher strikes and battles over pay, but also earned B-plus for funding equity.




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Teachers, Don't Just Shut Up and Teach

Our political system is out of balance, and teachers must prepare the next generation to do better, argues teacher-turned-legislator John Waldron.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Oklahoma

This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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How Schools Will Overcome the 'Coronavirus Slide:' Ideas From 5 Superintendents

With many school buildings closed for the rest of the academic year—and more to follow—district leaders turn their attention to making up for what may be deep learning losses.




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Intruders post racist language in Oklahoma education meeting




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Republican Senate leader seeks COVID-19 money for broadband




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Wisconsin high court won't let unions join stay-at-home suit




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Right-to-Education Ruling Jolts Education-Advocacy World

The decision by a federal appeals court recognizing the right to a basic minimum education may be felt far beyond the substandard Detroit schools underlying it, but hurdles could remain.




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LeBron James to honor Class of 2020 with all-star event




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Questions surround governor's proposal to open schools early