The South Surges Academically in Alternative View of National Exam

Greater Support for Charter Schools Offers a Path for New York To Address Devastating Covid ‘Learning Loss’

With New York students facing challenges in recovering from the pandemic’s impact on their education — especially among the lowest-performing students, who have not made significant progress in the past few years — charter schools are emerging ...

AWOL kids puts them at risk: NYC public school absenteeism is too high

Now that COVID is long over, the problem of missing classes remains. A new report from the Manhattan Institute, penned by Danyela Souza Egorov, points out that the public school system’s chronic absenteeism, defined as missing 10% or more of all da...

COVID wrecked school attendance and its importance to parents, kids — but there’s plenty we can do

Woody Allen once said 80% of success in life is just showing up. Although 80% seems high, showing up is certainly the bare minimum for success, and even by that low standard our educational system is failing. Last year, according to a report j...

What 50CAN found when they talked to 20,000 parents

In October of 2024, 50CAN published The State of Educational Opportunity in America, a poll of 20,000 American parents. It asked questions related to school quality and opportunity; tutoring, summer, and mental health; out of school activities; infor...

Senator pushes new PED overhaul legislation after original resolution loses favor

Others took issue with the lack of clarity in the resolution as it stands over who exactly would serve on the panel, including Amanda Aragon, executive director of the education policy organization NewMexicoKidsCAN. “It asks a lot of stakeholder...