Vol 3, Issue 16

Should Texas fund public schools based on their academic performance rather than just giving them a certain amount of money per student? State lawmakers are beginning to explore that idea.

At UT-Austin's request, a Mississippi high school will lose its longhorn logo. But it will keep its Aggie nickname and maroon and white colors, which school district officials called "a freak coincidence." 

A special panel recommending changes to the state’s public school testing and accountability system has stopped short of proposing that Texas scrap the controversial assessment regime known as STAAR.

An ambitious new player has emerged in the controversial effort to use taxpayer dollars to help Texas parents send their kids to private or religious schools.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview John Bartholomew, the director of the University of Texas at Austin’s Exercise and Sport Psychology Lab.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Born Bright.

Special education classrooms in New Jersey are employing blended learning, but what makes some lessons unique is a new tool: NASA’s EarthKAM, or Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students.

Research has found that students actually accept and retain more knowledge when their teachers allow them to explore their own misconceptions.

Montana’s health and physical education leaders have been working on updated health standards to replace the 17-year- old guidance still being employed by public schools.

Policy experts Martin Lueken and Michael McShane are making the case for their home state to adopt a bold alternative to traditional public education funding — education savings accounts.

While nonprofits, philanthropists and reformers flock to cities like New York, New Orleans and Memphis, Detroit lacks substantive efforts toward educational reform.

Opponents of a proposed state ballot initiative to increase the cap on the number of charter schools operating within Massachusetts are rallying behind two Boston city councilors.