Vol 3, Issue 5

An East Texas Republican who once claimed President Obama used to be a gay prostitute appears headed for a May 24 primary runoff in the race to represent District 9 on the State Board of Education.

Beginning Aug. 1, birth certificates will be the official determinant of a high school student-athlete’s gender in Texas — a policy transgender advocates describe as exclusionary and outdated.

In this week's Q&A, we interview Victor Saenz, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Texas at Austin.

Rather than stick to the typical strategy of relying on schools to act as the sole countermeasure to childhood poverty, two K-12 initiatives are setting out to popularize a more holistic approach.

A ballot measure proposed in Massachusetts, if approved by voters, would allow for the creation or expansion of 12 charter schools a year.

The 1963 Chicago schools boycott and protests remain a critical chapter in the story of public schools that still face issues of racial segregation today.

An appeals court in California will rule on a 2014 Superior Court ruling that struck down the tenure and seniority system for public school teachers.

The National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia recently published a study highlighting the effectiveness of the museum’s character education programs.

At the Brooklyn Lab Charter School, sixth and seventh grade students were tasked with a rather unique homework assignment: design the ideal high school.