Alabama A&M says its football program is not under an NCAA postseason ban, despite an APR database entry that showed the HBCU program facing postseason ineligibility. The university released a statement clarifying the status of its football program after the NCAA Academic Progress Rate data showed Alabama
Alabama A&M says its football program is not under an NCAA postseason ban, despite an APR database entry that showed the HBCU program facing postseason ineligibility. The university released a statement clarifying the status of its football program after the NCAA Academic Progress Rate data showed Alabama A&M football with a multi-year APR of 897. The NCAA database also showed
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By Sarah Mervosh and Michael C. Bender The Trump administration has declined to release nearly $7 billion in federal funding that helps pay for after-school and summer programs, support for students learning English, teacher training and other services. The money was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Education Department notified state
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Dr. Shelley Rousery any measure, $11.73 billion is a staggering amount of public investment — that’s what states collectively spent in just one year on state-funded preschool, according to the latest report from the National Institute for Early Education Research. To offer perspective, that’s about double the entire annual budget for a small state like Delaware. And
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By Dakin Andone and Omar Jimenez, As school district officials and the teachers union continue to negotiate a return to classrooms, Chicago Public Schools announced Thursday that while most schools will be closed again Friday, a few will have in-person learning and activities. The announcement appeared to catch principals off-guard. The district tweeted Thursday evening that in-person
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Eva McKend, When Danielle Atkinson’s daughter brought home a second-grade assignment that highlighted Christopher Columbus’s explorations, Atkinson said she began to notice inequities in the curriculum being taught in the school district. There were plenty of lessons about Columbus and other historic White figures, but the contributions of Black Americans
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By Madeline Holcombe As Americans gear up for a new school year against a backdrop of rising Covid-19 cases, experts say there is no time to waste in getting already rising vaccination rates even higher. The US is currently averaging 486,332 people initiating vaccinations a day, which is a 10% increase over last week’s pace and the
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By Elizabeth Stuart, Mallory Simon and Christina Maxouris The Virginia Beach school board voted against a motion which would make mask-wearing in school optional for the upcoming school year, during a heated Tuesday night meeting that lasted more than four hours. The board voted 6-4 against the effort, keeping masks mandatory for the district’s 63,000
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By Jacqueline Howard As debates abound over whether coronavirus vaccinations should be required in public schools, many experts point out that students already are required to receive several other routine vaccinations to attend childcare or classes in the United States. “There is an irony because we’ve had these long-standing mandatory vaccination requirements for schools,” Dr.
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By Katie Lobosco If parents weren’t familiar with Canvas or Schoology before the pandemic, they likely are now. The two biggest remote learning providers — or, more officially, “learning management systems” — became household names as schools scrambled to help students learn online at home, but they’re now fighting to keep their foothold as most
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By Leah Asmelash Florida has become the latest state to ban critical race theory, continuing the growing charge by Republican lawmakers against schools teaching about systemic racism. After hours of debate and public comment Thursday, the Florida State Board of Education unanimously approved the amendment banning critical race theory. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who appointed
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