Public Education
Portland mulls closing up to 20 schools amid rising costs, falling enrollmentSchool closures and consolidations are key to long-term sustainability, the Portland Public Schools (PPS) board has concluded. “We have fewer students today spread across a system designed to serve significantly more in too… Read More
Courts
Former New Mexico Democratic lawmaker pleads guilty in multimillion-dollar public school kickback schemeBribery, money laundering and fraud – these were just a few of the federal charges to which former New Mexico House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton pleaded guilty in… Read More
Homeschools
Study: COVID-19 presented ‘unplanned trial to homeschool’ still bearing fruit todayWhat if the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t trigger an increase in homeschooling but provided a trial run for parents already interested in it? That’s the conclusion of a new… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Homeschooling wasn’t always legal. Here’s how a Kansas City nonprofit is remembering 40 years of homeschool historyAlmost four decades ago, Todd Kangas was wondering whether he and his wife would be imprisoned for their choice to homeschool. “We started doing research on homeschooling in Kansas, and… Read More
Public Education
Report: Boston Public Schools violated contracting rules, wasted $857,000 in taxpayer moneyThe Massachusetts inspector general’s office has chastised Boston Public Schools (BPS) for improper vendor procedures in a recent report, citing “poor department oversight and informal vendor arrangements” that cost… Read More