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Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the most prominent potential candidate to try to unseat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, will not enter the race, announcing on Tuesday that he will focus on work instead with his non-profit…

“Overcoming Ambiguous Loss,” the first in a series of four virtual workshops sponsored by the Nebraska Caregiver Coalition, will take place via Zoom on Thursday, February 24, from noon to 1 p.m. The workshops are designed to provide…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Film pundit Jacqueline Stewart makes a rich contribution to TCM for Black History Month,…

Like this number Education Next in press, the national spike in Covid-19 cases caused primarily by the Omicron variant has begun to subside. In Massachusetts and other northeastern states, where Omicron first entered the United States,…

Jared Smith appointed Superintendent of Waterloo Schools …

The number of public schools that experienced disruptions, such as temporary closures and returns to remote learning, fell to 4,473 last week, down 38% from the previous week, when more than 7,000 schools recorded disruption.The slowdown in…

Charleston, IL-(Radio Effingham)- Regional Office of Education #11 is calling on community collaborators to determine how to address a persistent and growing problem throughout the region and in Illinois as a whole: the shortage of…

Affirmative action and similar policies in college admissions have always been controversial, and 2022 is unlikely to be any different. This year, a case that began in 2014 will reach the United States Supreme Court. This case, Students…

As the Chicago Teachers Union prepares to vote Tuesday night on whether to return to virtual education as cases of Covid-19 increase, a move that could potentially trigger an "electronic lockdown" by the school district, the District CEOs…

BEACH SAFETYSouth Haven adds restrictions on Lake Michigan during inclement weatherSOITH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) - A southwestern Michigan town teeming with summer vacationers is taking action to prevent people from accessing Lake Michigan in…

The numbers tell a disturbing story. For the second year in a row, schooling is down. While there isn't a single set of universal metrics that can accurately capture the exact number of students enrolled across the country, reports of…

This story was originally published December 22 by THE CITY. The administration of Blasio transfers the supervision of a pending special education complaint system - where filings usually take months or years to resolve - from the…

Recent allegations of sexual assault by the former Chicago Blackhawk Kyle Beach have rekindled concerns and questions about hockey culture. Beach filed a lawsuit against the Blackhawks, accusing the organization of mismanaging its sexual…

Did you know that 63 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 39 did not know that 6 million Jews…

With the approval of the COVID-19 vaccine for young children, many elementary schools in the United States are preparing to offer the vaccines, which educators consider essential for students to learn in person and for the classroom…

Chicago public school students walk down a hallway in this file photo. (WTTW News) Chicago Public Schools aren't the only Illinois district to see fewer students in its classrooms this year, as new data from state education officials…

The term “educational reform” can evoke visions of top-down…

Emanuel and DeVos have reportedly spoken about Chicago's education system, graduation rates and the mayor's reform plans. (Chicago tonight) Mayor Rahm Emanuel and US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos met in the nation's capital for a…

Marie Dandie, left, and Jacob Allen founded pilotED in 2013, an after-school program helping Chicago students improve their grades and develop personal identities. They will be looking to make it their own charter school in the years to…

It's a drastic, painful and potentially fatal tactic associated with third world political movements drawing attention to brutal regimes, or history lessons from legendary protest leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Cesar Chavez. Yet…