Dive Brief: Most states increased their six-year completion rates between 2009 and 2013, new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) reveals. Some of the states that experienced the biggest gains during that time were among the most populous in the country, the report notes: Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, New York and California. Notably, […]
Dive Brief: Research from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) shows parents of students with disabilities often struggle to find charter schools that fit their children’s needs and feel that the information-gathering process falls largely on their...
State attorneys general were left out when the U.S. Department of Education rewrote its state authorization rules for distance education. The department “didn’t feel attorneys general had a strong role to play in the potential regulations compared with...
Dive Brief: The Board of Trustees for UFT Charter School in Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood voted last week to give up its charter and become a traditional public school, according to a press release. UFT President Michael Mulgrew said students, parents...
Dive Brief: California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing an end to the state’s 25-year-old school physical fitness test, dubbed FitnessGram, which includes a controversial body fat test officials say causes shame and anxiety among students, EdSource reports. Some...
