Maggie Hickey is a former Illinois inspector general and a partner at Schiff Hardin LLP whose team worked with Chicago Public Schools to address sexual misconduct against students. At Maggie’s recommendation, CPS created an Office of Student Protections and Title IX, which investigates allegations of student-on-student sexual misconduct, ensures victims of sexual misconduct receive support services, […]
Threatened with budget cuts from falling tax revenues on one hand and unprecedented expenses on the other, superintendents are faced with difficult decisions regarding layoffs and program cuts this fall. While some states are now revising budget projections and making...
This article is part of a special project on whether school report cards include data on students’ postsecondary experiences. When Gil Compton was a principal at Chaparral High School in Temecula, California, he would use PTSA meetings or “coffee with the...
UPDATE: March 27, 2020: President Donald Trump signed the CARES Act into law Friday, shortly after the House of Representatives approved the historic $2 trillion stimulus package. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act that passed 96-0 in the Senate...
According to data published last month by the US Department of Education, in 2016-17 there were 4,858,377 s in public schools across the country. California is home to the highest proportion of student ELs, who represent 20.2% of the state’s total student population,...
