Child Welfare
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
How to Create Safe Learning Environments
Two researchers suggest evidence-based classroom practices that help teachers promote a positive and secure student learning environment.
Law & Courts
K-12 Issues Within Broad Sweep of Recent High Court Rulings
Even when the U.S. Supreme Court is not weighing education-specific cases, many of its decisions reach into the schools—and the 2014-15 term was no exception.
School Choice & Charters
Efforts to Regulate Home Schooling Rekindle Controversies
As state policymakers push for more oversight of home schooling families, advocates for education at home are split over how much regulation is necessary.
Law & Courts
Supreme Court Mulls Teachers' Duty in Reporting Abuse
Arguments in an Ohio case revolved around whether the requirement that teachers report child abuse turns them into agents of law enforcement.
Law & Courts
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Abuse Reporting
The case before the high court asks whether teachers' duty to report suspected child abuse makes them adjuncts of law enforcement when it comes to prosecution.
Student Well-Being
Federal Home-Visit Program Faces Renewal Deadline
A program that pays for nurses and trained workers to make home visits, intended to change the health and educational trajectories of some of the most vulnerable families, will sunset in March unless Congress acts.
Assessment
New Student-Poverty Measures Proposed for National Tests
The proposed new NAEP indicators go beyond income for a clearer picture of students' socioeconomic status.
College & Workforce Readiness
'Choice Bus' Gets Students to Ponder Dropout Dangers
A foundation program presents students with stark possibilities about what lies ahead for many who drop out of school.
School & District Management
Opinion
We Need a Different National Conversation
In order to reform education, the nation needs action from a bipartisan Congress that looks beyond the quick fix, writes Gene R. Carter.
Families & the Community
Grandparents Increasingly Getting Involved in Education
With a growing number of school-age children living with their grandparents, grandparents are seeking a more prominent role in schools.
Families & the Community
Statistics Show More Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren
With a growing number of school-age children living with their grandparents, grandparents are seeking a more prominent role in schools.
Accountability
Opinion
Why Attention Will Return to Nonschool Factors
Jeffrey R. Henig and S. Paul Reville write that the future health of American schools depends on attending to nonschool factors.
Budget & Finance
Tough Times Ahead for Children of the Great Recession, Report Finds
While the economy may recover, the generation growing up now could feel the harsh impact of the Great Recession for years to come, a new report from the Foundation for Child Development contends.