Education & Schools
Education & schools are central to the mission of local and state government agencies. They focus on providing quality education, ensuring equitable access, and supporting the development of students from early childhood through higher education. Governments work to create policies, fund programs, and oversee the operation of public schools to foster academic success and prepare students for future challenges. This directory offers articles on education and schools and related topics like Education Grants, which explore funding opportunities that support educational initiatives and resources.
The new policy applies to both public and private schools and will affect more than 800,000 employees
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Here’s how your agency can tap into federal funds available under the American Rescue Plan to help recover costs and improve communications systems and other critical tools
Ohio State University’s energy management plan will fund an estimated $11 million per year to ensure 3,500 low-income students get free tuition.
Ivy Tech Community College celebrated Veterans Day by educating local vets about college credits for armed services and college financial aid opportunities.
Tiny clinics made from shipping containers first saved lives in Haiti. With solar power, they’re an en vogue mobile medicine option for disaster response.
Our education grants columnist explains the steps to take and what you need to know to prepare and win school emergency preparedness grants.
Eight states have participated in the MyPI youth preparedness program focusing on disaster prep in five to 10 weeks over three curriculum components.
Some activists want negotiation to save the dreamers, others feel any deal to preserve DACA but strengthen immigration enforcement will ignite ICE.
One corrections leader in Pima County, Ariz., has experienced how tablets distributed in 2016 improved inmate education and jail safety.
As the White House and Congress go back and forth on protections for Dreamers, colleges are looking at ways to protect DACA students.
This solar-powered tiny shelter is made from a shipping container and was designed and constructed by students as part of a live classroom program.
Our education grants columnist explains why school cybersecurity leadership and grants protect schools, students, facilities and cyber assets.
A new graduation requirement by Chicago Public Schools would withhold diplomas from seniors who don’t have a tangible post-graduation life plan.
With the White House’s rollback of federal protection, many school districts are left to deal with the transgender bathroom debate on their own.
When John Legend addresses mass incarceration, he impresses upon local lawmakers the social and financial costs of 65 million offenders.
The USDA scales back nutrition guides for school lunch programs while schools struggle to encourage participation from students and payment from parents.
An $8K state grant helped a Georgia middle school develop a drone education program as part of STEAM innovation education.
Without new school funding legislation, districts won’t get paid. The first payment to Illinois schools is due Aug. 10, 2017.
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