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.
School officials will allow off-duty paramedics to fill in for school nurses who are quarantining due to COVID-19
These private foundation and corporate grants are available to teachers and schools this academic year
The program is a $24 million investment funded by Governor’s Education Emergency Relief Fund, part of the federal CARES Act
The school received $4,000 to be used toward instructional technology for their efforts in Hour of Code week. Millions of students work on a computer-coding related activity in the worldwide event
The divergent responses from the nation’s two biggest K-12 public school systems reflected what many in school security know: Deciding whether or not a threat is credible is hardly a mathematical process and the stakes in staying open or closing are high
A new movement led by KC STEM Alliance hopes to encourage women to enter the STEM workforce by introducing elementary through high school-age girls to opportunities in the field
The school received a $100,000 safe driving grant from State Farm Tuesday. Twenty-two U.S. schools received the grant, but Parkway High placed first in the contest
College Kids provides every kindergartner enrolled in a city public or charter school with a $50 college savings account
Students attending Watertown City Schools may be offered technology classes in the near future as the district moves forward on plans to incorporate them into its curriculum
The way the nation’s public schools are evaluated - teachers, students and the schools themselves - is headed for a major makeover, with a sweeping shift from federal to state control over school accountability and student testing
New York City officials have given the go-ahead to spend nearly $20 million on security guards at private and religious schools
A federal grant for Niagara Falls city schools will give students access to locally grown foods and allow them to learn about agriculture
A committee that spent months looking for ways to reduce Nebraska’s reliance on property taxes to pay for schools finished its final work session Monday with plenty of ideas but no clear-cut answers
The grant-funded partnership is designed to expose local students to careers in the public safety sector
A proposal for a vote on a one-cent sales tax to help fund education and teacher pay raises doesn’t violate the Oklahoma Constitution’s single-subject rule
Some parent groups and advocates say the scanners installed at the city’s troubled institutions decades ago are now unneeded because of low crime rates
The Long Beach public schools are collaborating with the local community college and the state university to address educational gaps and disparities
Congress is pressing ahead with efforts to update the much-criticized No Child Left Behind education law
Changes in recent years have resulted in federal and state contributions to education being more equal than at any time in at least the previous two decades
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