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.
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With EMS run volume down 25% or more in many communities, how can EMTs and paramedics help in schools with COVID-19 screening, role modeling healthy behavior and teaching life-saving skills?
Childcare, school reopening intertwined with 2020 politics
Austin Voices for Education and Youth, a nonprofit in Texas, recently received a $2.5 million federal grant to build a family support center at Lanier High School
The New York City Council is expected to pass a bill requiring the school system to disclose how many students must pass through metal detectors to get to school.
A judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a ban on guns in Ann Arbor schools, setting up a likely showdown in a higher court
The grant enables the school to provide Chromebooks for its third- and fourth-grade students and iPads for students in kindergarten through second grade
Statistics show progress toward greater teacher diversity is being made. However, the changes are not keeping pace with demand for minority teachers
A new poll shows New York state voters do not want Mayor Bill de Blasio to keep control of New York City public schools
During the pilot program, state and private funding will be used to connect 130 pre-trial detainees to jobs in the community or classes at community college
A prekindergarten expansion is the foundation for a series of policy initiatives aimed at improving standards for students in the nation’s largest school system
The $42 million grant program was created to restore benefits to 1,200 bus drivers and matrons that were eliminated last year
A “net-zero” school that promises to produce as much energy as it consumes opened its doors after four years of planning and construction
Amid police force controversies, many municipalities are strengthening their community policing efforts with increased resources and new strategies
The strike comes as teachers in Seattle have gone six years without a cost-of-living pay increase
Detroit has unveiled a 2-year pilot program designed to train high school students as firefighters and EMTs by the time they graduate
City Mills Technology LLC entered into a one-year contract with Mansfield City Schools saving at least $338,000 for the district’s technology department
Texas Tribune analysis shows schools still are grappling with the fallout from the lean budget times even as the Legislature restored a majority of the cuts
A D.C.-based publishing house encouraging literacy to children of all ages
