Vol 4, Issue 6

Charter schools, seeking more state money, want the public to know that they're public schools, too.

The top public education policymaker in the Texas House unveiled a $1.6 billion plan on Monday that he described as a first step to overhauling the state’s beleaguered school funding system. 

House Public Education Chairman Dan Huberty's comments about school choice legislation being a "dead" issue this legislative session have angered Texas supporters of the voucher-like programs.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Kelly Williams, a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.

The videos from our daylong symposium in Houston this month on public education in Texas featuring lawmakers and other officials are now available online. To view, click here.

Citizens will vote on whether to impose a tax on distributors of sweetened beverages to fund a new pre-K initiative.

A school district in Washington has started to send letters to families of chronically absent students to improve attendance.

Activist teachers in New Orleans have improved academic outcomes for students at the state's juvenile detention center.

Kansas lawmakers may be considering a 2 percent cut to the state's education budget, despite a recent state Supreme Court ruling that ordered they fix funding shortfalls for public schools.

School committee meetings in Boston sometimes run longer than six hours. The board has improved transparency over the years.

Last month, the U.S. House overturned several guidelines included in former President Obama’s Every Student Succeeds Act.