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Scholastic Backtracks on Isolating Works on Race and Gender at Book Fair
The company was faulted for the practice, which it said was an effort to help schools navigate new laws restricting books about racism and L.G.B.T.Q....
ACT Reports Record Low Scores as Admissions Landscape Shifts
For the high school class of 2023, the average score was the lowest since 1991, and 43 percent of students did not meet any of...
Florida Approves Classic Learning Test for Use in College Admissions
Students can take the exam in place of the SAT or ACT. It’s the latest push by Gov. Ron DeSantis to remake his state’s education...
Columbia to Dissolve Lucy Calkins’ Reading and Writing Project
Lucy Calkins ran a beloved — and criticized — center at Teachers College for four decades. It is being dissolved.
Florida Universities Set to Approve Classical Test, an SAT Alternative
The Classic Learning Test emphasizes the Western canon and Christian thought. It’s the latest move by Gov. Ron DeSantis to shake up the education establishment.
Little Rock Will Offer A.P. African American Studies Despite State Objections
The school district in Little Rock, Ark., is resisting efforts by the administration of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to limit teaching about race.
Arkansas Warns School Districts Not to Offer A.P. African American Studies
Like Florida, which refused to approve the class, the Arkansas education department suggested that the course violates state law.
Florida Schools Try to Adapt to New Rules on Gender, Bathrooms and Pronouns
As schools start, it’s been more paperwork, a culling of reading lists, as well as new regulations about bathrooms.
The U.S. Population Is Older Than It Has Ever Been
New census data shows that the country’s median age is now 38. In 1980, it was 30.
Test Scores for U.S. 13-Year-Olds Show Lowest Math and Reading Levels In Decades
The results are the federal government’s last major data release on the academic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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