ED Surge
MAY 20, 2024
Mysa’s tuition costs parents who don’t receive aid around $20,000 a year, comparable to what it costs the government to educate a student in a public school. Mysa’s curriculum relies on Common Core, the same national standards as public schools, Fiske says. And she isn’t the only one with that worry.
Digital Promise
APRIL 30, 2015
These prompts guided our recent meeting of superintendents and other leaders from the League of Innovative Schools, co-hosted by Vancouver Public Schools. We wanted League members to tell us why they are unique, from the perspectives of leaders, educators, and students.
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ED Surge
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
As our family has been navigating the complexity of supporting our neurodivergent daughter to thrive in our local public school, I’ve found myself drawing up this metaphorical story of three young trees, which has become symbolic for me. I find comfort in metaphors. They help me find clarity when faced with challenges.
ED Surge
JULY 19, 2023
public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. Whose Technology Gets Celebrated?
ED Surge
MARCH 15, 2023
It is not often that we see an overhaul of the furniture in our public school classrooms, let alone in the middle of the school year. Last November, there was an anonymous donation of mobile desk chairs to our school. It was then that I saw the ingrained sense of worth that society has etched into our public schools.
ED Surge
MARCH 17, 2025
Several years ago, Oklahoma City Public Schools shuttered more than a dozen of its school buildings. When buildings sit vacant, they can become unsafe spaces, and we didnt want that to happen, says Stephanie Hinton, executive director of early childhood at Oklahoma City Public Schools.
A Principal's Reflections
JANUARY 11, 2015
For many, even the most stubborn school districts that have fought this trend for years have begun to change course. All one has to do is look to the largest school district in the United States, the New York City public school system, to see that they have just lifted a ten year ban on students bringing their cell phones to school.
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