Human Services

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent encampment executive order mandating the clearing of homeless encampments on state property, coupled with the start of the school year and a new Supreme Court decision,…

Earlier this year, the Biden Administration urged colleges and universities to lend a hand to the nation’s K-12 schools. Specifically, it called on postsecondary institutions to use at least 15% of their…

Now more than ever teachers and administrators are drowning in potentially actionable student data but lack truly useful information about their students. In order to understand a full picture of…

Delays and technical glitches during the rollout of the updated Free Application for Federal Student Aid caused challenges and stress for many families completing the updated FAFSA to receive financial…

Teachers are swamped. They’re working longer hours compared to other professionals, and their job-related stress often comes from managing student behavior, earning low salaries, and performing administrative work that isn’t tied to…

When Tim Walz was announced as Kamala Harris’ running mate earlier this month, his ascendancy helped to elevate the idea of educators serving in public office. Walz, who served several terms in…

When you ask Eric Siyolo Mayekiso — a teacher in the Eastern Cape of South Africa — why he became a teacher, his answer is simple: He wanted to help…

Samual N. Brown, Allen Burnett, Charlie Praphatananda and Dara Yin have stories to tell about their journeys earning degrees in prison. Their time behind bars was shrouded by their reality.…

Superintendent Keith Hayashi promised state legislators late last year that he would reform the Department of Education’s approach to school facilities management. DOE had just proposed relinquishing nearly half a…

A new report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute released this week studied the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on disparities in reading, mathematics, science and overall academic achievement gaps among…

Conservatives are pushing “school choice” as a key issue this election, with several state legislatures developing school voucher programs to divert taxpayer money intended for public K-12 schools to instead subsidize private…

At the height of the Black Lives Matter movement — after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer in 2020 prompted nationwide outrage over police brutality…