Denver school board gives Superintendent Alex Marrero good grades and an $8,000 bonus

Fordham Institute
Ever since the one-room schoolhouse faded from the American prairie, some reformers have argued that clumping students by age is ill-advised. Read more.

Colorado Springs Gazette
Read more about a public school system that achieves a 100% college acceptance rate—every graduating senior is accepted to at least one four-year college, university or post-secondary program.

The 74
Four-year-olds entering pre-K in Mississippi’s Lamar County Schools don’t spend their days on worksheets or bent over papers practicing their letters. But they do have plenty of books, Play-Doh and time for friends. Read more.

The 74
With the presidential election less than six months away, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will soon unveil their platforms and begin rallying voters around their agendas for 2025 and beyond. Read more.

Associated Press
On one side of the classroom, students circled teacher Maria Fletcher and practiced vowel sounds. In another corner, children read together from a book. Read more.

The 74
Before she got to the math in her lesson on linear equations last fall, Sydney Kealanahele asked her class of eighth graders on Oahu why kalo, or taro root, is so important in Hawaii. Read more.