Free screener
Screener
Home / Education News

Education policy news

425 stories

Articles, news and infographics about Education - Policy, written for parents and grounded in the science of learning.

All Education policy news

August 23
Screen Time Is the Wrong Yardstick for Learning Software, Feds Say Education policy Screen Time Is the Wrong Yardstick for Learning Software, Feds Say A new federal letter tells schools to judge learning software by outcomes, not screen time. It is the right correction, and it stops one step short. It never says what…
August 20
Phonics Got Colorado’s Young Readers Moving. It Won’t Carry Them Alone. Education policy Phonics Got Colorado’s Young Readers Moving. It Won’t Carry Them Alone. Colorado's new reading scores rose in fourth and fifth grade, then slipped by middle school. The state's fix is more phonics training. But decoding and understanding are different jobs, and…
August 19
Florida Made Cursive a Law. Parents Are Arguing About the Wrong Thing. Education policy Florida Made Cursive a Law. Parents Are Arguing About the Wrong Thing. Florida made cursive proficiency a legal requirement for grades three through five. The coverage argues nostalgia versus brain-boost. Both miss where a child's writing actually improves: direct spelling instruction and…
August 11
Texas Rated the Schools. Nobody Rated the Reading Instruction. Education policy Texas Rated the Schools. Nobody Rated the Reading Instruction. New Texas school grades land August 14. A Tribune analysis found majority-Black campuses drew far more F's than A's, and parents face wrenching choices. The letter reports test outcomes. It… Arizona’s 60% Classroom Rule Counts Athletics, Not Counselors or Nurses Education policy Arizona’s 60% Classroom Rule Counts Athletics, Not Counselors or Nurses Arizona's Proposition 320 would force big districts to spend 60 percent of their budgets on direct instruction. The catch sits in the definition: athletics count, while the counselors, nurses, and… Washington Proposes Fewer Head Start Rules. Parents Become the Quality Check Education policy Washington Proposes Fewer Head Start Rules. Parents Become the Quality Check A proposed federal rule would remove Head Start's class size, ratio, and curriculum requirements while projecting 236,000 added seats. One side sees local control, the other a rollback. The science…
August 10
Oklahoma Doubled Recess and Banned Taking It Away as Punishment Education policy Oklahoma Doubled Recess and Banned Taking It Away as Punishment Oklahoma doubled elementary recess to 40 minutes a day and barred schools from withholding it as punishment. What the law requires, what the evidence supports, and the questions worth asking…
August 9
Senators Move to Keep Special Education Out of the Medical System Education policy Senators Move to Keep Special Education Out of the Medical System A bipartisan Senate vote pushes back on moving special education to a health agency. Both parties landed on the same point: a struggling learner is not a patient to diagnose.…
August 8
Why Dyslexia’s Biggest Advocates Are Fighting the Senate Dyslexia Bill Education policy Why Dyslexia’s Biggest Advocates Are Fighting the Senate Dyslexia Bill A bipartisan dyslexia bill sounds like overdue help. So why are the nation's leading disability groups, including the International Dyslexia Association, asking the Senate to slow down? The answer is… Your State Says Your Child Reads Fine. National Tests Disagree. Education policy Your State Says Your Child Reads Fine. National Tests Disagree. Proficient on the state test, struggling at the kitchen table? Federal mapping puts most states' reading bars at or below the national Basic level, and a new report warns the…