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Cleaning House: The End of CPS's Contract with Aramark

As the custodial management contract with Aramark inside Chicago Public Schools (CPS) comes to an end, there’s a palpable mix of anticipation and reservation.The decision to bring management back unde

Data-Driven AP Lifts Up Students, Teachers

Lizzy Crispin headed the committee that led Leonardo Da Vinci High School to become the first and only Blue Ribbon high school in Buffalo, New York.

Increase in Job-Related Deaths

Overall, fatalities on the job rose 5.7%. The rise in fatal occupational injuries from 2021 to 2022 is “alarming and unacceptable” to the AFL-CIO.

Midyear Impact of COVID-19 on Reading and Mathematics Achievement

Student learing growth during the first half of the 2020–2021 school year is approaching expected levels in both reading and math.

Leading Through Uncertainty: How Assistant Principals Are Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic

Leading Through Uncertainty: How Assistant Principals Are Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic

The pandemic has exposed a lot of challenges in our schools.

Lower Rates of Oral Reading Fluency Across Nation

The study reports that growth in oral reading fluency among students flattened and remained stalled this past spring, with students in Grades 2 and 3 most affected.

Presidential Success

Presidential leadership success is a matter of timing, empathy for what the U.S. people are going through and setting clear goals early in your term.

Women’s History Month: Kimberly Grayson

I feel I am crawling to the finish line. 2020 has been one of the hardest years of my life.

Statement on Anti-Asian American Racism

All of us must stand together against anti-Asian racism.