C.J. Hicks Elementary in Rockdale County, Georgia, opened a no-cost grocery store inside the school with Goodr and Kaiser Permanente in December 2025. School records show total absent days have fallen 43 percent since.
As the father of a young daughter with autism, I have learned that getting your child to school is not always as simple as putting them on the bus and waiting for them to come home.
New York City’s troubling decline in reading scores, despite one of the most ambitious literacy reform efforts in the nation, is a wakeup call for the entire nation.
C.R. Neal Academy, a tuition-free public charter school authorized by Voorhees University, plans to open in August 2027 with 260 sixth and ninth graders — the first charter school in the country authorized by an HBCU, the school and university say. Applications for the first year open October 28.
The California Legislature has sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a package of 15 bills authored by state Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, D-San Diego. The measures address health care, education, patient safety and consumer protections.
As we turn the calendar to the month of September, summer is officially in the rearview mirror. Last week I had the joy of welcoming children into their first formal year of school from many different homes, communities, and backgrounds. As a virtual kindergarten teacher, families often ask me what children should know before kindergarten. Should they recognize every letter? Count to 100? Read simple books?
Bolanle Ambonisye knew she had stumbled onto something when parents began using her name to get their children to behave.
After 35 years with the Bakersfield City School District, Lewis Neal leaves behind generations of students, mentors, and a blueprint for the work to continue.
Dolly Parton leaves a lasting legacy in the hearts and homes of California’s children through a literacy program that has delivered nearly 3 million free books across the state.
Every child deserves a fair chance to learn, grow, and achieve their dreams. In Texas, millions of brilliant, creative, and hard-working Black children want to become doctors, engineers, artists, and leaders. However, facts show that Black youth face tough challenges that make it much harder for them to succeed.
As the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) opened its doors for the 2026–27 school year on Monday, August 17, district leadership stood on the threshold of a historic turning point. Backed by all 153 standards met on its latest Financial Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) review and a 95% first-day attendance rate, the district is within arm’s reach of returning to local governance after nearly 14 years under state receivership.
Parents are probably wondering how the summer season went by so fast. It seems like only yesterday that students were singing “School is Out for the Summer.”
Berkeley Public Health recommends families catch up on immunizations before the new school year begins
A 17-year-old boy died Friday night after a shooting at Independence High School’s season-opening football game in southwest Bakersfield. Police ask anyone with information to call (661) 327-7111.
About 400 students attended Delta Community Credit Union’s Cool Cash Money Camps throughout June in metro Atlanta, including in Decatur.
By the time Mary Louise Reeves stepped off the train into Los Angeles in 1942, she had already accomplished what society told Black girls from Marshall, Texas, was impossible.
The Black Educator Advocates Network (BEAN) and the NAACP San Fernando Valley Branch are calling for an independent investigation into what they say is a longstanding pattern of racial harassment and retaliation against Black educators in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
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Beginning July 1, several new California laws will take effect, bringing changes that affect workers, students, consumers, renters, and families across the state. While some of the new policies are administrative, others could have a direct impact on household finances, education, housing, and public safety.
Fifty summers ago, in 1976, journalist and author Alex Haley published his masterwork, “Roots: The Saga of an American Family.”
