After the Michigan Department of Education failed to create a state-required accountability system for schools, an education reform group did the job instead. Seattle's largest public school district is considering a proposal that would infuse math courses with elements of social justice, including studying how math has been "appropriated by Western culture" and is used to "oppress and marginalize people and communities of color." 
The study, authored by Prof. Patrick J. Wolf of the University of Arkansas and Corey A. DeAngelis, Director of School Choice for the Reason Foundation, found that participation in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) lowered the chances of a student being convicted of a crime in adulthood. 
A Manhattan couple is suing their daughter's elite all-girls prep school, claiming their daughter's peers tricked the school's administration into smearing her as thoughtless and racist. 
The Washington Post slammed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and teachers unions in an editorial Monday for their stark stance against charter schools, saying the schools help rather than hurt minority students. 
Is the education reform movement a den of right wingers? Quite the opposite, a new report from the American Enterprise Institute argues. 
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel has told his top commanders that he expects newly sworn-in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R.) to remove him from office because of his response to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland last year. 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has informed Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission of internal changes it has made following the deadly school shooting earlier this year. 
Republican senator Ted Cruz (Tex.) introduced a bill cosponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) designed to harden schools against potential attackers on Friday. 
The National Rifle Association announced on Monday it awarded over $600,000 worth of grants to support local school security projects across the United States. 