When school size matters and when it doesn’t

The 74
Nearly six years after the start of the COVID pandemic, nearly one in four U.S. schoolchildren has received tutoring, according to a new, wide-ranging survey of more than 23,000 parents, 60% of whom say they strongly support offering the service for free to students who fall behind.

Sioux Falls
Lawmakers advanced a bill to allow charter schools in South Dakota on a 4-3 committee vote Tuesday, after debate over whether the proposal would expand opportunity or further strain public schools.

The Gazette
News reports confirm what many school districts already know: public school enrollment in Colorado is steadily declining. The state lost roughly 10,000 public school students in just the past year, part of a multi-year trend now playing out nationwide.

K-12 Dive
The FY 26 funding measure provides specific guardrails for allocated grant money at the Education Department.

CDE
CDE is asking community members to share feedback on proposed revisions to the State's Academic Standards for high school math.

Chalkbeat
Colorado Senate lawmakers gave crucial approval Monday to a bill that would update the state’s “red flag” gun laws to allow K-12 schools to request that someone’s guns be temporarily confiscated.