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In focus / Leadership

Opinion: 10 Commitments Every Elected Official Should Make to Improve Schools

America’s children cannot wait for education to become a national priority again. As candidates prepare for elections at every level, from governors’ races to the next presidential campaign, we have a simple challenge:...

Reporting by The 74 · October 21, 2026Read the original reporting ↗

Infrastructure

‘Just Aren’t Enough Kids’: Choice Schools Feel Effects of Low Birth Rates, Too

The 74 · October 21, 2026

Teaching & learning

Colorado Voters to Decide on Transgender Sports, Surgery Issues

The 74 · October 21, 2026

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School safety

TEACHER VOICE: As a new school year begins, teachers are once again struggling to support children whose lives are upended by immigration police

Hechinger Report · October 21, 2026

Technology & AI

How AI Is Breaking the Way We Reward High-Achieving Students

EdSurge · October 21, 2026

Policy & legislation

Supreme Court takes case on K-12 admissions policies

K-12 Dive · October 20, 2026

District in focus / Illinois

A closer look at Chicago.

In the news 5 times in the last 7 days. See the district behind the headlines, explore its public data, and put it in context with similar-size peers.

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324,130Students · 2024-25

643Schools · 2024-25

$18,216Spending per student · FY2020-21

13.8Students per teacher · 2024-25

NCES data via the district profile. Years vary by measure.