More From the World of K–12 Education

District Admin
Feds approve Arkansas’ request for flexibility in spending U.S. education funds

The U.S. Department of Education OKs Arkansas’ requests to consolidate federal funding and reduce the amount of paperwork and red tape required of school administrators. The post Feds approve Arkansas’ request for...

The 74
Opinion: The Lexington Problem: Beating the Literacy Odds Without the Science of Reading

The science of reading has largely won the policy debate. Over the last decade, state after state has embraced evidence-based reading instruction. Legislatures have passed literacy laws, and teacher preparation programs...

Education Dive
Another wave of Education Department regulations is coming

The Trump administration unveiled its timeline for a host of regulatory changes, including those related to accreditation, diversity initiatives and Title VI. 

Chalkbeat
Are major changes coming to Tennessee teacher licensure requirements?

Aspiring Tennessee teachers currently have to pass the edTPA, a portfolio-based assessment that demonstrates readiness to lead a classroom, and content assessments such as the PRAXIS, which tests specific subject...

Chalkbeat
Chicago cut funding for assistant principals in small schools. Most chose to keep them anyway.

Alexandra Dakessian, the assistant principal at McCutcheon Elementary School in Chicago. Due to budget cuts, her position was eliminated, but her school used discretionary money to keep herl.

Chalkbeat
What’s Mamdani’s agenda for K-12 education in NYC? 6 months in, it’s hard to say.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani named Kamar Samuels as schools Chancellor Dec. 31, 2025. In his first six months in office, Mamdani has devoted far less public attention to K-12 education than other core policy priorities.