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Leadership
Here are the 35 people running for the Detroit school board

A crowded field of 35 people are running for five open seats on the Detroit school board.

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School Safety
Opinion: Unjust Child Welfare System Targeted Buttegieg’s Family — Like Too Many Others

When Child Protective Services and a police officer showed up at the home of former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, he assumed, as many people do, that this was an abuse of an otherwise well-meaning and...

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
St Louis-area school districts are losing students. A new task force thinks consolidation could help

The Missouri State Board of Education is expected to vote on the accreditation statuses of over 500 districts across the state next year. The post St Louis-area school districts are losing students. A new task force...

District Admin
Technology & AI
A $40,000-per-year AI school with no teachers is opening in Oklahoma this August

An AI-powered, billionaire-backed chain of private schools intends to educate students with two hours of virtual learning a day and entrepreneurship workshops. The post A $40,000-per-year AI school with no teachers is...

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Technology & AI
America’s Trillion-Dollar School System: 5 Trends Explain Where the Money Goes

In April, the National Center for Education Statistics reported that the 50 states and Washington, D.C., took in $1 trillion in federal, state and local revenue for K-12 public education in the 2023-24 school year. One....

Education Dive
Leadership
Out of reach? Adults grade colleges on their affordability.

A Lumina Foundation and Gallup survey found widespread cost concerns — but most parents still want their children to pursue postsecondary education.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
2 conservative law firms join defense team in Elizabeth school district’s book ban lawsuit

Lawyers from the Heritage Foundation and Alliance Defending Freedom will help defend the Elizabeth School District in a lawsuit over school library book removals.

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Technology & AI
Detroit school board’s chair and vice chair will not seek reelection in November

DPSCD board chair LaTrice McClendon, left, and vice chair Corletta Vaughn, are not running for reelection. They are shown in a June 2025 meeting reading a statement about a district student who had been detained by...

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Technology & AI
70 years after Brown, schools remain separate by race and class. One advocate says integration still matters.

Students at CICS West Belden school work in the classroom at the Chicago charter school.

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Technology & AI
A new Memphis group is pushing for school reform via state takeover. Who are they?

Together4Students recruits fellows ages 16 to 25 to train them to be education advocates as the state takeover of MSCS stalls in court.

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Leadership
Newark Public Schools shuffles leadership districtwide with 9 new principals set to start this fall

A new class of principals, directors, and assistant superintendents will lead Newark’s public schools this upcoming school year.

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Budget & Finance
Mental Health Programs Could Bear the Brunt of $600M Federal Cuts to Texas Schools

As Texas schools face at least $600 million in federal funding cuts, multiple mental health programs, particularly those implemented in response to the pandemic and mass shootings, are at risk of losing funding. School...

Policy & Legislation
DOJ alleges UC San Diego illegally uses race in medical school admissions

The highly selective medical school is the third in the University of California system to face such an accusation from the federal agency.

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Technology & AI
Opinion: Students With Disabilities Are Spending More Time in Mainstream Classrooms

States have made steady progress including students with disabilities in mainstream classrooms, an independent federal report finds, but lawmakers and advocates worry that headway will be lost as federal special...

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Technology & AI
As Costs Rise, Families With Young Children Are Feeling the Strain

Families across America, particularly those with young children, are struggling this summer.  With costs up, many are facing financial hardship at a level even greater than what was seen at the onset of the...

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Budget & Finance
Opinion: Gutting EPA Rules on Toxic Chemicals Puts Millions of Schoolkids at Risk

Updated on July 21, 2026 Chemical fires, leaks and explosions happen at U.S. industrial facilities every other day — incidents such as four disasters in greater Los Angeles over Memorial Day weekend, including one...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Atlanta Public Schools launches new literacy pilot to help young students read faster

The district says the program includes longer literacy blocks, targeted early interventions and specialized teacher training to help young students build reading skills faster. The post Atlanta Public Schools launches...

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Technology & AI
Trump’s Education Department Leaves Mountain of Public Records Requests Unaddressed

Even before massive staff cuts at the Department of Education, it could take years for officials to process a request under the Freedom of Information Act.  But now, some offices that handled the hundreds of...

Education Dive
Technology & AI
90% of students use AI in the classroom, Instructure poll finds

A new survey from the ed tech provider also found that two-thirds of instructors and students are concerned about artificial intelligence’s accuracy.

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Budget & Finance
Teachers and CTU tell Chicago Board of Education to reject proposed budget cuts, furloughs

Multiple organizations, including the Chicago Teachers Union, held a rally last year calling for more state money for schools. The union and teachers are criticizing district budget proposal that would make cuts and...

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
Trump officials can’t revoke grants due to new agency goals, judge rules

The ruling scores a win for a group of 21 attorneys general and three governors who sued over the Trump administration’s approach to grant terminations.

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Policy & Legislation
NY officials propose mandatory science of reading update for teacher prep programs

The state's Board of Regents are considering new regulations that would mandate teacher prep programs embrace the science of reading, a longstanding body of evidence about how children learn to read.

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Leadership
A trip to Scotland with 75 teenagers: This Colorado theater teacher wants to make memories

Shawn Hann, a theater teacher at Denver School of the Arts, with two students at the 2026 Bobby G Awards in Denver.

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Technology & AI
Hawaii’s Childcare Shortage Is One of the Nation’s Worst

Nearly every child in Hawaiʻi lives in a community that lacks adequate licensed childcare, with access rates falling far behind the national average, according to recent reports from the Center for American Progress. ...

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Technology & AI
Contrary to Common Belief, The Poorest School Districts Outspend The Wealthiest

There’s a prevailing principle in the U.S. that funding disparities are at the root of education inequality, with poorer districts receiving less money than their wealthier counterparts. But a recent study has actually...

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Technology & AI
ICE Has Detained More Than 650 Kids in California Under Trump Deportation Crackdown

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has detained more than 650 children in California under President Donald Trump’s second term, an EdSource analysis of federal data has found. Most arrests happened in California...

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
NJ public school enrollment falls to lowest level in quarter century

Slowing birth rates drive declines that took state past pandemic enrollment lows. The post NJ public school enrollment falls to lowest level in quarter century appeared first on District Administration.

District Admin
Budget & Finance
Shrinking student populations cause spike in public school closures across U.S.

Limited funds and low enrollment forced districts to close more than 1,000 schools in 2025-26. The post Shrinking student populations cause spike in public school closures across U.S. appeared first on District...

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Budget & Finance
Opinion: Screen Bans Can Be Education’s Dry January — Time for a Much-Needed Reset

More than 250 million American adults start the new calendar year with a pledge to complete Dry January. By giving up alcohol for a month, some hope for a physical or mental reset, while others hope to give up drinking...

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Leadership
From Music Teacher to National Union Leader: Top Takeaways From New NEA Chief

Princess Moss has been a leader of the National Education Association since 2014, but soon she will implement her own plans for the union as incoming president. One of her top goals when she takes office Sept. 1 is to...