A duplex in Battle Creek is now the rent-free home for two early childhood workers in the city through a new partnership called First Home, First Teacher.
Sabrina Jennen’s family has deep roots in Arkansas, but she said moving to Maryland three years ago brought them a sense of safety they didn’t have in the Natural State. The Jennens were one of four...
Supporters of Southwest Leadership Academy charter school protest the Philadelphia Board of Education's decision to start the nonrenewal process for the school in 2023. The board later reversed its decision.
A first grader raises her hand at Bates Academy during the first day of school on August 25, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan.
What’s the harm of a little grade inflation? After all, the kids are happy. The parents are proud. And the administrators are satisfied, with more students making progress toward graduation. Of course, if students don’t...
For years, many teachers at Frederick Douglass Elementary School didn’t know the names of all their students.  Those were dark years before principal Carol Leveilee arrived at the Seaford, Delaware school. Kids...
Three progressive superintendents defended their policies for parental involvement and transgender inclusion during a congressional hearing Wednesday in which Republican lawmakers called them “pathetic” and said they...
Texas charter schools recently saw their smallest enrollment bump in state history, signaling that similar forces crushing traditional public districts may soon hit them as well. The post Texas’ charter school boom may...
Microschool leaders are predominantly white educators and parents who left traditional public or private schools to build different educational options for kids. But over 40% of those planning to launch new schools in...
Jasmine Coombs, director of equity and inclusion programs at Bard High School Early College in Manhattan.
Despite budget pressures, officials framed the moves as an effort to eliminate silos and improve the student experience.
Cal Poly Humboldt has seen a slight increase in enrollment since its rebranding in 2022, and aims to enroll over 11,600 students by 2035, by focusing on applied learning and interdisciplinary programs.
Cal Poly Humboldt has seen a slight increase in enrollment since its rebranding in 2022, and aims to enroll over 11,600 students by 2035, by focusing on applied learning and interdisciplinary programs.
The hearing gave House Republicans, facing a possible electoral loss in November, a stage for a flashpoint cultural issue popular with conservatives and, they believe, the public at large. San Francisco Unified...
All Colorado school districts must adopt a cellphone policy by July 1. Ahead of that deadline, officials from three districts with bans talked to the State Board of Education about how it’s going.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King appeared before Congress on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, to answer questions on the district's gender identity and sexuality policies.
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill that would enable students in those programs to access higher federal borrowing limits.
Mayor Cherelle Parker, center, announced Wednesday that she, City Council, and leaders of the School District of Philadelphia reached a deal to prevent the elimination of 340 school-based positions.
House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg in April. Walberg convened a hearing on parental rights in education under the title "Breaking Trust." Three progressive superintendents defended their...
The probe is one of dozens of civil rights investigations the federal agency has publicized over the last week.
Third grade students participate in Ms. Bolden’s class on the first day of school at KIPP Seek Academy in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday, August 22, 2024.
Three bills that supporters say will improve student literacy in Michigan cleared a House committee on Wednesday.
If you’re a parent who has felt, in the last few years, that something has changed in your child’s relationship with learning and school, you are not imagining it.  The Nation’s Report Card...
The agency took aim at the Davis Scale, a metric tracking socioeconomic advantage that has helped the institution maintain diversity in its student body.
Education reEnvisioned BOCES, where Ken Witt is executive director, lost one school district member this month and could lose the other by the end of June.
Chicago Public Schools headquarters. The Chicago Board of Education voted to approve contract renewals after asking to postpone the vote.
The number of remote charter academies operating in North Carolina is expected to nearly double next school year, according to state education officials. Ashley Logue, executive director of the Office of Charter...
Illinois approved a new comprehensive numeracy plan Wednesday aimed at improving students' math skills.
One of the most powerful ways teachers can use AI is to tap the readily available, school-specific data on how their colleagues have solved everyday classroom problems.
Federal, state and local.  Historically, those are the three pots of funding districts have relied on to educate America’s students. One of the nation’s leading school finance experts says leaders should start...