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Leadership
Free housing for educators and an early childhood program in a transit center mark new Michigan innovations

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.

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Technology & AI
Transgender Arkansans and Their Families Weigh Moving or Staying in the Face of Restrictions

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...

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Policy & Legislation
School leaders say Philly’s charter school oversight is flawed. But fixing it is hard.

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.

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Technology & AI
Girls’ test scores have fallen faster than boys’. No one knows exactly why.

A first grader raises her hand at Bates Academy during the first day of school on August 25, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan.

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Leadership
There Are 2 Types of Grade Inflation. Students’ Learning & Earnings Are at Risk

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...

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Policy & Legislation
A Delaware School Once Felt Like a ‘Prison.’ Now It’s a National Model

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...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Superintendents defend policies about transgender students, parent rights on Capitol Hill

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...

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
Texas’ charter school boom may soon bust, experts caution

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...

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Leadership
Exclusive: 7 Things to Know About Microschools in 2026

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...

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Leadership
Inside the diversity program at a selective NYC high school

Jasmine Coombs, director of equity and inclusion programs at Bard High School Early College in Manhattan.

Budget & Finance
University of Denver to consolidate academic structures, cut departments

Despite budget pressures, officials framed the moves as an effort to eliminate silos and improve the student experience.

EdSource
Technology & AI
Cal State’s newest polytechnic campus hopes a rebranding will bring enrollment gains

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.

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Technology & AI
Cal State’s newest polytechnic campus hopes a rebranding will bring enrollment gains

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.

EdSource
Policy & Legislation
Congressional Republicans grill unfazed San Francisco superintendent on gender policies

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...

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Policy & Legislation
No more scrolling at lunch: Officials from 3 Colorado school districts discuss their cellphone bans

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.

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Policy & Legislation
CPS CEO Macquline King testified before Congress. Here are 3 key takeaways.

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.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
House appropriators move to label graduate nursing as professional degree

The House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill that would enable students in those programs to access higher federal borrowing limits. 

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Budget & Finance
340 Philadelphia school staff positions saved from cuts via last-minute city agreement

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.

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Technology & AI
Superintendents defend policies about transgender students, parent rights on Capitol Hill

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...

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
DOJ opens investigation into CUNY student success program

The probe is one of dozens of civil rights investigations the federal agency has publicized over the last week.

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Technology & AI
New Jersey awards Newark $400K to boost tutoring programs built on AI and high-impact sessions

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.

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Technology & AI
Michigan bills aimed at improving student literacy clear House committee

Three bills that supporters say will improve student literacy in Michigan cleared a House committee on Wednesday.

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Leadership
Opinion: New NAEP Report Shows Learning Progress Has Stalled. Here’s What to Do About It

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...

Technology & AI
DOJ accuses UC Davis medical school of illegally using race in admissions

The agency took aim at the Davis Scale, a metric tracking socioeconomic advantage that has helped the institution maintain diversity in its student body.

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Budget & Finance
Colorado group that started controversial ‘public Christian school’ faces member defections

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.

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Leadership
After delay, Chicago school board renews charters amid revamped oversight

Chicago Public Schools headquarters. The Chicago Board of Education voted to approve contract renewals after asking to postpone the vote.

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Budget & Finance
North Carolina Set to Nearly Double Remote Charter Academies Next Year

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...

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Technology & AI
Illinois approves numeracy plan to improve math education

Illinois approved a new comprehensive numeracy plan Wednesday aimed at improving students' math skills.

EdSource
Technology & AI
How teachers can use AI to leverage the classroom experience of their colleagues

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.

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Budget & Finance
‘A Sea Change’: Public School Supporters See Potential in New Tax Credit

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...