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Education Dive
Leadership
Week in review: Accreditation overhaul takes step forward

We’re rounding up recent stories, from plans to propose a change to the H-1B program to the planned sale of Anna Maria College’s nursing program. 

Technology & AI
Inside a culture shift that raised the bar for Elon Law

A rise in first-time bar passage wasn’t driven by a quick fix. It came from changing expectations.

Leadership
Why strategic planning in higher education must start with leadership alignment

Colleges and universities need a recurring leadership discipline that aligns assumptions, clarifies investment choices and helps leaders act decisively as things change.

EdSource
Technology & AI
How three bills to close California’s student achievement gap ran aground

Bills that may look like they have momentum can meet an unexplained death in an appropriations committee; that’s what happened to three of four proposed bills focusing on closing the achievement gap.

EdSource
Budget & Finance
How much has California expanded arts education?

California schools have hired thousands of arts teachers since voters in 2022 passed Prop. 28, which expanded arts education funding. Many schools, however, have yet to fully spend their arts funds.

EdSource
Budget & Finance
How much has California expanded arts education?

California schools have hired thousands of arts teachers since voters in 2022 passed Prop. 28, which expanded arts education funding. Many schools, however, have yet to fully spend their arts funds.

EdSource
Technology & AI
Special education funding model is failing California schools

California has promised students with disabilities the services they need, but school districts are increasingly struggling to fund and staff those services. It’s time for California and Washington to rethink how...

The 74
Technology & AI
Nearly 53,000 Apply for Michigan’s Free Pre-K Program As Enrollment Grows

Michigan’s initiative to offer free pre-kindergarten for all is paying off, state educators said Wednesday, as the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential, also known as MiLEAP, touted nearly 53,000...

The 74
Technology & AI
How to Talk to Your Kids About Body Image — Without Toxicity

We’re once again in a cycle of headlines that feels acutely focused on celebrity and weight and eating disorders. And unfortunately there will likely be more tomorrow and the next day and on and on. It can be...

The 74
Policy & Legislation
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Proposes Penalties for Schools That Keep “Vulgar” Books on Library Shelves

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday vowed to pass legislation punishing public schools that do not remove graphic books from their shelves by knocking them down a notch in the state’s annual school performance ratings,...

The 74
Policy & Legislation
JB Pritzker’s Education Record Earns Key Endorsement from Illinois Teachers Union

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who is seeking reelection this November, received a key endorsement on his education policies from the state’s largest union this week. Monday’s announcement marks the third time the Illinois...

EdSource
Technology & AI
CA governor, Trump administration challenge businesses to fund child savings accounts

Gov. Gavin Newsom encouraged California families to claim Trump Accounts while announcing a new partnership to increase awareness and participation in federal and state child savings programs.

EdSource
Technology & AI
CA governor, Trump administration challenge businesses to fund child savings accounts

Gov. Gavin Newsom encouraged California families to claim Trump Accounts while announcing a new partnership to increase awareness and participation in federal and state child savings programs.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Jeffco voters will consider $133 million in tax increases to raise teacher pay, repair schools

Jefferson County voters will decide on a pair of mill levy overrides in November to raise teacher pay, repair schools, fund career and technical education, and more.

The 74
Leadership
Skyrocketing School Lunch Prices Are Putting the Squeeze on Parents

Budget & Finance
University of Houston slashes 40% of courses from its core curriculum

The Texas institution cut about 100 classes, including in women’s and LGBT studies, to comply with a state law mandating general education reviews.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
The Marion County Election Board took her off the ballot. Now, she’s challenging that decision in court.

Lindsey Cornett and Chris Bultman were both finalists to be appointed to fill the IPS District 4 seat ahead of the election. Now, Bultman is on the ballot for November. Cornett, however, wants to be put back on the...

EdSource
Technology & AI
Will lawmakers revive school sex abuse lawsuit reform in Sacramento? Deadline nears

As the end of the legislative session nears, Sacramento lawmakers are again debating whether to reform a law that has enabled countless lawsuits and hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements against school...

EdSource
Leadership
Bakersfield City Schools double arts teacher ranks thanks to Prop. 28

The Bakersfield City School District now has 61 credentialed visual and performing arts teachers, more than double the number 10 years ago, when it had 26 arts teachers, the Bakersfield Californian reported. The school...

EdSource
Leadership
Kids who went to preschool do better in third grade reading and math, study finds

Researchers at Florida International University and George Mason University published a report in Early Childhood Research Quarterly that found public school pre-kindergarten helps children do well academically in third...

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Back to school in Michigan: New cellphone rules, a fitness test, and more

Michigan schools are implementing policies for the 2026-27 school year that restrict students' use of cellphones during instruction.

The 74
Technology & AI
For Early Grade Reading Gains, States Look to Mississippi and Consider Holding Students Back

When Mississippi overhauled its literacy education in 2013, one of the most controversial pieces was a policy to retain third graders if they couldn’t pass the reading portion of the state’s English language arts...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
5 things to watch for Philadelphia’s 2026-27 school year

Students walkout from Philadelphia's Parkway Northwest High School on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. It's one of nine district schools slated for closure at the end of this school year.

The 74
Technology & AI
Hawaiʻi Freshmen Failing: Ninth Grade Repeater Rate Among Nation’s Highest

High school came with more responsibility and less accountability for Josiah Ulukita. Courses were much harder, teachers were less strict about attendance and it was easier to skip school with friends or go on his phone...

The 74
Budget & Finance
Missouri Education Board Wary of $300 Million School Funding Increase

Missouri education officials are preparing to ask lawmakers for roughly $300 million more for public schools next year, setting up a potentially difficult budget fight as the state faces a projected revenue shortfall....

District Admin
Technology & AI
Nebraska’s largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students

The suburban Bellevue police department that patrols two Omaha schools and the large Bellevue district said its officers will continue carrying the gloves. The post Nebraska’s largest school district asks police to...

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Where the 2026 Tennessee gubernatorial candidates stand on education issues

Tennessee voters will head back to the polls on Nov. 3 to elect a new governor who will shape education policy for the next four years.

The 74
Technology & AI
Opinion: When Parents Stop Expecting More: The Missing Variable in Academic Decline

American education has spent decades searching for explanations for declining achievement. Poverty, inequality, school funding, curriculum, technology, teacher quality and the effects of the pandemic all matter. ...

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
Colleges made deep staff cuts while adding tenure-track faculty last year

The latest survey of higher education employees from CUPA-HR found the biggest spike in tenure-track professors since at least 2016.

EdSource
Technology & AI
California maintains school vaccine rules despite Trump order

Despite a new executive order from President Donald Trump regarding the childhood immunization schedule, California officials affirmed that the state will maintain its existing vaccination requirements for students.