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District Admin
Technology & AI
Adults have struggled to set rules for AI in school. These teens figured it out

To these teens, the stakes for getting ahead of AI are clear. They pointed out how adult leaders were slow to protect students from the risks of other tech developments. The post Adults have struggled to set rules for...

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Infrastructure
Opinion: The ‘Second Curriculum’ — What 1st-Gen College Students Need to Know, But Don’t

In the Pilsen neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, there’s a mural of my grandfather selling ice cream. My dad worked construction and sold ice cream too, and he and my mom both spent years working in...

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Technology & AI
Opinion: Why Claude for Teachers Might Be a Student Privacy Trap for Educators

Anthropic recently rolled out its Claude for Teachers tool, making a free version of Claude with advanced technical capacities available to any K-12 U.S. educator who applies to the company using a school email address...

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
$47M NSF pilot to arm Ph.D. students with private industry experience

Under the initiative, companies will provide funding so students can conduct dissertation research at their sites for at least a year.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Seeking to reverse layoffs, Chicago school board approves budget, assuming more state money will come

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates rallies before the Board of Education meeting Thursday, during which 11 CTU-aligned members amended the district's budget to reverse layoffs by relying on state revenue...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Iris Taylor, leader in Detroit healthcare and DPSCD board member, dies at 74

Iris Taylor, a member of the Detroit Public Schools Community District board and a prominent healthcare leader, died 74. Here, she speaks during the Cody High School graduation in June 2019.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Chicago Public Schools’ lunchroom staff move closer to strike

The union representing lunchroom workers in Chicago Public Schools requested fact-finding Thursday, taking a step closer to a strike. Pictured: Lunch workers protest the lack of a contract following a Chicago Board of...

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Colorado’s preschool program is reaching lots of kids but needs to focus on quality, new evaluation says

A newly released evaluation of Colorado's state-funded preschool program says providers and advocates are eager for the state to focus on quality.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Senate panel OKs bill to block Education Department’s postsecondary office transfer

The proposed legislation moves to the full Senate just weeks after the House introduced 10 bills that would codify some of the agency’s transfers.

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
University of Valley Forge in Pennsylvania to shutter

The Christian institution is suspending education activities indefinitely after its board determined it “could not continue academic operations responsibly.”

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Chicago to cut funding earmarked for schools that replaced police with restorative justice policies

Metal detectors at an entrance to North-Grand High School in Chicago. The school is one of more than 50 that will see cuts to funding provided to implement restorative justice practices and other holistic approaches to...

Chalkbeat
Infrastructure
Detroit school board signals desire to find alternatives to demolition for four closed buildings

Some board members for the Detroit Public Schools Community District are reconsidering plans to demolish four school buildings that closed at the end of the 2025-26 school year.

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Technology & AI
Senate Panel Passes Bill to Reverse Dismantling of Education Department

Updated A Senate committee advanced legislation Thursday aimed at undoing the Trump administration’s efforts to split apart the U.S. Department of Education. The bill delivers the plan the biggest rebuke since Education...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
How a years-long rise in teacher turnover reshaped American classrooms

Although comprehensive national data on teacher exit rates is lacking, an extensive Chalkbeat analysis identified trends in 21 states since 2019.

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Budget & Finance
Senate Panel Advances Science of Reading, Dyslexia Bills with Bipartisan Support

A bill that would require states to only use the science of reading in classrooms in order to qualify for a multi-million dollar funding grant passed with bipartisan support from a committee of federal lawmakers...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
‘You’re not wanted’: Philly teens who feel unwelcome downtown call for more ‘third spaces’ during summer

Philadelphia youth say third spaces such as the Field Teen Center at Parkway Central Library provide helpful places to go over the summer.

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Leadership
When Teachers Lack Confidence in Math, Their Students Fall Behind, New Study Shows

Plenty of students have math anxiety. It turns out some educators have their own anxiety about teaching the subject, a new study finds. And that appears to affect their students — especially those already struggling in...

District Admin
Leadership
Miami-Dade School Board unanimously picks Rafael Villalobos as new superintendent

Villalobos, who was was unanimously approved, is the county’s current south region superintendent and has served as principal at several high schools. The post Miami-Dade School Board unanimously picks Rafael Villalobos...

District Admin
Infrastructure
To recruit teachers, school districts are building homes

Carolina Sanchez Garcia, a teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary in San Diego, used to wake up at 3 a.m. to leave enough time to drive to work as her children slept in the back seat. The post To recruit teachers, school...

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Infrastructure
New Mexico Features in National Discussion on Childcare Challenges

A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers from around the nation on Monday identified lack of facilities and high costs as two leading challenges states are facing in addressing childcare needs. The bipartisan group,...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
5 Memphis stories to watch as classes begin

MSCS leaders say they're focusing on boosting middle school math achievement this year after seeing gains in reading.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
What do you think about your school district’s ballot request for a property tax increase?

Students at Global Preparatory Academy in Indianapolis work in class in June 2024. As a charter school, it is now be eligible to receive any funds from the referendum for Indianapolis Public Schools in the fall.

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Technology & AI
Opinion: How Math Became Relevant Again in a Wisconsin Classroom

It is impossible to imagine a future that does not have data science embedded in our daily lives. The field combines statistics, coding, and critical thinking to extract meaning from data, making it a desirable skill...

Technology & AI
Texas community college funding model faces ‘growing pains’

Although leaders praised the performance-based formula, they asked lawmakers to provide sufficient money for it.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appoints Connie Anderson to CPS school board

The Chicago Board of Education meets Thursday, May 29, 2025.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Chicago Public Schools budget conflict revolves around revenue assumptions, timing

Students sit in a class at Bronzeville Classical Elementary School in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Education is split over what to do about the district's budget next fiscal year.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Will the College Transparency Act get the green light from lawmakers?

Major higher education groups argued the proposal would improve student outcomes data ahead of a Senate education committee markup.

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Leadership
In Diary, Fauci Bragged of Role in School Closures. At Hearing, He Took the 5th

In a three-hour hearing Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the influential scientist who led the national response to COVID, refused to respond to questions about his role in school closures and the mask and social...

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Eric Adams mandated NYC preschools adopt a single curriculum. Under Mamdani, they’re getting more choice.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani visits a childcare center in Brooklyn in November, 2025. Under Mamdani's administration, city-funded early childhood education programs will get more flexibility to choose a curriculum.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
As more teen boys turn to sports betting, financial literacy teachers rush to show gambling’s real odds

With so many avenues to gamble online, teachers say students are more interested than ever in betting. Educators hope financial literacy courses and other strategies can help show them the risks behind it.