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EdSource
Policy & Legislation
What Meta’s $17B social media addiction settlement means for California teens

Meta’s landmark settlement agreement with states is unprecedented in that it forces Meta to redesign key features of Instagram and Facebook for teens.

EdSource
Technology & AI
Education Beat is ending after 5 years. Here are the episodes we’ll remember most

The final episode of Education Beat airs this week. Podcast host Zaidee Stavely remembers some of the most noteworthy episodes over its five-year run.

EdSurge
Technology & AI
Student Artists Wrestle with AI’s Promise and Peril

Four student artists map out what artificial intelligence means for their communities today — and 50 years from now.

EdSource
Technology & AI
UC Merced welcomes largest incoming class in history, sets enrollment record

UC Merced set a new enrollment record as it welcomed students to campus this week, propelled by big increases in first-year and transfer students, the campus said Wednesday. The Central Valley campus enrolled 2,705...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Open or closed? Some Colorado programs for homeschoolers remain in limbo after turbulent summer

Some publicly funded homeschool enrichment programs may not open in Colorado this school year because of strict new rules and the demise of a prolific authorizer.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
NYC schools head toward first day without gradebooks and other software amid tech freeze

NYC principals say an ed tech purchasing freeze is preventing them from renewing online gradebooks and other software just weeks before school starts.

EdSource
Policy & Legislation
Nearly 300,000 K-12 students are homeless in California, UCLA report says

The number of students experiencing homelessness reached a new statewide peak of over 298,000 in the 2024-25 school year, according to a report published Wednesday by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools....

Education Dive
Technology & AI
AI can complete ‘almost’ all written assignments for MIT undergrads, report says

To adapt, faculty must be able to quickly update their curriculum without “multi-committee, year-long review processes,” a university committee said.

The 74
Budget & Finance
Opinion: If Social Media Companies Owe Billions, Let’s Fund What Kids Need

The conversation about social media and young people has been largely about what to take away. Devices. Screen Time. Push Notifications. Agenda-driven algorithms. It’s time to start talking about what we’re prepared to...

EdSource
Technology & AI
San Jose Unified may buy downtown residential tower for teacher housing

San Jose Unified officials are considering two proposals to build affordable housing for teachers in its bid to retain educators in one of the nation’s most expensive housing markets, The Mercury News reported. One...

EdSource
School Safety
California DOJ officer’s gun found in Clovis school bathroom

Students found a loose gun in the stall of a Clovis high school restroom Friday during a varsity football game that belonged to a California Department of Justice officer, The Fresno Bee reported. The officer’s name has...

Chalkbeat
Infrastructure
‘We’re going to listen’: Philadelphia Superintendent Tony Watlington sets sights on rebuilding trust

Tony B. Watlington Sr., superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, speaks with a student at George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science on the first day of school in Philadelphia on Aug....

The 74
Technology & AI
Did School Vaccines Just Become a Campaign Issue?

Mandated vaccines for school attendance—and a parent’s ability to reject those vaccines— may have been injected into the race for Florida governor. With five months left before he’s term limited out of office, the...

The 74
Budget & Finance
Meta Reaches $17 Billion Settlement With States in Landmark Trial Over Teen Social Media Addiction

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and...

EdSource
Budget & Finance
Meta reaches surprise $17.1B settlement in social media addiction case

Meta has reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by states over harm to children through its social media platforms Instagram and Facebook, and has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion, The New York Times reported. The...

The 74
Budget & Finance
Ohio Won’t Approve Weak Credentials That Students Use as ‘Shortcut’ to Graduate

Hoping to make sure high school students don’t waste time earning career credentials that won’t help them find jobs, Ohio is slashing the credentials counted towards graduation, axing easy ones that thousands of...

The 74
Technology & AI
Even With Human Help, Kids Need Motivation to Use AI Tutors. The Question Is What

Artificial intelligence-based tutoring programs promise something schools have long struggled to provide: personalized instruction for every student at a fraction of the cost of traditional 1-on-1 tutoring.  But...

The 74
Leadership
Fewer Teachers, Even Fewer Students: See What’s Happening in 9,500 Districts

Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that public education lost 50,000 jobs between June and July. The numbers are preliminary and don’t show which types of jobs were lost. They are also small in...

Technology & AI
Some colleges begin accepting tuition payments via Venmo

The peer-to-peer payment method and its PayPal parent have forged new ties with higher education institutions, the company said last week.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Labor Department issues rules axing affirmative action requirements for contractors

The documents follow up on one of President Donald Trump’s first orders that sought to alter the federal government’s antidiscrimination enforcement work.

EdSource
Technology & AI
Lawmakers pass mandate to help California’s youngest students catch up in math

Advocates assert that a new assessment, now awaiting Gov. Newsom’s signature, would focus much-needed attention on students’ struggles in early-grades math.

EdSource
Technology & AI
Three things parents miss about their teens’ lives

Researchers highlighted significant discrepancies between parent perceptions and actual teenage experiences regarding mental health, school attendance, and artificial intelligence use.

EdSurge
Technology & AI
Protecting Student Cognition in the Age of AI

Educators must shift their focus from preventing cognitive offloading to preserving the critical thinking skills AI threatens to replace.

EdSurge
Technology & AI
Can a Letter From Washington Actually Change How Schools Buy Technology?

On this episode of This Week with EdSurge, unpacking new federal edtech guidance for schools.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
56% of Michigan teachers are thinking about leaving in five years, poll says

New poll results show 25% of Michigan teachers say they are strongly considering teaching in the next 12 months, while 56% say they're considering exiting in the next five years.

Technology & AI
Broward College board, president reach $430K separation agreement

Under the settlement, Torey Alston resigned immediately and will withdraw his lawsuit against the board. The board did not admit wrongdoing.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Should Tennessee fully fund special education pre-K programs?

Tennessee school leaders say the state is not providing adequate funding for special education pre-k classrooms, which districts are required to offer for students with disabilities as young as 3 who live in the...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Former Tindley charter school network CEO, 2 others to pay nearly $1 million in restitution for fraud

Tindley Genesis Academy in Indianapolis. The former CEO of the Tindley charter school network must pay restitution and will serve over a year in prison, according to a judgment in federal court against him related to a...

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Cornell, MIT and others can appeal class action status in antitrust case

Former students accused the colleges of colluding to fix tuition prices and lower financial aid offers.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Newark’s 2026-2027 school goals: AP growth, new programs, and serving as a model for other districts

Superintendent Roger León greets students and parents on the first day of school at Nelson Mandela Elementary School in Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday, September 5, 2023.