Chronic academic underperformance at two Austin public schools has the district in jeopardy of severe state sanctions. Now, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath will decide what intervention looks like for the...
Tennessee released its school-level TCAP scores this week from spring 2026 assessments.
Over the past several years, states across the country have rewritten early literacy policy at an unprecedented pace. Science of reading legislation, teacher training requirements, instructional material reforms, and...
The “bell-to-bell” bans face skepticism from students and parents. After going phone-free, early adopters say the difference is striking. The post Pa. may ban cellphones in schools. Some educators say they’re already...
In the past five years, there has been a surge in states playing a prominent role in improving outcomes for K-12 students. They’ve adopted evidence-based literacy policies, focused attention on math, and invested public...
Robert Franklin, a retired Oklahoma educator, was enjoying life as a grandfather and giving lectures on the politics of education when he decided to become a candidate himself.  Now he’s likely to be the next state...
The Roy family says the now-shuttered college promised to gift them a 2.4-acre parcel. The institution is disputing their property claim.
Meta’s landmark settlement agreement with states is unprecedented in that it forces Meta to redesign key features of Instagram and Facebook for teens.
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.
Four student artists map out what artificial intelligence means for their communities today — and 50 years from now.
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...
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.
NYC principals say an ed tech purchasing freeze is preventing them from renewing online gradebooks and other software just weeks before school starts.
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....
To adapt, faculty must be able to quickly update their curriculum without “multi-committee, year-long review processes,” a university committee said.
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The peer-to-peer payment method and its PayPal parent have forged new ties with higher education institutions, the company said last week.
The documents follow up on one of President Donald Trump’s first orders that sought to alter the federal government’s antidiscrimination enforcement work.
Advocates assert that a new assessment, now awaiting Gov. Newsom’s signature, would focus much-needed attention on students’ struggles in early-grades math.
Researchers highlighted significant discrepancies between parent perceptions and actual teenage experiences regarding mental health, school attendance, and artificial intelligence use.
Educators must shift their focus from preventing cognitive offloading to preserving the critical thinking skills AI threatens to replace.