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Leadership
Chicago school board looks at possible preschool expansion, despite opposition from district leadership

Mateo Lopez, 3, interacts with instructor Rebecca Rodriguez at Haugan Elementary School on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 in Chicago. Some school board members want the district to study expanding early childhood programs...

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Detroit mayor announces 7 new after-school program sites with $2.2 million in city funds

Mayor Mary Sheffield's office announced Thursday that a $2.2 million investment in after-school programming will allow around 1,000 more students access to GOAL Line Detroit programs.

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Leadership
Cost savings, first-day jitters, payment delays: NYC launches 2-K for 2,000 toddlers

Students at the Friends of Crown Heights childcare center in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, play with toys on the first day of 2-K.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Irvington data center poses health concerns for school community — and could also impact enrollment

Irvington Community Elementary Principal Katie Welch, left, and Irvington Community Schools CEO Rachel Maldonado stand behind Irvington Community Elementary and look at the land that's the site for a proposed data...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
NYC back to school: New AI and screen time limits give parents relief

Children stream into P.S. 107 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, for the first day of school. The city's new policy limits student-facing AI for elementary and middle schoolers and bans individual devices before third grade.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
The rise, fall — and possible future — of high-dosage tutoring

Third graders work on a math worksheet at an after-school tutoring program at Ecorse Ralph J. Bunche Elementary School on April 7, 2022 in Ecorse, Michigan.

K-12 Dive
Technology & AI
University of Utah could cut up to 15% of staff ahead of future enrollment drops

The public institution said it is facing “some of the most significant challenges in its 176-year history.”

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Federal program wants to study young people whose health was affected by the 9/11 attacks

WTC Health Program wants to examine the health impacts of 9/11 on people who were young New Yorkers at the time and were near Ground Zero.

EdSource
Technology & AI
Trump administration accuses UC Berkeley law school of racial discrimination

The University of California Berkeley Law School’s admission practices discriminated against Asian and white applicants, the federal Justice and Education departments alleged on Wednesday.  The federal agencies’...

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Technology & AI
Most Afterschool Programs Offer STEM Learning, But Rural Students Lack Access

Most student programming after the final school bell offers science, technology, engineering and math activities, but rural youth still lack access, according to a recent national survey. The Afterschool Alliance found...

EdSource
Policy & Legislation
San Francisco State president to step down at end of academic year

San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney announced this week that she plans to step down after eight years leading the university. “It has been an honor to serve the CSU and the greatest honor to serve as...

The 74
Technology & AI
What More Homelessness Means for Early Learning in California

Nearly 86,000 of California’s children ages 0 to 3 — more than 5% of the state’s infants and toddlers — are estimated to have experienced homelessness in 2023-24, according to new data analysis by SchoolHouse Connection...

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Leadership
Top Special Ed Official Steps Down as Staff Moves to Health Department

Since May, Kelly Rogers has had the difficult job of making parents of students with disabilities feel better about the Trump administration’s plan to relocate oversight of special education services. On Wednesday, she...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Can students embrace tech innovation without losing critical thinking skills?

Kids are not only using A.I. to answer questions. They’re using it to identify which questions to ask. The post Can students embrace tech innovation without losing critical thinking skills? appeared first on District...

District Admin
Infrastructure
Special education head at Education Department abruptly resigns

Kelly Rogers announced her departure less than a day before much of her staff were scheduled to move to the Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington D.C. The post Special education head at...

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Technology & AI
Global Test Scores Hit New Lows — Just as AI Takes Hold in Schools

Students around the world continue to fall further and further behind in the core subjects of reading and math, according to the release of scores from a widely cited standardized test on Tuesday. Meanwhile, their use...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Voter guide 2026: Meet the 15 candidates vying for 5 seats on the Indianapolis Public Schools board

Five of the seven seats on the IPS school board are up for election this November.

The 74
Leadership
Exclusive: Hybrid Schools Open New Legal Front for Choice

Most homeschoolers now piece together a variety of classes and outings for their kids. In the north Pittsburgh area, that often includes enrolling in Roots Learning Academy. Known as a hybrid program, Roots serves...

Technology & AI
The latest in college layoffs: Full Sail, IIT and Johns Hopkins

Workforce cuts continued into the summer as institutions prepped for a new academic year in leaner times.

EdSource
Technology & AI
‘We actually saved a kid’: Schools recruit AI chatbots as counselor shortage persists

Some schools across the country are using a customizable AI chatbot to talk to students about their mental health.

EdSource
Technology & AI
‘We actually saved a kid’: Schools recruit AI chatbots as counselor shortage persists

Some schools across the country are using a customizable AI chatbot to talk to students about their mental health.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Denver school board discusses alleged use of antisemitic language, other accusations

From left to right: Denver school board members John Youngquist, Amy Klein Molk, and Monica Hunter attend a board meeting in December 2025. Hunter is one of two board members, along with DJ Torres, who are accused of...

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Budget & Finance
How much stricter will homeschool enrichment rules get in Colorado? These officials will decide.

Colorado officials will hash out new rules for publicly funded homeschool enrichment programs over the next few months.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
For America’s 250th birthday, Philadelphia students get a civics lesson in a time capsule

Students and Pennsylvania officials open a time capsule from 1976 on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the Independence Hall Visitor Center in Philadelphia.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
25 years later, teaching 9/11: How NYC educators navigate the anniversary

Flowers and a note on victims' names at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York on Sept. 8, 2026. Chalkbeat talked with three teachers about their memories of 9/11 and how they teach about what happened.

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Technology & AI
As NYC schools open, 5 big questions about Mamdani’s education agenda

As NYC schools open, Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces major questions about falling enrollment, special education, school technology, and the shape of his broader K-12 agenda.

K-12 Dive
Technology & AI
Temple University cancels record $55M gift as donor faces fraud allegations

Revelations about a federal investigation into the donor’s company resulted in the donation being “mutually” called off, the institution said.

Leadership
ABA revokes diversity standards in accreditation

Tuesday's vote follows more than a year of attacks by the Trump administration on the legal organization and its diversity work.

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Leadership
A Generation Later, 9/11 Is Harder to Teach as Lived Memory Fades

Sari Beth Rosenberg was supposed to begin student teaching in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. At 26 years old, she was scheduled to observe a U.S. history class at LaGuardia High School.  She didn’t get the chance....

EdSource
Infrastructure
San Rafael school district offers religious-based opt-out policy for parents

Parents of elementary school students in San Rafael City Schools will be allowed to opt their children out of classroom activities that they believe violate their religious beliefs, reported the Marin Independent...