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Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
An alphabet without an F: AI slop seeps into Teachers Pay Teachers curriculum marketplace

What appears to be low-quality, AI-generated content is cropping up on Teachers Pay Teachers, which was rebranded to TPT. The content Chalkbeat reviewed included obvious errors and strange images.

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Technology & AI
Opinion: AI Tutors Are Praising Instead of Teaching. Here’s Why That’s Hurting Students

As a professor, I recently gave a chatbot a weak student thesis, propped up by evidence that did not support the claim, and asked what it thought. It called the argument sharp, the structure clear and the reasoning...

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Policy & Legislation
Trump Overhaul Could Gut Head Start Standards, Leaving States to Set the Rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is planning a dramatic overhaul of Head Start that would gut its quality standards, upending the hallmarks of the early education program for...

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Technology & AI
Schools Are Rethinking Whether Every Student Needs a Laptop

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced in-person classroom instruction to go virtual, students suddenly needed to have their own laptops or tablets in order to interact with teachers and complete assignments. Most states...

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Budget & Finance
Opinion: Want Federal Tax Credit Money for Public Schools? Here’s What to Do Now

Money will start flowing in January for the new federal scholarship tax credit program. Per the law, taxpayers will be able to direct $1,700 of their annual federal taxes to fund scholarships for students. Since public...

District Admin
Technology & AI
‘Kids are actually eating the food’: State expands lunch program that pairs schools with farms

In school lunchrooms around Lake Tahoe, students line up for a red, hairy fruit called a rambutan. On pozole day, they shout, “We want more!” And when the salad bar runs dry, they ask the staff to refill it—over and...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Fairfax Co. students launch AI tool to summarize school board meetings

Ronit Singh still remembers feeling caught off guard after learning the Fairfax County School Board voted to change the cellphone rules in the Northern Virginia district. The post Fairfax Co. students launch AI tool to...

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Policy & Legislation
Who Decides Which Stories Children Get to Read?

As book bans surge nationwide, Jan Lacina — professor at Texas Christian University and associate editor of the Early Childhood Education Journal — explores the benefits of diverse children’s literature in her new...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
NYC revamps how schools handle school avoidance under legal agreement

NYC public schools have long lacked clear guidance on school avoidance. Under a new agreement, the city is mandating liaisons and uniform training to support absent students.

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Technology & AI
Exclusive: Nearly 1,900 U.S. Public Schools Within a Mile of a Data Center

This article was co-published with FastCompany. NEWNAN, Ga. — Arnco-Sargent Elementary sits in a wooded area on a two-lane road about 50 miles south of Atlanta. Across the street is a child care center. A Baptist church...

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
Week in review: A $100K fee for OPT?

We’re rounding up recent stories, from a look at the keywords used to target grants to a group of higher education bills advancing in the Senate. 

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Policy & Legislation
Illinois Governor Signs School Cellphone Ban to Avoid Student Distractions

Students in all Illinois public schools will soon have to abide by rules barring them from using cellphones or other personal electronic communication devices during school hours unless they have been given specific...

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School Safety
They Once Taught About a Hero. Now Faculty Rethink César Chávez Lessons

The same day The New York Times published its investigation of labor rights leader César Chávez’s alleged actions of sexual abuse, Bakersfield College professor Oliver Rosales was scheduled to teach his class, History...

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Technology & AI
Gov. Stein Announces STEP-NC, the First Health Care Apprenticeship Program in State Government

Gov. Josh Stein, alongside the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Dev Sangvai and leadership at Broughton Hospital, announced the first ever health care apprenticeship program within state...

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Leadership
Opinion: National Surveys Showed Most Americans Saw Fauci as Dr. No on Reopening Schools

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s newly released diaries have reignited the fight over whether he bears any responsibility for the disastrous pandemic-era school closures. Fauci’s critics, like Sen. Rand Paul, have seized on diary...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Chicago’s school board rescinded many layoffs with uncertain money. What’s next?

Students enter Sharon Christa McAuliffe Elementary on the first day of the 2024-2025 school year. This year, Chicago's school board adopted a new budget that relies on uncertain state funds to help reverse layoffs.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Trump’s moves to break up Education Department generate new bipartisan resistance in Senate

Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, seen here at a June 17 Senate education committee meeting, joined Democrats to support a bill reversing Trump administration moves to break up the...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Colorado will select training programs for new Pell initiative. But data shows a ‘mixed bag’ in outcomes.

New data shows not all certificate programs offer students the same wage growth opportunities. Nursing certificate programs are some of the most popular in Colorado.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
NYC official overseeing Mamdani’s childcare expansion for 2-year-olds is stepping down

Deputy Chancellor Simone Hawkins, pictured here in February, will leave the Education Department in September as New York City prepares to launch Mayor Zohran Mamdani's free childcare program for 2-year-olds.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Need free school supplies? Here’s how Detroit parents can get back-to-school gear for their kids.

Free backpacks are a popular item during back-to-school giveaways taking place in August throughout Detroit.

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
$23M awarded to Massachusetts colleges, state facilities for clean energy projects

The state grants will cover up to 45% of the cost for large-scale projects, such as implementing energy efficiency measures.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Bipartisan group of senators introduce bill to ban legacy admissions

Similar proposals have kicked around for years in Congress, but they’ve yet to become law despite sharpened public scrutiny of the practice. 

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Technology & AI
Bipartisan Lawmakers Say It’s Time to Rethink America’s Fragile Childcare System

CHICAGO — A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is calling for an overhaul of the nation’s childcare system, which they say is failing children, parents and providers.  The group of 13 Republican and Democratic...

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Budget & Finance
Trump Pushes RFK Jr. to Cut Childhood Vaccines Over Autism

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Inside the NYC courtroom where detained children face deportation without attorneys

A group of children walk past a federal building on Varick Street, July 22, 2025.

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Technology & AI
West Virginia 3rd Graders Behind in Reading, Math Must Repeat Grade Under 2023 Law

A major and final piece of West Virginia lawmakers’ 2023 hallmark education legislation goes into effect this school year when schools are required to retain third graders whose reading and math abilities aren’t at...

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Policy & Legislation
California Will Add Science Scores to Its School Accountability System. Why It Matters

Short of dropping a dead weight copy of the state Education Code on your foot, a State Board of Education agenda item on the California School Dashboard normally wouldn’t evoke tears. But Jessica Sawko’s tears earlier...

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
Texans Try new tactic to remove Ten Commandments from schools

A lawsuit filed by three parents argues that the displays violate a state religious freedom law and asks for them to be removed before school starts in August. The post Texans Try new tactic to remove Ten Commandments...

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...