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Budget & Finance
Alaska Districts Close 12 Schools This Year, Amid Severe Budget Cuts

Alaska saw an unprecedented wave of school closures this year. District officials grappling with severe budget shortfalls have opted to close 12 elementary and middle schools across the state — in Anchorage, Wasilla,...

The 74
Policy & Legislation
Incumbent VP, Top State Union Leaders Among Candidates for NEA President

While the U.S. celebrates over the Fourth of July weekend, four candidates will be vying for the top post of the nation’s largest teachers union. The National Education Association’s leadership election will decide the...

The 74
Technology & AI
NYC Delays School AI Guidance After Backlash

New York City education officials are hitting pause on releasing comprehensive artificial intelligence guidelines after their draft policy from March sparked fierce backlash. Officials initially said their final...

District Admin
Budget & Finance
Ohio public school districts face teacher shortages amid reduced state funding, budget woes

Educators and advocates woory that reduced public school funding and a lack of resources has taken its toll already. But there is hope that opportunities exist, if the state can get behind them. The post Ohio public...

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
Texas education board approves Bible stories as required reading in public schools

The proposal, which mandates literary works such as Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" alongside passages from the New Testament, has been closely followed by education observers who say it appears to be the first of...

The 74
Technology & AI
This Childcare Program Is 100% Employee-Owned. Will It Help Retain Workers?

Stephania Zamorano has been an educator in New York City for 15 years. Since 2021, she has worked at Imagine Early Learning Centers, a childcare organization that serves nearly 600 children across 12 sites, soon to be...

The 74
Leadership
A Big Gamble on Revamping Petersburg’s Schools Fuels Hope in Virginia City

PETERSBURG, Va. — For years, the schools here have been stuck in a very bad place. As Petersburg’s once-booming manufacturing base hollowed out, crime increased and residents’ health worsened. Along the way, places for...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Housing, groceries, and medical needs: Detroit’s Health Hubs helping to get kids to school

DPSCD's Health Hubs opened in 2023 to streamline wraparound services for students and their families. Since then, chronic absenteeism has fallen in the district.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Week in review: College ‘affinity housing’ could violate Fair Housing Act, HUD official says

We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from a record-high persistence rate to the latest federal lawsuit over in-state tuition for undocumented students.

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
Land-grant universities eligible for USDA, Ed Dept funds to improve agricultural research facilities

The two federal agencies are offering eligible institutions up to $30 million for property improvements — but the money requires a one-to-one match.

The 74
Policy & Legislation
Decision Time Has Come for Newsom’s Proposal To Shift Control of CA Department of Education

The fate of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to shift control of the California Department of Education from the state superintendent of public instruction to a new education commissioner answering to future governors and...

The 74
Technology & AI
Opinion: In the Age of AI, Everyone Should Be Hiring Theater Kids

This spring, an estimated 3.9 million high school students — one of the largest classes in American history — graduated into a world their education never fully prepared them for. They are, in many ways, the first...

The 74
Budget & Finance
Connecticut Schools Double Down on Early Detection to Help Reading Scores

The first step to solving a reading delay is knowing it exists. Decades of research have found that all children learn to read by developing the same core skills. This applies to children with dyslexia, English language...

The 74
Technology & AI
What Should Delaware Do With Half-Empty Schools?

More than a dozen Delaware public schools, mostly in New Castle County, are operating at less than 60% capacity, according to data from the Delaware Department of Education.  Five of those are more than half...

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Inside two Title IX investigations in Colorado that reflect a ‘new way of doing business’ under Trump

The first Title IX investigation under the second Trump administration centered on an all-gender restroom in a Denver high school.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Trump administration gives Jeffco 10 days to change policies or risk losing federal funding

The Trump administration found that several Jeffco Public Schools policies, including its policy on sports participation, violated the federal Title IX sex discrimination law.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Mamdani promised to cut wasteful education contracts. Critics say he picked the wrong one.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's proposed budget cuts a popular data tool that nearly every school uses. Some educators are urging him to reverse course.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Johns Hopkins lays off 110 employees in the wake of federal research cuts

"As our federal research portfolio shrinks, the infrastructure around it must change in parallel,” a spokesperson for the private university said.

The 74
Policy & Legislation
New York High Schoolers Might Be Getting a New Diploma. Here’s What to Know.

At a Board of Regents meeting Monday, state education officials announced that high school graduates in New York could soon start receiving a new type of diploma — one that reflects their skills and knowledge,...

The 74
Leadership
This World Cup Sticker Collection Could Cost You $2,000

The 74
Budget & Finance
Rural Areas of Indiana Have Few School Options

Indiana’s school choice program leaves its nearly 300,000 rural public school students with fewer options and fewer resources while funding the private education of others. More than one in four Indiana school students,...

The 74
Leadership
The Teachers Did Everything Right. They’re Still Being Forced Out.

The 74
Leadership
Opinion: Harnessing the Power of Music for Students With Disabilities

It’s the same picture, every year, when my family visits India. My uncle is sitting right in the middle of the gathering, and yet the conversation never touches him. He has cerebral palsy and depends entirely on others...

District Admin
Budget & Finance
Houston ISD board unanimously approves controversial Bible-infused curriculum

Adopting the state-approved Bluebonnet Learning curriculum for elementary students will come with a funding boost of more than $3 million for the district, which also approved a $2 billion operating budget on...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Fayette County superintendent files ‘whistleblower’ complaint after being put on leave

Fayette County Public Schools has been mired in controversy over its financial situation in recent years, with district officials recently saying FCPS has misstated its finances since at least 2008 and has much less...

The 74
Technology & AI
In ‘Toy Story 5,’ Tech ‘Invades’ Playtime. It Also Threatens Human Connection.

In one of the opening scenes of “Toy Story 5,” Jessie — a cowgirl doll — tries to find out why the twins who live across the street never want to play with her owner Bonnie. What she finds, when she peers through the...

The 74
Policy & Legislation
Texas Quietly Began Work on Divisive History Curriculum a Year Ago

The Texas State Board of Education will vote Friday on a set of new social studies standards that have drawn fire and fervor for espousing pro-American views and Christian values.  If approved, the vote would...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
MSCS will pay the state oversight board’s salary. But who will fund its work?

Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, sponsored the MSCS takeover bill and said it's unclear which board expenses will be covered by the state and which by local dollars.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Ohio bill would broaden power of university civics center directors

The politically created academic centers have drawn fierce criticism from faculty, who say they expand state intrusion into higher education.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Denver Superintendent Alex Marrero to school board: ‘I can no longer ignore these concerns’

Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero talks with students on the first day of school in 2024. Marrero sent an email to the school board earlier this month outlining several concerns with the board.