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Every K-12 education story we've tracked, newest first. Budget, technology, safety, infrastructure, policy, and leadership news from districts across America.

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The 74
Technology & AI
Opinion: How School-Based Kindness Training Can Help Support Students’ Mental Health

As school administrators map out curricula, schedules and priorities for the next school year, they should be thinking holistically about what kids actually need. Because honestly, young people are not doing well, and...

The 74
Leadership
Many Students Listen to Music To Focus and Stay Motivated While They Study – But It Doesn’t Always Help

Walk into any college library and you will likely see students wearing headphones and listening to music. The idea that music can improve learning has been around for decades. The “Mozart Effect,” is the pop psychology...

The 74
Leadership
Are Detroit’s Health Hubs the Solution to DPSCD’s Chronic Absenteeism Problem?

Upbeat on-hold music blared from Jerrica Mickens’ cellphone for nearly 50 minutes as she searched on her laptop for affordable housing for a parent in Detroit. Mickens was on a three-way call with a mother and a legal...

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
State scrutinizes homeschool enrichment proposals from controversial education group

Education reEnvisioned BOCES is seeking to continue offering 42 homeschool enrichment programs that operate outside the boundaries of its one member school district.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Just 1 Black student gets into Staten Island Tech as racial gaps at specialized high schools persist

Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan made offers to just three Black students based on the Specialized High School Admissions Test, according to data from the Education Department.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
How should schools use AI? Illinois is providing some guidance for teachers and districts.

Illinois education officials released guidance on how teachers can use artificial intelligence responsibly in the classroom amid nationwide concerns about the technology's role in schools.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Trump administration: Long-delayed data crucial to understanding America’s schools is coming soon

Updated civil rights data would be released in December, the U.S. Department of Education said. Six months later, it's still not available to the public.

The 74
Policy & Legislation
First Columbia Charter School Targets 2027 Opening Amid Lawsuit Over Missouri Law

Kansas City-based Frontier Schools is on track to open Columbia’s first charter school in the fall of 2027. At this point, Frontier Schools has hired a contractor and is looking for possible locations for the charter...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
5 takeaways from Chalkbeat’s panel on Indiana’s changes to school board elections and referendums

To explain changes that could affect the makeup of school boards and future funding for Indiana schools, Chalkbeat hosted a panel at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center in Indianapolis.

The 74
Budget & Finance
5 Key Education Stories This Week: Future of College, ‘Rehumaning’ School & More

Here at The 74, we publish and syndicate more than 30 articles a week about how America’s education system is evolving in a bid to better serve its 74 million children. But with so much happening and changing every day,...

The 74
Technology & AI
‘Math Wars’: New York Wants To Reform Math Instruction, but Experts Disagree on How

New York school districts will soon begin revamping math instruction under a new law aimed at improving test scores — but the effort comes amid sharp debate over how math should be taught.  “Back to Basics in...

District Admin
Budget & Finance
No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills

Educators and advocates are bracing for the funding to shrink or be eliminated. The post No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills appeared first on District...

District Admin
Budget & Finance
LAUSD placed on increased fiscal oversight with warning of looming financial troubles

The county education office cited the cost of recently approved employee contracts as well as ongoing structural deficits and declining enrollment. The post LAUSD placed on increased fiscal oversight with warning of...

The 74
Leadership
Opinion: Are We Asking the Wrong Question in the Screen Time Debate?

For years, the conversation around young children and screens has been dominated by a fear of too much time, too little interaction and too many missed opportunities for real learning. In many cases, those concerns are...

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Temple University lays off 40 employees as it tackles deficit

The public Philadelphia institution is reducing its workforce for the second year in a row but has seen promising enrollment gains of late.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
This college rodeo team is mostly women. Here’s why that matters for rural men.

Colorado Mesa's Justise Jones competes on a college rodeo team that's mostly women. The school has had trouble recruiting and keeping men on the team.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
5 key takeaways from the final Memphis schools audit report

The audit cites leadership instability as a key cause of dysfunction as the battle over MSCS' state takeover continues.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
At Hunter College, students tackle garbage — and a new way of shaping policy

Delegates get to know each other and the issues on the first day of the assembly at Hunter College.

Policy & Legislation
California community college settles with professor who sued over DEI policy

Bakersfield College agreed to not require Daymon Johnson to use diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility principles in his teaching or scholarship.

The 74
Budget & Finance
Market Share Continues to Hold Steady for NC Public Schools

Public schools continued to serve more than 1.5 million students across North Carolina in the 2025-26 school year — or about 84% of market share, a percentage that is about the same as previous years. Market share is a...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Chicago’s Black Student Success Director Eugene Robinson Jr. talks about the initiative’s first year

Eugene Robinson is the inaugural director of Black student success at Chicago Public Schools.

The 74
Technology & AI
Finale: Takeaways from a Season of AI in Education

Class Disrupted is an education podcast featuring author Michael Horn and Futre’s Diane Tavenner in conversation with educators, school leaders, students and other members of school communities as they investigate the...

The 74
Technology & AI
Dana Suskind on How To Protect Childhood in the Age of AI

The last time I interviewed Dr. Dana Suskind, we discussed the three T’s strategy outlined in her book “Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise”: Tune in. Talk more....

District Admin
Technology & AI
Most states fail to meet IDEA requirements, feds say

Just 20 states earned a “meets requirements” designation from the Education Department this year for serving students with disabilities ages 3 to 21 under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The post Most...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Attendance, Enrollment, and Equity Answers Hiding in Your Transportation Data

Date & Time: Thursday, August 06, 2026 at 2 p.m. ET In this webinar, learn the key takeaways from a report suggesting that transportation teams are sitting on information that could directly connect to whether...

The 74
Technology & AI
Opinion: In NYC District, Technology Works With Pencil and Paper To Help Kids Learn Math

This may sound strange coming from the co-founder of an education technology company, but I think paper is a powerful technology in a classroom. Research on the science of learning consistently says so. So do the piles...

The 74
Technology & AI
Some Microschools in Limbo While Awaiting New Federal Tax Credit Rules

Public schools are beginning to imagine ways they can benefit from the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, after the Treasury Department clarified last month that district students will be eligible for scholarships. But...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Denver school board to hold special meeting to discuss superintendent’s concerns

Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero expressed several concerns in a June email, including that the school board is getting too involved in administrative matters.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Johnson-aligned Chicago school board members continue push for more funding from Springfield

Jitu Brown, elected member of the Chicago Board of Education, speaks at a press conference to urge Gov. JB Pritzker to call a special session in Springfield for more education funding.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Chicago school board names members of Black Student Achievement Committee

Aaron "Jitu" Brown, a Chicago school board member representing the West Side, poses for a portrait in Douglass Park on Sept. 10, 2024. Brown will lead the board's Black Student Achievement Committee.