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Budget & Finance
Chicago Public Schools cuts staffing slightly but special education positions will rise at some campuses

Students sit in class at Kellogg Elementary on the South Side. Chicago school budgets are out, and overall, there will be less than a 1% dip in staffing.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Education Department investigates Denver Public Schools over teacher accused of making students kiss

Denver Public Schools has been a target of the Office for Civil Rights under the Trump administration. The latest investigation involves an incident in which a teacher was accused of pressuring students to kiss as part...

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Chicago Public Schools CEO King removes furloughs from the budget proposal ahead of vote

Mayor Brandon Johnson, CPS CEO Dr. Macquline King, students, and officials ring in the first day back to school last year. CPS announced that King's proposed budget will no longer include furloughs for next school year.

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Policy & Legislation
Mayor Zohran Mamdani names 13 school board members, cementing control of NYC schools

Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed 13 members to New York City's Panel for Educational Policy, giving him control of the board that votes on school closures, contracts, and major policy decisions.

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Technology & AI
Colorado Officials Knew ‘Public Christian School’ Was Religious Before It Opened. They Didn’t Stop It.

When the leaders of a new elementary school applied for a four-digit public school code from the Colorado Department of Education last summer, they didn’t mention a key detail: The school would be religious. Instead,...

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Budget & Finance
With an Eye to Improvement, New Hampshire Educators Propose New Way to Assess Schools

As New Hampshire public schools grapple with funding challenges, declining enrollments, and increasing fiscal scrutiny from voters, some metrics suggest that the schools continue to perform well nationally.  On...

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Technology & AI
New Report Ties Chronic Absenteeism to Sluggish Academic Outcomes

Chronic absenteeism is playing a major role in students failing to reach pre-pandemic academic levels, a new report from NWEA shows.  The report, issued last week, shows that the academic progress of students in...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
When teachers lack confidence in math, their students fall behind, a new study shows

Students work on solving math problems during math class, at Girls Athletic Leadership School (GALS) middle school in Denver, Colorado.

District Admin
Technology & AI
I interviewed Realbotix’s AI teaching assistant. Here’s what happened.

A student being bullied at school. Struggling with their homework. Bringing a gun to school. These are familiar scenarios, but what happens when the person encountering them first isn’t a person at all but an...

District Admin
Budget & Finance
Big banana shortage avoided in school cafeterias this year

For the second year in a row, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will let schools seek a temporary “accommodation” if they can’t meet new limits on foreign food in school meals. The post Big banana shortage avoided in...

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Technology & AI
Opinion: Rural Districts in Indiana Join Forces to Provide Career Training for Students

There’s a long-held misconception that students’ opportunities are constrained by the size of their town. In many people’s minds, rural career and technical education and career-connected learning are synonymous with...

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Technology & AI
52 Million U.S. Kids Eligible for New Scholarships, but California Hasn’t Opted In

Nearly 6 million children in California would be eligible for a scholarship under the new federal tax credit for education, more than in any other state, new data shows. But unlike other states with millions of eligible...

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Technology & AI
Mamdani taps World Cup fever to get NYC teens designing climate-friendly stadiums and soccer apps

Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosts a pickup soccer match at Gracie Mansion on June 25. As part of his World Cup push, the city's Summer Youth Employment Program is hosting the New York City Sports and Technology Innovation...

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Texas public colleges can consider CLT in admissions, state official says

Institutions can immediately consider Classic Learning Test scores for certain applicants as the state higher education board looks to revise its policies. 

Education Dive
Technology & AI
New grads have to compete with AI for entry-level roles, hiring managers say

Nearly half of those polled said they would rather invest in AI tools than hire and train a recent college graduate. 

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Confusion on partisan school board law puts two IPS candidates’ spots at risk

The two candidates running for Indianapolis Public Schools board in District 4 are facing challenges to their candidacy.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
After closed-door meeting, Denver superintendent, school board agree to keep working on relationship

After an hours-long executive session to discuss board-superintendent relations, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero said it was "a start toward seeking clarity."

Education Dive
Technology & AI
3 dozen of Harvard’s peers back its court fight against the Trump administration

Yale, Columbia, Brown and a raft of other institutions warned of damages to the national research system from “draconian” research funding cuts.

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School Safety
One Year Later, 988 Still Doesn’t Have a Hotline for LGBTQ+ Youth

During Pride month last year, almost 70,000 LGBTQ+ young people sought specialized help from 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline.  That was the last time they were able to do so.  As of today, it’s...

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Leadership
Students at Newark’s newest high school will have a temporary home in September

New Media High School freshmen will go to Bard High School Early College while work continues on their permanent home, the former Dayton Street School.

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Budget & Finance
What to Know About the Texas ‘Robin Hood’ School Funding System

A new legal challenge to Texas’ school funding system renews questions about what methods state leaders should use to ensure students in low-income districts and those attending campuses in more affluent...

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Infrastructure
Opinion: How One California County Is Building a Childcare System From the Ground Up

In 2020, voters in California’s Alameda County made a remarkable decision. Rather than accept generations of underinvestment in young children, they chose to build something families had never truly had: an early...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Sally the robot was coming to a New York school. Then the plug was pulled.

Students helped design the A.I.-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage. The post Sally the robot was coming to a New York school. Then the plug was pulled....

District Admin
Leadership
Universities can use conservative-favored entrance exam as Texas eyes wider use, agency chief says

Texas may expand use of the Classical Learning Test despite a new report finding less evidence its scores predict college success than the SAT or ACT. The post Universities can use conservative-favored entrance exam as...

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Technology & AI
Oklahoma Data Shows Lack of Fully Trained Teachers Entering the Classroom

OKLAHOMA CITY — State leaders say they’re still pursuing solutions to reverse a yearslong decline in traditionally trained teachers entering the classroom, all while emergency certified educators continue to fill...

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Leadership
Settling Scores: Experts Debate Why AP Performance Has Soared

A few years ago, education experts noticed that scores were climbing upwards on a number of Advanced Placement tests. The increases, measured on some of the program’s most popular assessments, were as significant as...

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
Inside the federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding

In court documents, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and others shared which words they used to target grants.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Week in review: Is a new era ahead for federally funded research?

We’re rounding up recent stories, from civil rights groups slamming a regulatory change to a ruling against the administration’s approach to grant cuts. 

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Technology & AI
Head Start, Explained. How Changes to Early Education Program Affect California Families

Head Start, the federal program providing free early education for low-income children, has benefited from strong bipartisan support since its 1965 inception, withstanding funding cuts and political turbulence across 11...

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Budget & Finance
As Diesel Prices Soared, Arkansas District Saved With Electric School Buses

Five years ago, diesel costs averaged $2.68 a gallon. This spring, that more than doubled to over $5.50. That’s not just a headline; it’s a real problem for anyone operating on a tight budget. But for school...