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.
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...
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.
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.
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,...
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...
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...
Students work on solving math problems during math class, at Girls Athletic Leadership School (GALS) middle school in Denver, Colorado.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Institutions can immediately consider Classic Learning Test scores for certain applicants as the state higher education board looks to revise its policies.
Nearly half of those polled said they would rather invest in AI tools than hire and train a recent college graduate.
The two candidates running for Indianapolis Public Schools board in District 4 are facing challenges to their candidacy.
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."
Yale, Columbia, Brown and a raft of other institutions warned of damages to the national research system from “draconian” research funding cuts.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
In court documents, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and others shared which words they used to target grants.
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.
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...
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...