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EdSource
Technology & AI
California approves funding for first-of-its-kind childcare district in Riverside County

California approved funds to create a special district for childcare in Riverside County on Sept. 2, LAist reported. The special district is a local government agency that provides a specific public service to...

The 74
Policy & Legislation
Justice Dept. Lawsuit Over Parent Rights and Gender Identity Could Be Test Case

The Trump administration took an unprecedented move last week when it sued the Kansas City, Kansas, school district over how it handles student gender identity issues. The Department of Justice has accused the district...

The 74
Budget & Finance
SC Uses Orphaned Children’s Benefits to Pay for Their Care. Governor Vows That Will Stop.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina will stop pulling money from orphaned foster children’s benefits if the Department of Social Services can get enough funding to cover their care, Gov. Henry McMaster announced Tuesday. The...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
School vaccine data can expose hidden outbreak risks. But access depends on where you live.

Amanda Clear said Pennsylvania’s online school vaccination data is helping inform how she can protect her son Dylan, who has an immune disorder.

The 74
Technology & AI
Opinion: Why a Connecticut Career Academy Could Become a Nationwide Model

In high school, students are often pushed onto one of two paths: the college track paved with Advanced Placement and dual-credit classes or the career and technical education route built around hands-on training and...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Schools remain closed as Springfield works to resolve cyber attack

Schools were closed Tuesday and Wednesday, and officials said they could be closed longer for the safety of students. That's because the district can't access student health records and transportation and food-related...

District Admin
School Safety
Why this small Dutch town is teaching ‘Adolescence’ in school

The Netflix series is seen as a way to kindle debate about gender roles and to confront online bullying. The post Why this small Dutch town is teaching ‘Adolescence’ in school appeared first on District Administration.

The 74
Technology & AI
Can ‘Hard Fun’ AI-Proof Classrooms?

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Technology & AI
Schools Have a Motivation Problem — AI Is Making It Impossible to Ignore

In 2017, Alex Campbell, a sociology teacher at Elizabethton High School in Tennessee, offered his students the assignment of a lifetime: Could they solve a notorious series of cold-case murders that had stumped law...

K-12 Dive
Infrastructure
Colleges improve on utilization of classroom, office space

But amid higher education's progress, conference rooms still mostly sit empty, per an analysis from Occuspace.

K-12 Dive
Policy & Legislation
‘Utter paralysis’: Legacy admissions ban faces tough road in Congress

The fate of bipartisan bills is in doubt at the congressional level, while state-level proposals have stalled in the legislatures.

EdSource
Technology & AI
‘I’m listening hard’: Teens increasingly turn to AI chatbots for mental health support

In the past year, researchers have observed a 50% increase in reliance on AI chatbots for mental health support among teens.

EdSource
Technology & AI
‘I’m listening hard’: Teens increasingly turn to AI chatbots for mental health support

In the past year, researchers have observed a 50% increase in reliance on AI chatbots for mental health support among teens.

EdSource
Infrastructure
How is your California school handling the heat — and how are you coping? Send us photos and videos

EdSource is reporting on inequalities in school facilities at elementary, middle and high schools throughout the state, and we'd like to know about your school.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Denver school board president accuses members of policy violations, including antisemitic language

The Denver school board is set to discuss alleged policy violations by two of its members at a meeting Wednesday.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
A free Commerce City program might foreshadow the demand for Workforce Pell in Colorado

Colorado is working to approve Workforce Pell programs at the Community College of Aurora and other Colorado colleges.

EdSurge
Technology & AI
Stitching the Future: Technology as a Sacred Trust

By grounding our digital strategy in the same values as our ancestors, we can ensure technology serves our school community rather than consuming it.

EdSurge
Technology & AI
Two Students, Two Questions That Wouldn’t Let Go

Students asking why learning matters in the age of AI forces two teachers to respond.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Last-minute student laptop change leaves Memphis parents, teachers scrambling

White Station parents raised concerns about having enough laptops for online testing and virtual schoolwork.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Credit recovery enrollment rose 13% since 2017, raising questions about graduation rigor

Students participate in a summer credit recovery class at Philadelphia’s High School of the Future on Wednesday, July 15, 2026.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Meet the candidates running for the Detroit school board

Thirty-four Detroiters are running for five seats on the Detroit Public Schools Community District. Our voter guide provides a look at where they stand on the issues.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
NYC student OMNY cards expired early, leaving families confused and paying out-of-pocket

Student OMNY cards from the 2025-26 school year are supposed to work 365 days a year. But families say they stopped working Aug. 31.

K-12 Dive
Leadership
Humanities degrees hit their lowest numbers in decades

Last year, colleges awarded fewer bachelor's degrees in the humanities than any time since 1991, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences found.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Newark students head back to class as district rolls out cellphone ban

A student poses for a back-to-school photo at Elliot Street School on Tues., Sept. 8, 2026 in Newark.

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Leadership
International Literacy Day: This Is How Schools Get Reading Right

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School Safety
Do Later School Start Times Help California Students? Here’s What New Study Says

California’s mandate requiring later start times for middle and high schools is already yielding results, with students sleeping more, reporting better mental health and scoring higher math and English scores, according...

EdSource
Technology & AI
Sacramento Unified board facing potential insolvency decides not to raise pay

Sacramento City Unified’s school board withdrew a proposal to increase the monthly stipend for its members from $827 to $3,000 a month, according to The Sacramento Bee.  The school district faces a structural deficit of...

EdSource
Technology & AI
Woodland teacher charged with misdemeanor child abuse, battery

A former Woodland special education teacher pleaded no contest in a Yolo County courtroom Thursday to misdemeanor counts of child abuse and battery against a 5-year-old student at Rhoda Maxwell Elementary School,...

EdSource
Policy & Legislation
UC Merced expands guaranteed admissions program

UC Merced is adding more school districts to its guaranteed admissions program. Over the years, UC Merced’s admissions program has grown to more than 60 school districts across the state. Last week, it expanded its...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
2-K, contract delays, pay parity: Mamdani taps new early childhood education head at critical moment

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, pictured with a Brooklyn preschool student in January, named Erica Pillips deputy chancellor for the Education Department's Division of Early Childhood Education.