The University of California Board of Regents chair said Tuesday morning she expects a recommendation from the faculty-led Academic Senate by the end of this academic year on whether the system should reinstate the SAT...
Chicago Board of Elections Commissioners Laura Kotelman, Marsiel Hernandez, and June Brown decide rulings on petition challenge cases against school board candidates on July 14, 2026.
Hopeworks trains young adults in technical and workforce skills, prepares them for interviews and professional settings, and then places them in paid jobs.
The U.S. Capitol Building on July 1, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Recent declines in test scores have not gained much traction politically.
California’s audacious goal of having half of all K-12 students enrolled in bilingual education programs by 2030 has encountered one big stumbling block — there aren’t enough qualified bilingual teachers. To help remedy...
Too often, parents take for granted that their children’s school experience is fundamentally the same as what’s happening in all the district’s schools. It turns out that is often far from reality. And some differences...
New York City will add 250 preschool seats in popular special education programs as part of a $67.5 million plan aimed at serving more children with disabilities, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday.
Opening day at Manhattan's Thomas Jefferson Pool, one of the city's public pools, on June 27. NYC is expanding its free swim lessons for second graders.
Anthropic is launching Claude for Teachers, an AI assistant specifically geared to teachers. The product is free for verified K-12 teachers.
San Francisco high school students, particularly those with high needs, enrolled in ethnic study courses achieved higher GPAs, stronger academic gains in math and science, and failed fewer courses, according to a new...
On Tuesday morning, members of the Chicago Teachers Union blamed some of the cuts on a chronic problem with property taxes. The post CPS lays off 162 employees as it works to close $732 million budget deficit appeared...
The average public school building in America is now 49 years old. In more than half of U.S. school districts, those buildings require significant repairs or full replacement. Too many students are trying to prepare for...
High chronic absenteeism is one of six factors that spurred the state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
At the beginning of each new class, Al Rabanera lets his students know that he knows they’re using AI.  “I’m not going to pretend like you aren’t,” he tells his students. “I know it’s readily...
Lindsey Matson, deputy director of youth organizing for 482Forward, left, explains Proposal S to a voter in Corktown. Groups have been going out to canvass in favor of the ballot measure, which will allow DPSCD to...
Democrats drove a modest decline from last year, according to the latest poll from Lumina Foundation and Gallup.
Chicago Teachers Union members rallied outside a school board meeting on July 8, calling on state lawmakers to provide more funding to Chicago Public Schools. The union endorsed a slate of school board candidates Monday...
“There are limits to what can be achieved through continued reductions,” the system’s president said as ever-deepening austerity measures loom.
After New York legalized cannabis, schools have had to navigate a changing landscape. New educational materials from the state are meant to help start difficult conversations with young people.
Speaker Julie Menin at a United Federation of Teachers breakfast on April 23, 2026. Menin has supported a bill to pay paras an extra $10,000.
Chicago Public Schools headquarters. The district laid off 162 people last week in order to help close its budget deficit.
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon speaks during a news conference in 2025. As the Justice Department takes on a larger role in civil rights enforcement in schools, Dhillon said a top priority...
Maine joined 15 states on Friday in suing the Trump administration to prevent millions of dollars in cuts to school-based mental health funding. The new lawsuit is part of an ongoing legal battle between Democratic-led...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the state's 2026-27 budget on Sunday, which includes $157 million more for Philadelphia’s schools.
This year, at least six states enacted laws trying to reduce the number of students chronically absent from school. The measures include requiring monitoring of absences and publicly releasing data, developing new...
State education agencies are being asked to do something they have rarely been asked to do before: lead. As the federal government’s influence over education recedes, leaving confusion in its wake, calls for guidance,...
The collection of Stephen King novellas inspired classic films like “Stand by Me” and “The Shawshank Redemption.” The post Utah just banned another Stephen King book from all public schools. Here’s what it’s about....
For anyone who cares about student literacy, the past few years have given us reason to cheer. While trends in national test scores, young people’s reading habits, and talk of a “learning recession” are clear causes for...
On a mid-June morning in the small city of Norfolk, Nebraska, a group of 2- and 3-year-olds clumsily ran around a playroom wearing identical purple cloth vests. As the toddlers babbled to their teachers, a rectangular...
Detroit voters will decide the fate of a proposed operating millage Aug. 4 for the Detroit Public Schools Community District, its first such request since state lawmakers created the district in 2016.