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Leadership
The Massive Collapse in College Confidence Isn’t Getting Any Better

America’s collapse in confidence in higher education — with support for colleges falling four times as much as for other government and civic institutions — doesn’t appear to be getting better anytime soon. Gallup polls...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Colorado school turns to drones for active-shooter defense

John Adams Academy in Douglas County is joining a growing national experiment in high-tech school defense with a system designed to buy police critical time in the early moments of an attack. The post Colorado school...

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Technology & AI
Opinion: A Step-by-Step Guide to AI in Schools — How Much to Use and When

Every few years, a new technology enters schools. Television beamed lessons from the best teachers into classrooms. Computers and the internet gave students access to a wealth of information, right at their fingertips....

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
What comes after book bans? One school district questions traditional libraries

After removing hundreds of books, Clay County District Schools is debating the purpose of high school libraries. School officials called it modernization. Critics see it as the next phase of the book debate targeting...

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Policy & Legislation
Exclusive: Study Finds Boston Charters Fell Off in 2010s, Recovered During COVID

Charter schools in Massachusetts have significantly accelerated student learning over the last quarter century, a newly released study shows. Compared with their counterparts in the state’s traditional public schools,...

Education Dive
Leadership
Leaders say studying abroad improved their skills, survey finds

Most respondents reported that their international education strengthened their strategic thinking skills and positively affected their careers.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Chicago Public Schools releases $9.88 billion 2026-27 budget amid deepening financial strain

Middle school algebra teacher Manuel Sanchez, at Edwards Elementary in Chicago, I.L. on Mar. 12, 2025. The 2026-27 budget Chicago Public Schools unveiled on Wednesday will decrease the number of general education...

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Washington governor eyes FAFSA requirement for high school students

Since taking office last year, Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson has prioritized increasing the state’s completion rate of the federal aid form.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
S&P: Despite enrollment gains, margins have worsened at colleges

The credit ratings agency found increases in median headcounts across colleges it rates, but also weakening operating margins in fiscal 2025.

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Technology & AI
Anthropic Launches Claude for Teachers to Influence America’s Classrooms

Anthropic, one of the world’s most prominent artificial intelligence companies, is launching a version of its AI-powered assistant Claude for teachers, entering a race by technology companies to infuse AI into...

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Policy & Legislation
Opinion: The Mismatch Between Childcare Policy and Parental Preferences

Family preferences on childcare arrangements vary, sometimes wildly, but many parents consistently report a desire to be able to care for their young children themselves and for trusted family, friends and neighbors to...

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
The high cost of low pay: How NYC’s paraprofessional shortage leaves students with disabilities stranded

Members of Parents to Improve School Transportation at a Panel for Educational Policy meeting where they called for transportation improvements. The meeting was held at Queens' Francis Lewis High School on Sept. 25,...

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Technology & AI
Indiana Sets Standards for 4-Day School Week Waivers

Indiana K-12 schools must meet new standards before seeking approval to implement a four-day school week. The model, once favored by rural schools due to a shortage of bus drivers, is spreading nationwide to urban and...

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
Federal appeals court ends a decades-old school desegregation order in Louisiana

Officials in President Donald Trump's administration have framed segregation orders as federal intrusion into local school systems. The post Federal appeals court ends a decades-old school desegregation order in...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Rural NY school district will be one of first to bring humanoid robot into classroom

When students return to school this fall in the Salamanca City Central School District in Western New York, a new kind of teacher will be ready to greet them. The post Rural NY school district will be one of first to...

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Infrastructure
Opinion: The Best Intervention Curriculum May Already Be in Your Classrooms

Picture a second grader who is struggling to read at a school trying hard to fix that. He gets his regular classroom lessons, is pulled out for intervention during the day and works with a tutor. On paper, he is a child...

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Leadership
Opinion: The Border Is Breaking My Students’ Hearts. It Broke Mine, Too

I run into a former student of mine, outside of school. “How are you, miss?” he asks. I respond in our native tongue, “Muy bien, ¿y tú?”  We chat briefly about students from our class, and I ask about Camila — a silly...

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
Penn State, Temple and Pitt get boost from new performance-based funding

A new $10 million pool of performance-based funds adds money to long-stagnant appropriations but falls short of higher education leaders’ hopes.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
University of California committee suspends standardized test review

The system’s academic senate is “revising its timeline” to comprehensively examine the role of college entrance exams, according to its chair.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
DPSCD board approves new teacher contract that includes pay raises, AI policy

The Detroit Public Schools Community District board gave final approval to a two-year contract with members of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, which includes teachers and other education staff in the district.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Zero charter schools have applied to take over the Denver schools that might close for low performance

Denver could close persistently low-rated schools at the end of the 2026-27 school year under a new policy.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
The economy is shutting young adults out of career-entry jobs, analysis finds

Artificial intelligence matters, but in a “narrow, early and age-specific way,” researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said.

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Technology & AI
UC Board of Regents Wants Recommendations By End of Academic Year on SAT/ACT

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...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Five Chicago school board candidates removed from ballot in upcoming election

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.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Newark’s new workforce program wants young adults to master AI before the job market demands it

Hopeworks trains young adults in technical and workforce skills, prepares them for interviews and professional settings, and then places them in paid jobs.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Test scores have plunged, but voters aren’t making schools a top political issue

The U.S. Capitol Building on July 1, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Recent declines in test scores have not gained much traction politically.

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Leadership
Short Thousands of Bilingual Teachers, California Schools Turn to High School Students

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...

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Technology & AI
Opinion: Illinois District Shows What Can be Done about PTA Fundraising Inequities

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...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
NYC expands high-demand special education programs into preschool for the first time

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.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
From the Bronx to the Battery, more funding for free swim lessons

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.