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.
We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from Moody’s gloomier outlook for Brown University to workforce cuts at multiple institutions.
Students just above admissions cutoffs could see lower earnings after moving colleges than those who were rejected, a working paper found.
The landmark decision has big implications for transgender students — and the Title IX and litigation landscape for colleges.
Supporters say the Republican-led proposals would help “right-size” the U.S. Department of Education, while opponents predict inefficiencies.
For the third year in a row, Gov. Tate Reeves opted out of a state-federal partnership that would have given summer grocery benefits to roughly 320,000 Mississippi children who rely on free meals during the school...
As school administrators map out curricula, schedules and priorities for the next school year, they should be thinking holistically about what kids actually need. Because honestly, young people are not doing well, and...
Walk into any college library and you will likely see students wearing headphones and listening to music. The idea that music can improve learning has been around for decades. The “Mozart Effect,” is the pop psychology...