MSCS is already closing five schools this summer. But state takeovers tend to usher in more building shutdowns.
Big changes are coming for Indiana schools in the November election. Join us for a panel discussion on July 8 to learn more about what it could mean.
Play-based learning focuses on giving students hands-on school experiences. In Illinois kindergarten classrooms, it's a required part of students' learning.
EMPORIA, Kan. — Teacher Sheila Peterson says this era of education is a renaissance. Peterson, an acclaimed North Dakota teacher, flew to Kansas for the Kansas Future Teachers Academy at Emporia State University and to...
English learners make up 17% of California students, but few are comfortable enough to show up when decisions that affect them are under discussion. Districts should change that.
Thousands of teachers are demonstrating each school day how to get artificial intelligence in education right. Policymakers, school system leaders and supporters of K-12 education should pay attention. I have an unusual...
State Capitol building in Indianapolis
In May 2023, Vermont passed Act 76, a landmark legislation that brought meaningful investment and key policy changes for the state’s early care and education system. The state created a dedicated funding stream to build...
Most school district leaders know their finances are in serious trouble. Most of them are not saying so publicly. That combination — private alarm, public reassurance — is itself a major part of the problem. Early this...
Long championed as a leader in adopting digital technology, Sweden is set to ban mobile phones in schools beginning in the fall for the next academic year as part of a broad, international reversal on the use of screens...
The technology giant flew 70 educators to its California headquarters to learn about its AI products—and how to persuade skeptical colleagues to use them. The post Inside Google’s AI training for teachers appeared first...
In the first years after Tulsa Honor Academy opened in 2015, founder Elsie Urueta Pollock visited almost every student’s home herself, promising parents that she would help their children be successful. Like them, she’s...
Chris Nassetta and other Hilton leaders reveal how the new college town-focused brand was born following the 2024 acquisition of Graduate.
Many UC faculty are calling for the system to require the SAT or ACT for STEM applicants, arguing that too many admitted students are severely unprepared for college-level math. Other faculty disagree and say the exams...
Many UC faculty are calling for the system to require the SAT or ACT for STEM applicants, arguing that too many admitted students are severely unprepared for college-level math. Other faculty disagree and say the exams...
A student works on a reading assignment at Global Preparatory Academy in Indianapolis in 2024. Indiana is among several states that recently improved how teacher preparation programs teach aspiring educators about...
Manhattan elementary school teachers practice delivering phonics lessons. A new report found that half of New York state teacher preparation programs fail to adequately teach scientifically grounded reading instruction.
An assistant principal at Girls Athletic Leadership School, a Denver charter school where cellphones were already prohibited, takes a phone from a student in September 2025. This fall, all Denver students will have to...
The Trump administration announced an investigation into the Cherry Creek School District Monday, alleging racial discrimination.
A federal judge ruled that the fee amounted to an unlawful tax on the visa program for highly skilled workers.
The institution sought to change the scholarship's eligibility to first-generation students, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on race-conscious admission.
DPSCD Superintendent Nikolai Vitti will address community concerns about the fate of Cooley High School at a public meeting on Wednesday.
The influx of nearly $8.5 billion to Texas schools last year was not enough to stop schools from making tough cuts, district officials told state lawmakers during a Capitol hearing Monday.  School...
Just weeks after Kansas lawmakers passed legislation promoting daily recess and physical fitness in K-12 schools, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the measure. Speaking in the Statehouse, she told reporters that she...
For a few years now, the United States has been marinating in a particular version of the American story. Specifically, we’ve been awash in warnings about the country’s alleged vulnerability in the face of cultural...
parents, advocates and researchers say the state needs to bolster its efforts, especially after the federal government largely dismantled its Office for Civil Rights. The post Pressure mounts in Massachusetts to beef up...
The $54 million Willie Brown Middle School was to be the pride of SFUSD. Then it cracked apart. Now its principal has led a once-unthinkable turnaround. The post Middle school miracle: How one San Francisco school went...
I’ve always thought about the future. What would it look like? What fantastical creations existed there that I was incapable of anticipating? And most importantly, what would I be doing? I knew I wanted to be one of the...
Tulsa, Oklahoma, STEM teacher Jacqueline Lanning had long had her eye on the Dove Schools. The public charter network incorporated science, technology, engineering and math in every grade, and its students received a...
We're examining major trends impacting foreign enrollment, including early data on the Trump administration's tighter visa policies.