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Leadership
What Does It Really Cost To Plan Summer Care for Kids? These Moms Show Us the Receipts

Every year, parents — usually mothers — toil months in advance of the summer break to sign kids up for camps, book nannies, fly grandparents out to help or sort out a medley of arrangements and schedules. Planning can...

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Policy & Legislation
State Education Officials Recommend Repealing, Replacing Compulsory School Attendance Rules

To improve school attendance in a state with one of the nation’s highest absenteeism rates, Oregon education officials on Tuesday presented lawmakers with a plan to repeal existing attendance laws. The high-level...

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Budget & Finance
Indianapolis Teacher Merit Pay in Charter Schools Gets Increasing Philanthropic Support

Courtney Buuck thought there was some kind of mistake. When she learned that she received a $40,000 bonus payment on top of her base teacher’s salary last fall, she was in shock. Like other staff at United Schools of...

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Leadership
Opinion: Findings Offer a Math Playbook for California Schools

Math improvement rarely stalls because districts aren’t taking action. More often, it stalls because well-intentioned supports accumulate faster than schools can turn them into a coherent, actionable instructional plan....

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Leadership
Juneteenth Reminds Us of Black Americans’ Long Struggle for Education Following End of Slavery

The abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass is known for many things, but perhaps among the most significant is his views on education’s relationship to slavery. Douglass himself was born into slavery in Maryland in...

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Memphis-Shelby County Schools sue Tennessee over state takeover

Memphis-Shelby County Schools sued top Tennessee Republicans on June 18 over a new schools takeover law the district argues is unconstitutional.

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School Safety
Opinion: For Students in Unstable Housing, Strong Relationships Need Strong Systems

When a student is in crisis, the hardest problems are easier to solve when someone already knows their story, and trust is already there.  The heart of New York City’s Every Child and Family is Known initiative are the...

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Policy & Legislation
Feds open new investigations into transgender athletes in three Michigan school districts

Ann Arbor Public Schools is one of three Michigan districts now under federal investigation for allegedly violating Title IX rules. The investigations center on transgender athletes. File photo from 2008.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
The other champions at the Knicks parade: NYC public school student basketball players

Four Seward Park seniors joined the Knicks championship parade after winning a PSAL title, drawing cheers, selfies, and autograph requests from fans.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
14 candidates for 5 seats: See who’s running for school board at IPS and other Indianapolis area districts

Of the four IPS school board members elected in 2024, only two are still on the board. That means five of the seven board seats are up for election this November.

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Leadership
‘Once in a lifetime’: NYC Kids, Parents on Missing School for the Knicks Parade

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Allegations against Kamar Samuels highlight widespread dysfunction in NYC’s school contract system

Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels is facing mounting scrutiny over allegations he broke contracting rules. The allegations are stirring up a larger debate over how to reform the sprawling schools contract system.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Kansas board adopts definitions for ban of DEI-CRT in required courses

The state higher ed board’s policy protects broadly teaching about racism and civil rights history under a new state law restricting college instruction. 

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Budget & Finance
California Lawmakers Pass Budget With Billions More for Education as Newsom Negotiations Begin

Marking the start of two weeks of intensive negotiations, the Legislature passed a state budget Monday with higher revenue projections than those proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, providing several billion dollars in...

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Technology & AI
Former Memphis-Shelby County school board chair will lead new oversight board

Members of the new Memphis schools oversight board met for the first time on Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Nashville.

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Policy & Legislation
Americans Agree That Childcare Is Expensive. Democrats Are Running on It

Three top Senate Democrats are accusing the Trump administration and Republicans of “taking a wrecking ball” to childcare programs, highlighting the issue in a midterm year where many Democrats are running on inflation...

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Budget & Finance
Teenagers took over Philadelphia city government for a day. Here’s how it went.

Through the Greater Philadelphia YMCA's City Government Youth Summit, students adopted roles across the executive branch, City Council, press corps, and community advocacy groups, mirroring the real structure of city...

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Leadership
Teacher Turnover in the Early Years Is High. More Credentialing May Help

It is widely accepted in the field of early care and education that staff turnover is high, but exactly how high has proven difficult to measure.  A recent analysis from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the...

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Technology & AI
Opinion: What School and District Leaders Need to Know Before They Invest in AI

The end of the fiscal year is near. For many school administrators, that means scrambling to decide whether to spend more money on artificial intelligence-driven ed tech products that promise everything from letting...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Families of kids with disabilities warn Education Department changes could break a flawed system

For months, and sometimes longer, parents of kids with disabilities say they have waited for the Education Department to make progress on their complaints of bullying or other discrimination. The post Families of kids...

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Technology & AI
The rhetoric and reality of ‘returning education to the states’

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 2: A sign is displayed outside of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education building on June 2, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

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Policy & Legislation
Supreme Court Ruling Nears on Hugely Consequential Birthright Citizenship Case

The Supreme Court will soon rule on a birthright citizenship case that could change the shape of the nation.  The decision, which is expected later this month, comes in response to President Donald Trump’s...

Budget & Finance
Southern Oregon University plan would cut 3 majors, roughly 66 jobs

The new proposal comes after the public institution carried out two recent rounds of workforce cuts and declared financial exigency last year.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Here’s the latest on the Education Department’s interagency agreements

The agency now has 14 partnerships it says reduce federal bureaucracy. But critics argue they add confusion as federal oversight is splintered.

EdSource
Technology & AI
Not all California districts define English proficiency the same, holding many students back

Araceli Peñate’s daughter first passed the English Language Proficiency Assessment in sixth grade, yet remained classified as an English learner well into high school.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Iowa state board to review university gen eds for ‘substantial DEI’ and CRT

The new policy follows an attempt by lawmakers to ban all diversity- and race-related content from general education at the state’s public universities.

Technology & AI
Northpoint Bible College ends degree programs after losing accreditation

The Massachusetts institution is going forward with a new name and three-year programs that its president said will transfer for credit to partner institutions.

Chalkbeat
School Safety
Samuels turns to local communities for advice on making NYC schools safe, rigorous, and integrated

Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels is starting community-led working groups in five districts. They're expected to issue recommendations by the end of next school year.

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Budget & Finance
Childcare Centers Across Missouri Grapple with Staff Retention Issues

As more discussions about supplying adequate, affordable childcare are had across the state, childcare centers continue to struggle with staff retention. Beth Ann Lang, deputy chief executive officer of Child Care Aware...

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Technology & AI
Research on AI tutoring ran into a problem: Most students wouldn’t use it

Some school districts are experimenting with AI tutoring as a solution to cost and scheduling challenges.