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Every K-12 education story we've tracked, newest first. Budget, technology, safety, infrastructure, policy, and leadership news from districts across America.

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Technology & AI
Opinion: The College Cost Fog Machine: We Need a New Transparency Compact

A family shopping for college today knows more about the cost of a mortgage than the real price of a college degree. That confusion isn’t only a technical problem inside financial aid offices. It’s a public trust...

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Leadership
Elementary Principals Are Getting a Crash Course in How Young Kids Learn Best

When Joel Francik became principal of Central Elementary School in 2019, all of his prior education experience had been in middle school — first as a teacher, then as an assistant principal.  He wanted the job, he...

Budget & Finance
Week in review: Cuts at Johns Hopkins, PennWest and St. Louis University

We’re rounding up recent stories, from two states teaming up to create three-year bachelor’s degrees to policy and leadership developments out of Florida.

Technology & AI
Behind Northland’s closure — and the bid to keep its mission alive

The college transformed in the 1970s into an ecologically minded liberal arts institution. Now former faculty want to sustain that ethos in a smaller version.

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Technology & AI
Mississippi Focuses on Boosting Middle School Students’ Reading Scores

Fourth grade literacy gains earned Mississippi national acclaim. But that achievement tapers off as students advance to higher grades.  Lawmakers are putting millions toward changing that.  Mississippi has...

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Budget & Finance
California School Libraries Blindsided by ‘Catastrophic’ Budget Cut

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California librarians were stunned when a last-minute budget change stripped K-12 schools of a trove of research materials, potentially...

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Technology & AI
Native Hawaiian Teens Learn To ‘Make Change’ for the Islands

A heavy, authoritative thud echoed through the Hawai‘i House chamber as Speaker Rilynn Kawaikoʻolilihilihiokalikolehua Perez brought down the gavel. Student delegates settled into their seats, shuffling papers and...

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Policy & Legislation
State Museum Debuts Exhibit Highlighting SC’s Role in Revolutionary War

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Soon after Patriots defended Charles Town at Fort Moultrie in 1776, the regiment received a flag embroidered with acorns, a battle drum and an early version of the crescent that would eventually adorn...

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Michigan lawmakers OK increased student funding and investments in literacy

The Michigan Legislature on Friday approved a $22.9 billion education budget that includes increased funding for students, particularly those with the greatest needs.

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Technology & AI
California Bill Aims To Enlist Educators and Parents in Preventing Youth Suicide

Before Michaella Huck graduated from high school in 2018, she struggled with depression and anxiety and didn’t know where to get help. She’d hear stories of students who died on “suicide hill” in her Los Angeles...

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Technology & AI
What AI Earbuds Can’t Replace: The Value of Learning Another Language

Your host in Osaka, Japan, slips on a pair of headphones and suddenly hears your words transformed into flawless Kansai Japanese. Even better, their reply in their native tongue comes through perfectly clear...

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Conservative law firm sues Denver Public Schools over its school board voting map

Denver Public Schools is Colorado’s largest school district. A conservative law firm is suing the district over its voting map.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Here’s what happened to 3 Colorado schools when state lawmakers reined in a controversial education group

Students work in the chemistry lab at Ascend College Prep, which because of a recent state law change switched authorizers.

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
Education groups sue for access to nearly $2B in research funds

A lawsuit alleges the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Management and Budget are withholding the funds unlawfully.

Chalkbeat
School Safety
NJ lawmakers approve extra mental health support for schools

New Jersey schools would have new tools to help students struggling with mental health issues under legislation passed by state lawmakers Tuesday. Gov. Mikie Sherrill is expected to sign the measure.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
This Decatur Central teacher’s marketing class helped launch rebranded district logos

Jessica Sandvold teaches marketing at Decatur Central. Her students helped launch the district's logo rebrand.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Philadelphia audit finds school district owes former employees $2.8 million

A new audit from the city controller found the district owes former employees $2.8 million and had lost track of several expensive pieces of equipment.

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Technology & AI
Opinion: While Washington Debates Screen Time, Many Students Lack Access Altogether

Earlier this year, U.S. senators convened to grill experts on how social media, smartphones and other technologies are affecting children’s mental health and learning. That conversation has since helped fuel a new wave...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Detroit school district releases 2026-27 calendar

DPSCD's 2026-27 school year will begin Aug. 24. Pictured, a student puts away her backpack in a locker at Pasteur Elementary School during the first day of school on August 25, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan.

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Technology & AI
Before Brown v. Board, Another Segregation Case Changed Public Schools

This story was originally reported by Nadra Nittle of The 19th. Meet Nadra and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. To understand why five California families took their fight against segregated...

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
‘Professional degree’ list is expanded. But education still didn’t make the cut.

The designation comes with an increased federal student loan cap of $200,000 for graduate programs.

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
Florida state board bans undocumented students from college system

One analysis estimates that the policy could cost the 28-institution system $15 million a year in lost tuition and fee revenue. 

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
All Colorado school districts must now have a cellphone policy. Here’s what the 20 largest adopted.

A Colorado law passed last year required school districts to pass cellphone policies but did not mandate a ban.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
What SCOTUS didn’t say about transgender athletes — and what the ruling means for schools and students

Demonstrators in support of and opposed to transgender athletes competing in women's sports gather outside the Supreme Court on Jan. 13, 2026, as the justices heard arguments in two cases challenging state bans. On...

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Colorado receives funding to bring back the FAFSA completion tracker

A Colorado grant will help restore a statewide FAFSA tool.

Education Dive
Leadership
Stuart Bell confirmed as University of Florida president after chaotic approval process

The former University of Alabama leader faced a delayed system-level vote and right-wing pushback over his past support for diversity efforts.

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Technology & AI
Opinion: The $50 Billion Rural Healthcare Opportunity States Can’t Afford To Miss

Rural America has a healthcare crisis hiding in plain sight. Hospitals are closing. Nurses are retiring faster than they can be replaced. And the students most likely to stay and serve their communities — kids growing...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Memphis schools takeover blocked by judge in temporary order

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a state takeover board's authority after Memphis school officials said it could delay the start of the school year or even force building closures as the district...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
P.S. Weekly live: Student reporters reflect on covering NYC Schools

Rayleen Laloi, a student at the Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts at the Brooklyn Public Library on June 11, shares her experience about working on an episode on her school's merger for P.S. Weekly.

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Budget & Finance
Trump Wanted To Cut Ed Department Into Irrelevancy. New Report Shows How He Did It

The U.S. Department of Education may no longer be able to fully support students, it says in an internal report that lays bare the full extent of the Trump Administration’s first round of government cuts. The department...