The newest member of the IPS school board will be appointed and sworn in at next week's board meeting.
NYC’s Education Department is proposing to update attendance rules and require every school to have a trained liaison to help students struggling with school avoidance.
The move furthers the Trump administration’s goal of dismantling the 46-year-old agency.
Under the Trump administration, the department has now struck 14 agreements offloading its responsibilities to other federal agencies.
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks during a discussion on "exposing weaponization against parents in schools" at the U.S. Department of Justice earlier this month. On Tuesday, the Education Department...
The housing crisis has become an education crisis. Here's how schools can help students find a safe place to call home.
The New York Knicks’ victory this weekend over the San Antonio Spurs, cementing their first NBA championship since 1973, brought joy to fans across the five boroughs. Shortly after their win, Mayor Zohran Mamdani...
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced Tuesday that Indiana is getting some flexibility from standard requirements for federal education funds.
Over the past decade, school districts accumulated thousands of educational technology tools, often without clear evidence that they improved student outcomes.  Parents and educators are now asking reasonable...
Top Tennessee Republicans have heralded Houston’s intervention as a model they want to replicate in the Memphis-Shelby County district. In the first two years of the takeover, more Houston students achieved proficiency...
More families across the country are experimenting with private school as states—and soon the federal government—use taxpayer-supported scholarships to encourage them to leave public school. The post The school choice...
State-appointed Houston Superintendent Mike Miles ushered in a new curriculum and significant teacher turnover in the first months of Houston's 2023 takeover.
The mayor’s race in Washington, D.C., technically won’t be settled until this fall. But on Tuesday night, the winner of the Democratic primary will assume presumptive leadership over a school system educating nearly...
The Legislature meets the June 15 deadline to send a state budget to the governor, with additional funding and a contentious withholding of $3.9 billion for TK-12 and community colleges still to be resolved.
A high school adviser in Denver works with a student. A new report from FutureEd argues that K-12 schools need to improve career readiness programs so students are better equipped for postsecondary opportunities.
A student tests different combinations of essential oils as part of an experiment. State officials are pushing schools to use projects and portfolios to demonstrate their learning.
Colorado is considering tightening the rules for specialized facility schools like the Austin Centers for Exceptional Students, which is under fire for its restraint practices and more.
Vandals last weekend tore down fencing that was erected recently at Cooley High School in Detroit. The district is planning to demolish the historic building this summer.
The New York City institution is the last Ivy League college to announce an end to its test-optional admissions policy.
The state’s higher education authority signed off on the narrowed offerings even as a lawsuit contests the university’s transformation.
Mississippi continues to outperform most of the nation in education, according to a new report, but health outcomes for children remain dismal.  The 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book, published annually by the Annie...
Decatur Township schools rely heavily on bus transportation for students, and pickup and dropoff times are changing for the coming school year.
Ohio lawmakers have passed a bill that would require schools to teach students to graduate high school, get a job, and get married — in that order — before having a baby. They call this order of events the success...
The current "college readiness" model needs to shift from scarcity to abundance, providing all students with the same skills necessary to adapt and thrive in a changing world.
After the birth of her son, Rex, in 2019, Jasmin Almendarez realized childcare costs in central Texas were so high that returning to work no longer made economic sense.  “I didn’t want to spend that much time away,...
Under the four-day-a-week model, districts still must still meet the same requirements for minimum instruction time, so school days are longer. The post New rules for 4-day school weeks draw pushback from some rural...
New Jersey’s 50 smallest school districts each reported fewer than 221 students last fall, with the tiniest enrolling just 53 children, according to new state data. The post Tiny N.J. school districts are under pressure...
Public education, in red and blue states alike, is being pulled apart by student disengagement, mental health needs, culture war battles, voucher expansion, budget uncertainty and the disruptive force of artificial...
Alison Lee still remembers the conversation that helped her see why young people turn to the safety of artificial intelligence for companionship and belonging. She was talking to a high school student and the girl told...