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Leadership
How Can Parents Navigate the Ariana Grande Conversation?

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Leadership
This College Degree Can Make You an Internet Star

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Newark charter school’s new $51 million facility to join wave of South Ward development

Newark planners approved a $51 million building for the Gateway Academy earlier this year. It will house the school's K-8 students, whose current campus is nearly at capacity.

The 74
Technology & AI
How to Make the Most of Parent-Teacher Conferences, Back-to-School and Beyond

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Parent-teacher conferences can conjure a familiar scene: adults crammed into child-size chairs, listening to teachers run through a list of students’ achievements and struggles. For many...

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Technology & AI
NYC’s Unexplained Test Score Swings Prompt Experts to Question Reading Results

This year’s startling collapse of New York City’s reading scores, followed by last year’s big gains, has some experts asking: Did something go wrong with the test itself? There is no clear evidence there is a problem,...

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Budget & Finance
Opinion: Families Don’t Want School Choice, They Want Their Child to Read

Conversations about Education Savings Account programs seem to start in the same place: the money. Where is it going? How is it being used? Who is benefiting? Understandably so. When taxpayer money moves, people...

District Admin
Technology & AI
These kids are learning without technology in Seattle Public Schools

Despite Seattle Public Schools’ district policy to issue devices to each of its nearly 50,000 students, some highly vocal parents are successfully opting their students out of technology altogether. The post These kids...

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
Texas lawmakers push for later school start dates amid summer heat

State Rep. Jared Patterson is preparing legislation that would move the start of the school year to after Labor Day. The post Texas lawmakers push for later school start dates amid summer heat appeared first on District...

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Leadership
Searching for Your Next Home? Now You Can See Nearby Childcare Options

Prospective home buyers are often experiencing transition in their personal lives. Perhaps a wedding — or divorce — is on the horizon. Maybe their kids have grown up and moved out, or their financial...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Indiana school district referendum guide 2026: What to know about your district’s requested tax increase

Arsenal Technical High School band students practice in April 2026. A record number of districts are seeking property tax increases at the polls in November to help fund operating expenses, such as academic programs and...

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Technology & AI
Iowa, Deemed Below Basic in Reading, Stays Silent on the ‘Honesty Gap’

Every few years, testing experts at the U.S. Department of Education weigh state assessments against their “gold standard,” the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as “the nation’s report card.” In a...

Leadership
Beyond the degree: How students are defining value in 2026

New research reveals how student expectations are shifting and how institutions can keep pace.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Week in review: Trump lawsuit against Harvard dismissed

We’re rounding up recent stories, from senators raising alarm about student visa appointment availability to a higher education antitrust case proceeding.

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Budget & Finance
Sen. Murkowski Pushes for Delayed Federal Grants for Alaska Native Education

The U.S. Department of Education is expected to award $41.3 million in grant funding through the Alaska Native Education Program to 26 Alaska grantees after some delay, according to an announcement from Alaska...

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Budget & Finance
Head Start Could Soon Be Overhauled. Here’s Exactly What Would Change.

The Trump administration is pushing a total overhaul of Head Start that could fundamentally reshape the 60-year-old program that has provided childcare and key support for America’s lowest-income families. A new...

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Leadership
How One Rural North Carolina School District Delivers Summer Meals

On a warm Tuesday in late July, a blue van marked with a Transylvania County Schools logo pulled into a gravel driveway and let out a light honk. Seconds later, the door of a house swung open. Two children bounded down...

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Leadership
New Partnership Brings College and Career Resources to Detroit Neighborhoods

A new partnership in Detroit will provide middle schoolers through adult learners with access to resources designed to help residents enter and complete college, with hubs expected to open on the city’s east and west...

Chalkbeat
School Safety
Parent engagement and more resources to get kids to school: What to expect this school year in Detroit

Mayor Mary Sheffield announced Friday a new program to keep kids safe on routes to school. A ride share pilot will also take around 150 students at risk of being chronically absent to school.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
The end could be near for the Colorado education group that opened ‘public Christian school’

Susana Córdova, Colorado's education commissioner, wrote to Ken Witt, executive director of Education reEnvisioned BOCES, on Thursday urging him to dissolve his group.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
EEOC lawsuit alleges Washington University segregated DEI training by race

Under the Trump administration, the agency has vocally cracked down on diversity, equity and inclusion work under the auspices of Title VII.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
New York loses millions in sex ed money after uptick in teen pregnancies

Illustrative models of the sexual organs and contraceptives are displayed on a table. Advocates worry that funding cuts to New York sexual education organizations could leave more young people without the information...

Education Dive
Leadership
UT Austin plans massive overhaul to core curriculum

A task force called for making the university's general education more narrow and focused on topics such as Western civilization and broad U.S. history.

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Policy & Legislation
SC Students Improve in Math and Reading, but Less Than Half Meet Math Benchmarks

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Elementary and middle school students posted their best scores yet on end-of-year standardized tests, though more than half still can’t calculate as expected for their age, according to state testing...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Why a Philly district report on the success of its summer programs includes ‘imperfect data points’

Philly students’ favorite parts of the summer programs provided by the city and school district include spending time with friends, meeting new people, and going on trips. But the academic impact of the programs is less...

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Policy & Legislation
Opinion: Head Start Was Built to Include Children With Disabilities. Don’t Weaken It

The federal government last week proposed sweeping changes to Head Start, describing them as a way to expand access for children. For families of children with disabilities, the question is what support will still be...

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Technology & AI
School Backpack Overload: Heavy Bags Can Strain Kids’ Bodies

Backpacks can be fashionable and functional, but they can also be too heavy — weighed down by digital devices, musical instruments, sports equipment and more. Some kids carry home a laptop or tablet and textbooks,...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
35% of Summer EBT money went unspent by Colorado families last year, data shows

Summer EBT provides eligible families with $120 per child in grocery money when school is out.

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
15% of Texas Schools scored below a ‘C’ on the state accountability scores

The scores grade how well specific campuses and school districts as a whole perform academically and prepare students for college and to enter the workforce. The post 15% of Texas Schools scored below a ‘C’...

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Technology & AI
In an Uncertain Job Market, Top Economists Offer Advice for Incoming NC College Students

It’s move-in week for college students across North Carolina. And once students have gotten settled into their dorms, their attention will turn to getting the classes needed to fulfill their chosen major. But which...

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Leadership
Opinion: The Science of Reading and Teaching English Learners to Read Are Not Incompatible

For all the noise and attention and — laudable — political energy behind it, the science of reading is not a thing. Or, rather, it is not a thing that schools can implement. The science of reading is a series of facts...