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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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Leadership
IPS seeks applicants to fill vacant District 4 school board seat

The newest member of the IPS school board will be appointed and sworn in at next week's board meeting.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
NYC to overhaul attendance rules, requiring a ‘school avoidance liaison’ at every school

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.

Education Dive
Leadership
Education Department to move some civil rights duties to DOJ

The move furthers the Trump administration’s goal of dismantling the 46-year-old agency.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Education Department to move core civil rights duties to DOJ

Under the Trump administration, the department has now struck 14 agreements offloading its responsibilities to other federal agencies.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Education Department dismantling continues: special ed oversight to HHS, civil rights to Justice

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...

EdSource
School Safety
How California schools can help solve student homelessness

The housing crisis has become an education crisis. Here's how schools can help students find a safe place to call home.

The 74
Leadership
Knicks Ticker-Tape Parade is on a School Day — and Conflicts with Regents Exams. Some Families Are Angry.

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...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Indiana wins federal education funding waiver from Trump administration

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced Tuesday that Indiana is getting some flexibility from standard requirements for federal education funds.

The 74
Technology & AI
Opinion: 5 Questions to Help Schools and Districts Make Smarter Ed Tech Decisions

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...

District Admin
Leadership
What’s in store for the Memphis school takeover? Houston’s timeline offers clues.

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...

District Admin
Budget & Finance
The school choice scholarship boom benefits kids already in private school

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...

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Policy & Legislation
What’s in store for the Memphis school takeover? Houston’s timeline offers clues.

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 74
Technology & AI
After Major Learning Growth, D.C. School Reforms Face Political Test

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...

EdSource
Budget & Finance
California lawmakers pass budget with billions more for education as Newsom negotiations begin

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.

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Leadership
Students are often told to go to college. What if they need ‘career navigation’ first?

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.

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Policy & Legislation
What will school look like in a post-Regents world? Officials tease a ‘competency-based’ approach.

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.

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Technology & AI
Colorado may tighten the rules for specialized facility schools serving students with intense needs

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.

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Infrastructure
As demolition nears, protective barriers at Detroit’s Cooley High vandalized

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.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Columbia reinstates SAT, ACT requirements for 2027-28

The New York City institution is the last Ivy League college to announce an end to its test-optional admissions policy.

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
Kentucky State gets OK for program cuts amid state-mandated overhaul

The state’s higher education authority signed off on the narrowed offerings even as a lawsuit contests the university’s transformation.

The 74
Technology & AI
Mississippi High in Education, Last in Child Health Outcomes

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...

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Leadership
Why this Indianapolis-area district is changing the start and end times for school days

Decatur Township schools rely heavily on bus transportation for students, and pickup and dropoff times are changing for the coming school year.

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Policy & Legislation
Ohio Republican Lawmakers Pass Bill That Includes Requiring Schools to Teach When to Have Kids

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...

EdSource
Leadership
We must move from scarcity to abundance and rebuild high schools for a volatile future

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.

The 74
Infrastructure
Knicks Legend’s Greatest Legacy is in the Classroom

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Leadership
How San Antonio Built One of America’s Most Ambitious Pre-K Programs

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,...

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
New rules for 4-day school weeks draw pushback from some rural North Dakota schools

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...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Tiny N.J. school districts are under pressure to merge. These 50 are the smallest.

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...

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Technology & AI
Opinion: How a California District Is Transforming Education in a Rapidly Changing World

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...

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Technology & AI
Survey: Young People Turn to AI to Be ‘Their Real, Unfiltered Selves’

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...