The research is in: student relationships move attendance numbers.
We’re rounding up last week’s news, from schools’ facility woes to challenges facing meal programs.
Here's where California superintendent of public instruction candidates Sonja Shaw and Richard Barrera stand on major education issues.
Los Angeles Unified School District is working to make meals more available to students, with about 13.3 million breakfasts, lunches and dinners served so far this school year.
For some Los Angeles community college students, taking classes at night is their only option. Some have daytime jobs. Others must care for family members during the day. There are also the unlucky few who couldn’t find...
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Dozens of Indiana’s public school superintendents say their districts will cut teaching and support staff in the coming years to contend with the financial fallout of property tax reform, according to a new survey from...
New York City students returned to public school in September facing a one-year moratorium on using generative artificial intelligence, including chatbots and tutors, in grades 2K through 8, as well as restrictions on...
As Delaware continues to grapple with concerningly low average test scores from students, the state Department of Education has drafted a plan that could see it take over low-performing schools or even hold back...
Ask kindergarten teachers what they need most from 5-year-olds, and few will say it’s children who can read full sentences or count to 100. They need kids who don’t melt down when a block tower falls, who can share...
Senior leaders attributed its financial woes to “shifting enrollment trends, unpredictable state and federal funding, and rising costs.”
The decision in favor of a Jewish organization's school follows years of setbacks in a similar case for a Catholic school.
Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks onstage during the 2026 National Association Of Black Journalists Convention in Atlanta.
Sixth grader Jocelyn Montiel had her phone stolen. She said her friend, Esteban Gonzalez, was to blame. Gathered around a table in educator Grover Edwards’ classroom, the two students discussed the situation with two of...
The California School Boards Association filed a second lawsuit this week against the state, claiming that Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature illegally withheld $3.9 billion from school districts and community...
One-parent families make up 75% of California children enrolled in programs that rely on federal childcare funding, according to a brief published Thursday by the California Budget & Policy Center. They could be...
Stanford University has issued an apology after altering a Latino student’s image in a photo and replacing him with an African-American woman on a promotional banner, reported the Los Angeles Times. The original photo,...
Oakland Unified’s school board voted Wednesday to approve a new policy restricting screen time for students, following in the footsteps of Los Angeles Unified. As reported by The Oaklandside, the new policy will go into...
The Fresno State Foundation has appointed newcomers and implemented term limits after ousting five longstanding members and the resignation of three others, The Fresno Bee reported. Operating as a nonprofit independent...
A sign about testing hangs on a door at Thomas Gregg Neighborhood School, an elementary school in Indianapolis. Indiana released school-level results of the ILEARN on Friday.
When children forget their lunch, can’t solve a math problem or don’t know how to get somewhere, the instinct for parents can be to step in immediately. But sometimes, the problem is an opportunity. Developmental...
The Detroit Public Schools Community District received $94.4 million to settle a right to-read literacy lawsuit. The money will run out by the end of this school year.
Evaluations should be a routine part of implementing major new education programs to ensure Californians are reaping the full expected benefits.
Students ages 12 to 18 experienced higher rates of reported crime at school than away from school in 2024, according to a new federal analysis. But the overall rate of crime victimization at school has not changed...
The Justice Department is seeking to end long-standing consent decrees dating back decades that sought to curb unlawful racial segregation that was prevalent during the Jim Crow era. The post DOJ says it’s moving to end...
After years of frustration and spurious claims that it is destroying public education, the charter school movement is nearing a tipping point when it comes to equitably accessing the local resources from which it has...
This piece was published in coordination with The Washington Post. The madness unfolded in a familiar pattern: Ellen FitzGerald would wake in the dead of night to nurse her baby for about a half hour, then hand him off...
This fall, as students at the private, AI-focused Alpha School begin their academic year, many are being tested in an unusual way: they’re watching a video of their parents “talking about our worst qualities,” according...
The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity was split on whether to recommend that the accrediting agency lose federal recognition.
Several higher ed systems have reported significant foreign student declines in fall 2026 amid increased federal scrutiny.