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Leadership
Democrats Move to Impeach Linda McMahon Over ‘Willful Intent’ to Close Ed Dept.

Linda McMahon became the first U.S. education secretary to be the target of impeachment proceedings Thursday.  Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, a member of the House education committee, filed three articles of impeachment...

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Technology & AI
Wisconsin’s Childcare Providers Face Uncertainty As Funding Comes to an End

In June 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Nestling House, a childcare center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was preparing to reopen after closing down in mid-March, like so many other childcare programs around the country. It...

District Admin
Budget & Finance
100 years ago, students across took the first SAT. Where is it headed now?

Higher education has been inching away from entrance exams. Less than 10% of U.S. institutions that grant bachelor’s degrees require a score from the SAT, or its fellow ACT test, for the fall 2026 admissions cycle. The...

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Leadership
Splitting Up Special Ed and Civil Rights Will Dilute Services, Experts Say

As a special education advocate in Oklahoma, Lucia Frohling handles about 40 cases per year in which schools reduce class time for students with disabilities, often for behavior issues or serious medical conditions. ...

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Persistence rate tops 77%, the highest level in a decade, report finds

New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center also showed that Black and Hispanic persistence rates reached decade highs.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Most kindergartners who start school behind never reach proficiency: study

Educators and parents shouldn't assume that children who struggle in kindergarten will just catch up with time, researchers say.

The 74
Technology & AI
LAUSD Board Appoints Longtime Administrator Andres Chait as Next Superintendent

The Los Angeles Unified Board voted unanimously to appoint Andres Chait, a longtime district administrator, as superintendent days after his predecessor resigned.   “This board’s decision reflects the confidence in...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
IPS school board interviews 2 applicants for District 4 vacancy

On Wednesday, the IPS school board interviewed two finalists, Chris Bultman and Lindsey Cornett, for the District 4 vacancy. The IPS board will vote on an appointee on Thursday.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Detroit teachers’ union approves tentative 2-year contract with school district

The DFT's tentative agreement with DPSCD includes pay bumps for all members, according to union leadership.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Another defection hits group that launched ‘Colorado’s first public Christian school’

Ken Witt, the executive director of ERBOCES, said member institutions sometimes leave when they have political or administrative changes.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
NYC delays school AI guidance after backlash

Education Department officials said during a City Council hearing on Wednesday that they are delaying a final policy on artificial intelligence in schools.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
After a year of controversy, the leader of a shuttered ‘public Christian school’ is pitching a new venture

Quin Friberg, the leader of the now-closed Riverstone Academy, pitched his new venture to the Pueblo County District 70 school board Tuesday.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Kansas joins DOJ in effort to end in-state tuition for undocumented students

The proposed agreement came hours after the U.S. Department of Justice sued the state over its decades-old law.

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
Private colleges grew revenue last year — but not by enough, Fitch says

Costs, competition and ‘adversarial federal policy’ are weighing heavily on private colleges, according to analysts with the credit ratings agency.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Memphis students improve on state reading tests but struggle in math

Memphis high schoolers significantly improved on Algebra and geometry state tests this year, seeing upwards of a seven percentage point increase.

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Technology & AI
How the Story of Young George Washington Offers Some Important Civic Lessons

Words like “failure” and “hardship” probably aren’t the first that come to mind in describing the legacy of the United States’ first president, George Washington. While Washington is generally viewed through a lens of...

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Marion County school board elections: Tell us what you want to know

Residents enter the old Lawrence Education and Community Center for early voting in 2024.

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Budget & Finance
Iowa Audit Analyzes Impact of State’s Education Savings Account Program

Nearly 79% of students who used Iowa’s funding program for K-12 private schools were “already projected” to attend private schools, according to a report released Wednesday by Iowa Auditor Rob Sand.  Iowa...

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Some Education Department cuts ‘appear’ to impact legal duties, OIG says

The independent office says a 40% staff reduction in early 2025 affected the Education Department's legal duties. The agency says it remains compliant.

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Technology & AI
Hope, Sadness and Uncertainty Follow After Carvalho Resigns as LAUSD Superintendent

With Alberto Carvalho’s resignation now official, Los Angeles Unified faces a new challenge: finding a superintendent to lead the nation’s second-largest school district through mounting budget deficits, declining...

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
US Education Dept. probes 3 Maryland school districts and state over transgender student policies

The agency is investigating the Montgomery, Prince George’s and Frederick County school districts and Maryland’s education agency in the Trump administration’s latest challenge of the region’s school policies regarding...

District Admin
Technology & AI
School closures are escalating across Texas. ‘It’s not a local failure.’

At least 135 public schools have closed or have been approved to close all across Texas since late 2023, as districts face budget crises amid state funding shortfalls. The post School closures are escalating across...

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Budget & Finance
Opinion: Connecticut Charters Break Through in Historic Legislative Session

Connecticut has long had among the most burdensome charter approval processes in the country, requiring both State Board of Education authorization and a separate legislative appropriation just to open a school....

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Technology & AI
Florida District’s Goal: Reading Proficiency for 90% of 3rd Graders

Last year, Indian River County tied for the highest scores in third grade reading across all Florida districts. It came in seventh for English language arts learning gains and tied for the top spot for growth rates for...

Education Dive
Leadership
‘Listen and learn’: Southern New Hampshire University’s president on leadership transitions

Ahead of her two-year anniversary in the role, President Lisa Marsh Ryerson discusses taking the helm of a massive institution from a decades-long leader.

EdSource
Technology & AI
California’s formula for allocating career technical education funds leaves millions unspent

Some of the money set aside for Career Technical Education programs has not gone to schools. A deal this year and a proposed law change moving forward would fix that.

EdSource
Policy & Legislation
Decision time has come for Newsom’s proposal to shift control of the California Department of Education

Dozens of leading education organizations favor, but the California Teachers Association opposes, transferring control of the California Department of Education to an appointed commissioner under the next governor’s...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Most high schoolers no longer need to pass Regents to graduate. Schools are in the dark on what’s next.

As New York phases out Regents exams as a graduation requirement, the state has still not explained what will replace them.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
As the fight over the Memphis schools takeover looms, these parents say they’re hopeful for change

Memphis Lift gathered parents on June 20, 2026, to rally around and educate about the impending state takeover of MSCS.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Newark Public Schools schedules graduations at same time, forcing parents to make an impossible decision

Weequahic High School celebrates the class of 2026 on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Newark, N.J.