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...
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...
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...
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. ...
New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center also showed that Black and Hispanic persistence rates reached decade highs.
Educators and parents shouldn't assume that children who struggle in kindergarten will just catch up with time, researchers say.
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...
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.
The DFT's tentative agreement with DPSCD includes pay bumps for all members, according to union leadership.
Ken Witt, the executive director of ERBOCES, said member institutions sometimes leave when they have political or administrative changes.
Education Department officials said during a City Council hearing on Wednesday that they are delaying a final policy on artificial intelligence in schools.
Quin Friberg, the leader of the now-closed Riverstone Academy, pitched his new venture to the Pueblo County District 70 school board Tuesday.
The proposed agreement came hours after the U.S. Department of Justice sued the state over its decades-old law.
Costs, competition and ‘adversarial federal policy’ are weighing heavily on private colleges, according to analysts with the credit ratings agency.
Memphis high schoolers significantly improved on Algebra and geometry state tests this year, seeing upwards of a seven percentage point increase.
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...
Residents enter the old Lawrence Education and Community Center for early voting in 2024.
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...
The independent office says a 40% staff reduction in early 2025 affected the Education Department's legal duties. The agency says it remains compliant.
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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.
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.
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...
As New York phases out Regents exams as a graduation requirement, the state has still not explained what will replace them.
Memphis Lift gathered parents on June 20, 2026, to rally around and educate about the impending state takeover of MSCS.
Weequahic High School celebrates the class of 2026 on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Newark, N.J.