Story Archive

Every K-12 education story we've tracked, newest first. Budget, technology, safety, infrastructure, policy, and leadership news from districts across America.

All Stories Budget & Finance Technology & AI School Safety Infrastructure Policy & Legislation Leadership
Chalkbeat
Leadership
Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township: School board election voter guide

Eight candidates are vying for three at-large seats for the school board of the Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Voter guide 2026: Here’s who is running for Washington Township school board

Two candidates are running unopposed for the Washington Township school board this November.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Voter guide 2026: Here’s who’s running for school board in Wayne Township

Four candidates are running unopposed for Wayne Township School board this November.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Perry Township school board voter guide 2026: Meet the 3 candidates

Three of seven school board seats are up for election at Metropolitan School District of Perry Township, a district located on the south side of Indianapolis.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Warren Township school board voter guide 2026: Meet the 6 candidates

Six candidates are vying for three seats on the Warren Township school board this November.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township: School board election voter guide

Lawrence Central High School students work on projects during class on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.

Technology & AI
How Dartmouth’s push for more dialogue improved campus debate and its reputation

Efforts by the Ivy League institution to foster open conversations have helped raise its score with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

EdSource
Technology & AI
3 takeaways from stories on teens’ reliance on AI for mental health support

Roughly 1 in 5 teens are turning to AI chatbots for mental health support — and that number is only growing.

EdSource
Leadership
Teaching 9/11 to a generation that never experienced it

Twenty-five years later, educators should give students context and space to reflect — not try to re-create the trauma adults remember.

The 74
Leadership
Tears, Laughs & Hugs: Inside NYC’s New Free 2-K Program

EdSurge
Technology & AI
Parents Are Bringing AI to the IEP Meeting. How Should Teachers Respond?

Using AI in IEP meetings can benefit parents and teachers – if done correctly.

EdSource
Technology & AI
Newsom signs first-in-nation laws restricting AI, social media use for children

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law a landmark package of bills to restrict children and teens’ use of social media and artificial intelligence chatbots deemed harmful. The first-in-the nation suite of online...

The 74
Leadership
Amid Financial Scramble, NYC’s 2-K Opens to Smiles from Toddlers and Parents

Two-year-old Mia was all smiles for her first week of school — a big moment for the eager child, but also for New York City, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched the inaugural year of free 2-K for 2,000 children. Wearing...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Chicago school board looks at possible preschool expansion, despite opposition from district leadership

Mateo Lopez, 3, interacts with instructor Rebecca Rodriguez at Haugan Elementary School on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 in Chicago. Some school board members want the district to study expanding early childhood programs...

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Detroit mayor announces 7 new after-school program sites with $2.2 million in city funds

Mayor Mary Sheffield's office announced Thursday that a $2.2 million investment in after-school programming will allow around 1,000 more students access to GOAL Line Detroit programs.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Cost savings, first-day jitters, payment delays: NYC launches 2-K for 2,000 toddlers

Students at the Friends of Crown Heights childcare center in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, play with toys on the first day of 2-K.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Irvington data center poses health concerns for school community — and could also impact enrollment

Irvington Community Elementary Principal Katie Welch, left, and Irvington Community Schools CEO Rachel Maldonado stand behind Irvington Community Elementary and look at the land that's the site for a proposed data...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
NYC back to school: New AI and screen time limits give parents relief

Children stream into P.S. 107 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, for the first day of school. The city's new policy limits student-facing AI for elementary and middle schoolers and bans individual devices before third grade.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
The rise, fall — and possible future — of high-dosage tutoring

Third graders work on a math worksheet at an after-school tutoring program at Ecorse Ralph J. Bunche Elementary School on April 7, 2022 in Ecorse, Michigan.

K-12 Dive
Technology & AI
University of Utah could cut up to 15% of staff ahead of future enrollment drops

The public institution said it is facing “some of the most significant challenges in its 176-year history.”

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Federal program wants to study young people whose health was affected by the 9/11 attacks

WTC Health Program wants to examine the health impacts of 9/11 on people who were young New Yorkers at the time and were near Ground Zero.

EdSource
Technology & AI
Trump administration accuses UC Berkeley law school of racial discrimination

The University of California Berkeley Law School’s admission practices discriminated against Asian and white applicants, the federal Justice and Education departments alleged on Wednesday.  The federal agencies’...

The 74
Technology & AI
Most Afterschool Programs Offer STEM Learning, But Rural Students Lack Access

Most student programming after the final school bell offers science, technology, engineering and math activities, but rural youth still lack access, according to a recent national survey. The Afterschool Alliance found...

EdSource
Policy & Legislation
San Francisco State president to step down at end of academic year

San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney announced this week that she plans to step down after eight years leading the university. “It has been an honor to serve the CSU and the greatest honor to serve as...

The 74
Technology & AI
What More Homelessness Means for Early Learning in California

Nearly 86,000 of California’s children ages 0 to 3 — more than 5% of the state’s infants and toddlers — are estimated to have experienced homelessness in 2023-24, according to new data analysis by SchoolHouse Connection...

The 74
Leadership
Top Special Ed Official Steps Down as Staff Moves to Health Department

Since May, Kelly Rogers has had the difficult job of making parents of students with disabilities feel better about the Trump administration’s plan to relocate oversight of special education services. On Wednesday, she...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Can students embrace tech innovation without losing critical thinking skills?

Kids are not only using A.I. to answer questions. They’re using it to identify which questions to ask. The post Can students embrace tech innovation without losing critical thinking skills? appeared first on District...

District Admin
Infrastructure
Special education head at Education Department abruptly resigns

Kelly Rogers announced her departure less than a day before much of her staff were scheduled to move to the Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington D.C. The post Special education head at...

The 74
Technology & AI
Global Test Scores Hit New Lows — Just as AI Takes Hold in Schools

Students around the world continue to fall further and further behind in the core subjects of reading and math, according to the release of scores from a widely cited standardized test on Tuesday. Meanwhile, their use...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Voter guide 2026: Meet the 15 candidates vying for 5 seats on the Indianapolis Public Schools board

Five of the seven seats on the IPS school board are up for election this November.