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Technology & AI
Education Department scaled back special education monitoring: report

Special education teacher Stephen Torres Esquer works with students in his classroom at Lowell High School in San Francisco in 2019. A new report raises concerns that under the Trump administration, the federal...

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Faculty groups question DOJ’s Yale admissions claims, balk at potential deal

“Yale has the resources, stature, and responsibility to stand firm,” the American Association of University Professors and other groups said. 

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Leadership
Denver Superintendent Alex Marrero no longer in the running for top schools job in Miami

Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero applied for the top job in Miami-Dade County Public Schools but is not among the six semifinalists, the Miami Herald reported Wednesday.

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Policy & Legislation
Hoosier Childcare Providers Slam Education Requirement Rollback

About two-dozen Hoosier childcare providers and advocates overwhelmingly opposed looser statewide staff educational requirements during a Monday public hearing. “This is a profession. This is not just a babysitting...

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Budget & Finance
Tennessee releases final results of Memphis schools forensic audit

Results from the yearlong probe into MSCS' finances and operations come less than a month before the first day of classes.

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Technology & AI
Appeals Court Says Religious Schools Can’t be Exempt From Maine’s Nondiscrimination Laws

Religious schools accepting public funds are required to follow Maine laws that protect against discrimination based on faith, gender identity and sexual orientation, a federal court has ruled. Crosspoint Church, which...

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Infrastructure
Teachers in Michigan school district can pick from 32 phrases or face legal review over classroom posters

A demonstrator holds a sign supportive of LGBTQ students outside a school board meeting in Glendale, California, after a motion to recognize Pride Month there in 2023 sparked violent protests. Classroom imagery...

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Technology & AI
NC High School Students Pitch Local Tech Companies at Annual Teamship Showcase

Local technology companies may have solved some of their biggest problems after hearing from North Carolina high school students during the annual Teamship Showcase in Durham on June 25. Teamship is an internship...

Technology & AI
AAUP sues over Texas Tech classroom instruction limits

The national faculty group, alongside a local affiliate, asked a judge to block the directives and rule them unconstitutional.

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Technology & AI
Opinion: The Final Piece of the Ed-Tech Backlash Has Finally Arrived

I have been a high school teacher for almost three decades, spending almost all that time teaching seniors about American civics. My teaching tenure has overlapped with the rise of the very trends now engulfing our...

District Admin
Leadership
Short thousands of bilingual teachers, California schools turn to high school students

California’s audacious goal of having half of all K-12 students enrolled in bilingual education programs by 2030 has encountered one big stumbling block. The post Short thousands of bilingual teachers, California...

District Admin
Budget & Finance
Feds approve Arkansas’ request for flexibility in spending U.S. education funds

The U.S. Department of Education OKs Arkansas’ requests to consolidate federal funding and reduce the amount of paperwork and red tape required of school administrators. The post Feds approve Arkansas’ request for...

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Policy & Legislation
Opinion: The Lexington Problem: Beating the Literacy Odds Without the Science of Reading

The science of reading has largely won the policy debate. Over the last decade, state after state has embraced evidence-based reading instruction. Legislatures have passed literacy laws, and teacher preparation programs...

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Another wave of Education Department regulations is coming

The Trump administration unveiled its timeline for a host of regulatory changes, including those related to accreditation, diversity initiatives and Title VI. 

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Infrastructure
Are major changes coming to Tennessee teacher licensure requirements?

Aspiring Tennessee teachers currently have to pass the edTPA, a portfolio-based assessment that demonstrates readiness to lead a classroom, and content assessments such as the PRAXIS, which tests specific subject...

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Budget & Finance
Chicago cut funding for assistant principals in small schools. Most chose to keep them anyway.

Alexandra Dakessian, the assistant principal at McCutcheon Elementary School in Chicago. Due to budget cuts, her position was eliminated, but her school used discretionary money to keep herl.

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Policy & Legislation
What’s Mamdani’s agenda for K-12 education in NYC? 6 months in, it’s hard to say.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani named Kamar Samuels as schools Chancellor Dec. 31, 2025. In his first six months in office, Mamdani has devoted far less public attention to K-12 education than other core policy priorities.

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Budget & Finance
$135 million tax increase pitched as a solution for Jeffco Public Schools’ budget gap

Second graders start their day at Deane Elementary School in Lakewood in August 2022. Jeffco Public Schools could ask voters in November for a tax increase to pay for teacher salaries and more.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Florida loses appeal over college accreditation

A panel of three federal judges rejected Florida’s argument that the system unconstitutionally delegates “unchecked authority” to private agencies.

Infrastructure
Florida’s Stop WOKE act struck down for colleges on appeal

Tuesday’s ruling called the state’s attempt to limit classroom discussion "a breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse."

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Budget & Finance
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Give Dolly Parton Charity $2 Million

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Technology & AI
How “Toy Story 5” Settles the Tech vs. Toys Debate

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Technology & AI
Randi Weingarten said Newark Public Schools visit confirmed her fears about AI in the classroom

Just a day after she visited a Newark school, Weingarten called for classroom screen time limits and a ban on student-facing AI in elementary schools.

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Budget & Finance
NYC Budget Gives Every Public School Kindergartner $1,000 for College, Restores Education Programs

New York City public school kindergartners will automatically receive $1,000 for college expenses, up from $100, under a budget deal announced Tuesday between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council. The budget also...

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Technology & AI
Opinion: Former Republican Special Ed Chiefs Warn Against Shifting Oversight to HHS

Most families want the same thing: children who feel safe, welcome, challenged and supported at school, and teachers who have the tools to help them succeed. Education must be focused on what truly matters: our...

District Admin
Leadership
Beyond the school walls: How communities power learning

True educational quality reflects a community's collective investment in its children’s futures. Embracing this shift will ensure every child has access to the rich, diverse learning environment they deserve. The post...

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Budget & Finance
Newsom’s Final Education Budget, by the Numbers

In his eighth and final budget, the tax gods continued to smile upon Gov. Gavin Newsom, enabling him to cement funding for signature programs he started while salving grumbling districts that are wincing over the...

District Admin
Leadership
Several districts secure new leaders during summer break

Andre D. Spencer, who has led two previous districts over a 15-year span, was selected as the next superintendent of New Jersey's Willingboro Township Public Schools. The post Several districts secure new leaders during...

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Leadership
Opinion: We Asked Students What They Needed. Then We Built Around the Answer

As educators, we spend a lot of time talking about the things we think are important. Attendance. Graduation rates. Test scores. Yes, those things matter. But before any of them improve, students have to believe that...

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Technology & AI
‘Wasteful and extravagant’: Here’s what Utah auditors found digging into the first year of school voucher spending

A $6,000 Apple MacBook Pro. A $4,800 Trek mountain bike. A $2,000 Crate & Barrel bookshelf. Families bought all of this—and more—with taxpayer dollars through Utah’s school voucher program during the 2024-25 school...