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

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Education Dive
Budget & Finance
University of Nebraska board approves cutting programs with low enrollment

The eliminations come after a bruising budget-saving push to eliminate degrees last year at the system’s Lincoln campus.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Education Department: Over 1,900 colleges have overdue data submissions

Institutions have until Jan. 15 to submit two rounds of data required by the Biden-era gainful employment and financial value transparency rules.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Denver school board hires outside law firm to represent it in superintendent contract, employment matters

Denver school board members said they want to avoid conflicts of interest that could arise if a school district lawyer represents both the board and the superintendent in legal matters between the two.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
Denver voters will consider $44 million tax increase to raise school employee pay, fund student services

In November, Denver voters will consider a $44 million tax increase to benefit Denver Public Schools.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Colorado school district rejects controversial reading curriculum because of errors, Texas focus

Just days after Montezuma-Cortez district officials pledged to remove Biblical material from a newly adopted reading curriculum, the school board decided not to use the curriculum at all.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
A divided Chicago school board adds referendums on new revenue to November ballot

Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King, right, listens during the Thursday, June 26, 2025, school board meeting. The board voted Aug. 13 to place two advisory referendums on the November ballot.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
DOJ’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard dismissed

Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general of the agency’s civil rights division, said federal officials are "assessing next steps."

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
NYC’s unexplained test score swings prompt experts to question reading results

Experts say New York’s sharp swings in elementary reading scores are unusual and deserve scrutiny after last year’s gains reversed.

The 74
Technology & AI
Gap to Adequately Fund Schools Widens in Illinois

Chicago Public Schools is further away from having enough money to meet its students’ needs as defined by the state, according to new data released by the Illinois State Board of Education. Under ISBE’s calculations...

The 74
Budget & Finance
Opinion: Congress Made it Easier to Pay for College. It Must Keep That Promise

Right now, 15.5 million undergraduate students around the country are getting ready to start or return to college. Seven million of them have one thing in common: relying on a Pell Grant to help pay for their higher...

The 74
Technology & AI
Indiana Literacy Rates Improve for Fifth Straight Year

Indiana’s early literacy rates improved for the fifth consecutive year, with nearly 89% of Hoosier third graders demonstrating proficiency in foundational reading skills on the state’s IREAD assessment. The Indiana...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Chronic absenteeism remains high six years after pandemic began

Nearly a quarter of U.S. children did not show up for school regularly in 2025, a slight decline from the previous year but still up from about 15 percent before COVID. The post Chronic absenteeism remains high six...

District Admin
Infrastructure
Why transportation is such an important student success factor

Predictable transportation routines can improve students' readiness to participate in classroom learning, particularly for children with special needs. The post Why transportation is such an important student success...

District Admin
Technology & AI
The McKinney-Vento Challenge: Turning the “Without Delay” Transportation Standard into Reality

Date & Time: Wednesday, September 09, 2026 at 2 p.m. Join HopSkipDrive and Igor Petrovic, Director of Transportation at Adams 12 Five Star Schools in Colorado, for a look at survey data that reveals a major gap...

The 74
Technology & AI
Opinion: Amid the Emerging AI Economy, We Need a Skilled Trades Pipeline in High School

Across the economy, Americans are watching an artificial intelligence investment boom reshape the job market. Some of the same companies spending hundreds of billions to build the AI future are also announcing sweeping...

The 74
Budget & Finance
More Early Childhood Programs Are Providing Free Housing to Teaching Staff

This story was co-published with Mother Jones.  A few years ago, Eric Gil was living at his uncle’s place in Waterbury, Connecticut, where he shared a bedroom with his brother and cousin. With eight people in the...

Education Dive
Leadership
What do college students think of their institutional leaders?

Students at top-ranked colleges were less likely than others to say campus leaders mostly act in their interests, per a Gallup and Lumina Foundation poll.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Unions sue Education Department over ‘professional’ degree rule

Under a new rule, the designation allows students to take out $200,000 in federal student loans versus $100,000 for other graduate programs.

Chalkbeat
School Safety
Rift widens between City Hall and teachers union as UFT threatens literacy curriculum pushback

UFT President Michael Mulgrew, center, says the union may pull its support for NYC Reads, citing concerns about assessments, interventions, and teacher workload.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Indianapolis Public Education Corporation to pay executive director $285,000 salary

The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation approved the salary for executive director Karega Rausch at its August meeting.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
The Chicago Board of Education voted to reverse layoffs, but CPS says not all positions can be restored

The media room at Senn High School in 2021. The Chicago Board of Education voted to reverse layoffs, but the district says it can't restore all positions for funding reasons.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Colorado school board involved in ‘public Christian school’ drama violated open meetings law, judge rules

The Pueblo County District 70 school board is likely to immediately appeal the decision from a state judge that found it violated open meetings law.

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Columbia faces discrimination lawsuit from Palestinian employees and students

Plaintiffs allege the Ivy League institution instead "actively participated in and amplified" racial and political targeting of its campus members.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
What do Memphis schools need to succeed? Join our virtual event to find out.

Join Chalkbeat and four Memphis education experts Aug. 31 to discuss how state and district leaders can help students succeed.

The 74
Technology & AI
Black-Majority Schools in Texas Receive More Fs Than A Ratings

Jaleel is attending his first day of classes this month at a middle school opening its doors for the first time that specializes in air traffic control, commercial drones and engineering. His parents decided not to send...

District Admin
Leadership
The Missing Piece in Attendance Improvement: Stronger Family Partnerships

Date & Time: Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 2 p.m. Join a panel of researchers, district leaders, and field experts for a conversation on new research showing that stronger connections with families can improve...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Detroit school board to fill vacant seat of late member Iris Taylor ahead of November election

The DPSCD board must fill an open seat before the November election. Pictured, board members meet to interview candidates in July 2025.

The 74
Technology & AI
Opinion: Introducing a New Curriculum in School? Don’t Forget Training for the Principal

Countless times over the last few years, district leaders have reached out to my organization with a problem: They rolled out a new evidence-based curriculum and trained all their teachers, but many didn’t use it...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
144,000 Coloradans are in student loan default as repayment struggles increase nationwide

More student loan borrowers have defaulted on their loans, recent federal data shows.

The 74
Technology & AI
How Trump’s Anti-DEI Shift Unraveled a Successful Federal Investment in Maine Schools

Three years ago, a handful of Maine school districts struggling with student mental health needs applied for a federal grant to help them hire school counselors and social workers. The grant applications included a...