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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...

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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...

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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.

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Leadership
Exclusive: Hybrid Schools Open New Legal Front for Choice

Most homeschoolers now piece together a variety of classes and outings for their kids. In the north Pittsburgh area, that often includes enrolling in Roots Learning Academy. Known as a hybrid program, Roots serves...

Technology & AI
The latest in college layoffs: Full Sail, IIT and Johns Hopkins

Workforce cuts continued into the summer as institutions prepped for a new academic year in leaner times.

EdSource
Technology & AI
‘We actually saved a kid’: Schools recruit AI chatbots as counselor shortage persists

Some schools across the country are using a customizable AI chatbot to talk to students about their mental health.

EdSource
Technology & AI
‘We actually saved a kid’: Schools recruit AI chatbots as counselor shortage persists

Some schools across the country are using a customizable AI chatbot to talk to students about their mental health.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Denver school board discusses alleged use of antisemitic language, other accusations

From left to right: Denver school board members John Youngquist, Amy Klein Molk, and Monica Hunter attend a board meeting in December 2025. Hunter is one of two board members, along with DJ Torres, who are accused of...

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
How much stricter will homeschool enrichment rules get in Colorado? These officials will decide.

Colorado officials will hash out new rules for publicly funded homeschool enrichment programs over the next few months.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
For America’s 250th birthday, Philadelphia students get a civics lesson in a time capsule

Students and Pennsylvania officials open a time capsule from 1976 on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the Independence Hall Visitor Center in Philadelphia.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
25 years later, teaching 9/11: How NYC educators navigate the anniversary

Flowers and a note on victims' names at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York on Sept. 8, 2026. Chalkbeat talked with three teachers about their memories of 9/11 and how they teach about what happened.

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
As NYC schools open, 5 big questions about Mamdani’s education agenda

As NYC schools open, Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces major questions about falling enrollment, special education, school technology, and the shape of his broader K-12 agenda.

K-12 Dive
Technology & AI
Temple University cancels record $55M gift as donor faces fraud allegations

Revelations about a federal investigation into the donor’s company resulted in the donation being “mutually” called off, the institution said.

Leadership
ABA revokes diversity standards in accreditation

Tuesday's vote follows more than a year of attacks by the Trump administration on the legal organization and its diversity work.

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Leadership
A Generation Later, 9/11 Is Harder to Teach as Lived Memory Fades

Sari Beth Rosenberg was supposed to begin student teaching in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. At 26 years old, she was scheduled to observe a U.S. history class at LaGuardia High School.  She didn’t get the chance....

EdSource
Infrastructure
San Rafael school district offers religious-based opt-out policy for parents

Parents of elementary school students in San Rafael City Schools will be allowed to opt their children out of classroom activities that they believe violate their religious beliefs, reported the Marin Independent...

EdSource
Technology & AI
California approves funding for first-of-its-kind childcare district in Riverside County

California approved funds to create a special district for childcare in Riverside County on Sept. 2, LAist reported. The special district is a local government agency that provides a specific public service to...

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Policy & Legislation
Justice Dept. Lawsuit Over Parent Rights and Gender Identity Could Be Test Case

The Trump administration took an unprecedented move last week when it sued the Kansas City, Kansas, school district over how it handles student gender identity issues. The Department of Justice has accused the district...

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Budget & Finance
SC Uses Orphaned Children’s Benefits to Pay for Their Care. Governor Vows That Will Stop.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina will stop pulling money from orphaned foster children’s benefits if the Department of Social Services can get enough funding to cover their care, Gov. Henry McMaster announced Tuesday. The...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
School vaccine data can expose hidden outbreak risks. But access depends on where you live.

Amanda Clear said Pennsylvania’s online school vaccination data is helping inform how she can protect her son Dylan, who has an immune disorder.

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Technology & AI
Opinion: Why a Connecticut Career Academy Could Become a Nationwide Model

In high school, students are often pushed onto one of two paths: the college track paved with Advanced Placement and dual-credit classes or the career and technical education route built around hands-on training and...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Schools remain closed as Springfield works to resolve cyber attack

Schools were closed Tuesday and Wednesday, and officials said they could be closed longer for the safety of students. That's because the district can't access student health records and transportation and food-related...

District Admin
School Safety
Why this small Dutch town is teaching ‘Adolescence’ in school

The Netflix series is seen as a way to kindle debate about gender roles and to confront online bullying. The post Why this small Dutch town is teaching ‘Adolescence’ in school appeared first on District Administration.

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Technology & AI
Can ‘Hard Fun’ AI-Proof Classrooms?

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Technology & AI
Schools Have a Motivation Problem — AI Is Making It Impossible to Ignore

In 2017, Alex Campbell, a sociology teacher at Elizabethton High School in Tennessee, offered his students the assignment of a lifetime: Could they solve a notorious series of cold-case murders that had stumped law...

K-12 Dive
Infrastructure
Colleges improve on utilization of classroom, office space

But amid higher education's progress, conference rooms still mostly sit empty, per an analysis from Occuspace.