States are in a tough bind as they contemplate how to address childcare needs. The extra federal money from the pandemic era is gone just as they are trying to swallow higher spending and cost shifts mandated by the One...
Better financial communication can bolster transparency, experts said at the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ conference.
Voters cast their ballots in 2024 in Chicago. Hilario Dominguez, a candidate for Chicago school board president, has been accused of breaking campaign finance rules.
In a wide-ranging memo, they also directed federal agencies to experiment with models other than peer-review for assessing research proposals.
MSCS leaders and attendance staff are going door to door in neighborhoods with high chronic absenteeism to reduce barriers preventing students from showing up to school.
The U.S. Department of Education announced that data showing racial disparities in schools won't be the sole basis for future civil rights investigations.
SEIU, which represents school janitors, crossing guards, bus aides, and special education assistants, endorsed Jessica Biggs for school board president Thursday. Their endorsements diverge from those of the Chicago...
Desks and chairs arranged in classroom at high school
Pueblo Classical Academy won't re-open in the fall, leaders announced this month.
The National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and other agencies cut awards over terms like “diversity” and “health equity.”
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. It’s not quite the “Mississippi Miracle,” but California’s reading scores have been inching upwards since the state poured billions into...
It’s been a difficult year for Mary Moody, owner of the top-rated Silver Bluff Kids Early Learning Center in Haywood County. She said her business has struggled since federal pandemic funds used to keep childcare...
The four remaining candidates for Michigan governor agree that improving literacy is a priority. They face off in Aug. 4 primaries.
Edward Rangel, founding CEO of Adelante Schools and a board member at the Indianapolis Public Education Corporation, has been hired at The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based charter incubator.
The Republican-led Title IX Clarification Act would narrow the definition under the sex-based anti-discrimination law, codifying a recent Supreme Court ruling.
Every soccer season, athletes like me are taught to watch for headaches, dizziness and blurred vision after a concussion. But no one has ever taught many of us that a concussion can also affect our mental health. ...
The groundbreaking new board overseeing the Indianapolis Public Schools and charter schools in the city has hired the head of a major national charter school organization as its first executive director. Karega Rausch,...
Midland ISD school trustees argue they have minimal control over local taxes and can’t properly serve students as a recapture system redistributes millions of the district’s revenue. The post Texas’ longstanding “Robin...
A recent report from the Segregation Tracking Project and education advocacy group Brown’s Promise finds Ohio’s public schools are the fifth most racially segregated in the U.S.—behind New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania...
You probably know that it’s been a choppy semiquincentennial summer here in the District of Columbia. The National Mall’s murky, smelly reflecting pool and the sparsely attended American State Fair made national news....
Black students have been excluded from high-quality mathematics for generations — with dire outcomes academically and professionally, a California-based math equity group found.  Just Equation’s recent...
Experts discussed loan caps, federal probes and other shifts at the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ annual meeting.
MARIETTA, Ga. — In his first public school visit since taking office last year, President Donald Trump stopped at an Atlanta-area high school Wednesday to promote his administration’s effort to kickstart savings...
The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation chose a new executive director on Wednesday.
Macquline King speaks to reporters on March 30, 2026, after the Board of Education voted to name her the district’s permanent CEO beginning in July. King's proposal to overhaul the district's network structure last fall...
Commonwealth Charter Academy has acquired a 32,000 square-foot building in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard.
The ruling is the latest in the long-running Sweet v. McMahon settlement, which promises timely decisions on borrower defense claims or automatic debt relief.
Jude Julien (pictured in the upper row, center) teaches at the Virtual Innovators Academy, the city's only fully virtual public high school.
BILOXI, Miss. — When nine young adults tossed their mortarboards into the air at the Little Biloxi Theatre on June 20, it wasn’t their first time graduating from high school. After an emotional celebration that honored...