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Technology & AI
Colorado may tighten the rules for specialized facility schools serving students with intense needs

Colorado is considering tightening the rules for specialized facility schools like the Austin Centers for Exceptional Students, which is under fire for its restraint practices and more.

Chalkbeat
Infrastructure
As demolition nears, protective barriers at Detroit’s Cooley High vandalized

Vandals last weekend tore down fencing that was erected recently at Cooley High School in Detroit. The district is planning to demolish the historic building this summer.

Education Dive
Policy & Legislation
Columbia reinstates SAT, ACT requirements for 2027-28

The New York City institution is the last Ivy League college to announce an end to its test-optional admissions policy.

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
Kentucky State gets OK for program cuts amid state-mandated overhaul

The state’s higher education authority signed off on the narrowed offerings even as a lawsuit contests the university’s transformation.

The 74
Technology & AI
Mississippi High in Education, Last in Child Health Outcomes

Mississippi continues to outperform most of the nation in education, according to a new report, but health outcomes for children remain dismal.  The 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book, published annually by the Annie...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Why this Indianapolis-area district is changing the start and end times for school days

Decatur Township schools rely heavily on bus transportation for students, and pickup and dropoff times are changing for the coming school year.

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Policy & Legislation
Ohio Republican Lawmakers Pass Bill That Includes Requiring Schools to Teach When to Have Kids

Ohio lawmakers have passed a bill that would require schools to teach students to graduate high school, get a job, and get married — in that order — before having a baby. They call this order of events the success...

EdSource
Leadership
We must move from scarcity to abundance and rebuild high schools for a volatile future

The current "college readiness" model needs to shift from scarcity to abundance, providing all students with the same skills necessary to adapt and thrive in a changing world.

The 74
Infrastructure
Knicks Legend’s Greatest Legacy is in the Classroom

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Leadership
How San Antonio Built One of America’s Most Ambitious Pre-K Programs

After the birth of her son, Rex, in 2019, Jasmin Almendarez realized childcare costs in central Texas were so high that returning to work no longer made economic sense.  “I didn’t want to spend that much time away,...

District Admin
Policy & Legislation
New rules for 4-day school weeks draw pushback from some rural North Dakota schools

Under the four-day-a-week model, districts still must still meet the same requirements for minimum instruction time, so school days are longer. The post New rules for 4-day school weeks draw pushback from some rural...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Tiny N.J. school districts are under pressure to merge. These 50 are the smallest.

New Jersey’s 50 smallest school districts each reported fewer than 221 students last fall, with the tiniest enrolling just 53 children, according to new state data. The post Tiny N.J. school districts are under pressure...

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Technology & AI
Opinion: How a California District Is Transforming Education in a Rapidly Changing World

Public education, in red and blue states alike, is being pulled apart by student disengagement, mental health needs, culture war battles, voucher expansion, budget uncertainty and the disruptive force of artificial...

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Technology & AI
Survey: Young People Turn to AI to Be ‘Their Real, Unfiltered Selves’

Alison Lee still remembers the conversation that helped her see why young people turn to the safety of artificial intelligence for companionship and belonging. She was talking to a high school student and the girl told...

Education Dive
Technology & AI
Week in review: Will graduate nursing gain professional designation?

We’re rounding up recent stories, from the $100,000 fee for H-1B visas being struck down to more colleges pursuing academic cuts and consolidation. 

Education Dive
Technology & AI
20 attorneys general sue Trump administration over federal contractor DEI order

The plaintiffs argue the president’s March executive order impedes each state’s efforts and is unclear in what it prohibits. 

EdSource
Leadership
Small-town school leader earns more than 670K votes in California superintendent race

Wendy Castañeda Leal, a superintendent from a small school district in Kern County, received more than 670,000 votes in the primary for California superintendent of public instruction with the help of a small team of...

EdSource
Technology & AI
Libraries draw millions of kids each summer, but funding varies dramatically across California

As children spend time in libraries this summer, newly released California State Library data shows that San Francisco Public Library received nearly 17 times as much funding per resident in 2024-25 as Kern County...

EdSource
Technology & AI
How schools in San Diego County drove more students to apply for financial aid

San Diego County schools have improved financial aid application completion rates with a countywide competition between school districts.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Knicks ticker-tape parade is on a school day — and conflicts with Regents exams. Some families are angry.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on June 11 speaks with families applying for 2-K and colors “Let’s Go Knicks” posters at Mosholu Montefiore Community Center in the Bronx. Some families are upset that the ticker-tape parade...

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Technology & AI
California Students Must Soon Learn Personal Finance to Graduate. Here’s How It Will Be Taught

This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. On a recent Friday morning, Fresno Unified high school students learned about the rise and fall of major companies in the stock market...

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Infrastructure
Opinion: In Dallas Schools, Community Engagement Isn’t Outreach — It’s Infrastructure

A recent commentary by Chad Aldeman highlighted research, drawn from focus groups in seven states, that found people in struggling school districts are not disengaged; rather, they run into walls when they try to get...

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Leadership
Wyoming Students Spend Less Time in PE. An Expert Wants to Change That.

The squeak of sneakers on a gym floor and squawk of whistles are common school sounds during PE class. But with the increasing emphasis on academic testing in recent decades, are Wyoming public school students getting...

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Technology & AI
25 Babies and Toddlers Are in ICE Custody on an Average Day

In the first years after birth, the human brain develops at a remarkable pace. Every second, more than a million new neural connections spring into being, shaping a person’s physical and emotional health...

Chalkbeat
Technology & AI
District says 61 boys the Trump administration found on girls’ sports rosters were mascots, managers

The federal education department said it found 61 boys on girls’ sports rosters in Jeffco Public Schools. But the district said "some teams had male managers, trainers, or mascots."

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Technology & AI
In this fall’s Chicago school board elections, many voters may only have one candidate to choose from

The electoral board of the Chicago Board of Elections Commissioners review cases challenging the petitions of people who filed to run in the 2024 school board elections. This year, challenges have been filed against...

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Policy & Legislation
Voter guide: Where the 2026 Colorado Republican Party gubernatorial candidates stand on education

From left to right: State Rep. Scott Bottoms, Victor Marx, and state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer during a Colorado Republican gubernatorial debate.

Education Dive
Budget & Finance
A ‘new normal’: Syracuse faces enrollment dip, first deficit in years

The New York institution has so far dodged many of its peers’ woes. But demographic shifts and enrollment declines are weighing on its finances.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Voter guide: Where the 2026 Colorado Democratic Party gubernatorial candidates stand on education

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, left, and Attorney General Phil Weiser at a gubernatorial debate.

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Technology & AI
A Surprising Sliver of Hope in New NAEP Scores for the Lowest-Performing Kids

After years of bad news on student test scores, there’s finally a sliver of hope. The latest results from NAEP, the Nation’s Report Card, found gains in both reading and math for 9-year-olds. Not only that, but...