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Leadership
Alum launches as college-town hospitality concept, debuting in Alabama

The move intends to bring luxury condo-hotels and year-round programming near campuses as hospitality players move in on college markets.

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Leadership
This Colorado school district is using Biblically infused reading curriculum made for Texas students

The 2,200-student Montezuma-Cortez district recently adopted the Bluebonnet elementary reading curriculum, which includes Biblically infused lessons.

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Leadership
Philadelphia parents describe ‘devastating’ toll of preschool exclusion and suspensions

Philadelphia parents are asking the city to help prevent preschool suspensions and exclusion.

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Technology & AI
Unequal algebra access in Philly is ‘discriminatory’ says key city official as district plans changes

Brenda Elliott, the Philadelphia school district’s deputy superintendent of academics, said Thursday the district intends to offer algebra at all 126 district schools that enroll eighth graders by the 2027-28 school...

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Leadership
Back-to-School Costs Hit Families with Sticker Shock

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School Safety
Head Start’s Antipoverty Mission Threatened by Trump Administration Overhaul

Most of Cassie Reed’s life has been marked by instability. During her childhood, she moved between nine different foster homes, often enduring abuse. Violence followed her into her adult life, as she met and fled...

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Technology & AI
Which Families Are Using ESAs? What We Know About Texas’ First School Vouchers

More than 85,000 families are participating in Texas’ private school voucher program during its first year, a number that could increase as state officials finalize enrollment data, according to a new state report....

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Technology & AI
Teachers Have Some Big Wins in This Year’s California Budget. Here Are Their Victories

California teachers had some big wins in this year’s state budget, including about $700 million for stipends and training, and $218 million to support paid pregnancy leave. The funding for teacher recruitment and...

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Technology & AI
Q&A: The case against blanket screen-time limits in schools

Technology was often sold as a shortcut to better learning, but now amid a backlash, schools risk abandoning useful tools along with the bad ones, says ISTE leader Richard Culatta.

District Admin
Leadership
When a Texas school police officer got ‘riled up’ over a defiant teen

The incident, one of thousands of times that school officers in Texas have used physical force in recent years, underscores long-held concerns about policing in schools. The post When a Texas school police officer got...

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Technology & AI
Presidential prospect Glenn Youngkin launches group focused on education policy

The former governor of Virginia is targeting several battleground states with an ad campaign promoting President Donald Trump’s federal school choice program. The post Presidential prospect Glenn Youngkin launches group...

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Leadership
Memphis 2026 school board election: live updates

Only two races, in Districts 6 and 8, are contested in the Aug. 6 election.

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Technology & AI
Opinion: Accountability Works. Outcomes-Based Contracting Makes It Work Better

As John Adams observed, “facts are stubborn things.” The facts, as education policy writer Chad Aldeman recently observed, are that No Child Left Behind coincided with some of the fastest achievement gains on record for...

Leadership
Clemson, UF, UVU and other colleges get new leaders

We’re rounding up July’s leadership transitions, including two public colleges that faced unexpected hurdles when installing new presidents.

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Budget & Finance
Fitch: New visa limits could hurt international enrollment and revenue

Financial pressure will be greatest on institutions with weaker student demand and greater reliance on tuition and fee revenue, analysts wrote.

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Budget & Finance
Illinois back-to-school sales tax holiday starts Aug. 7. Here’s what qualifies.

A variety of school supplies and clothing meant for children and teens will have a reduced sales tax rate starting Aug. 7.

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Technology & AI
New York reading scores plunge on state tests while math proficiency edges up

Preliminary New York state test results show reading proficiency fell 5 points while math improved. The dramatic declines in reading raised eyebrows among experts.

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Technology & AI
Maryland Gov. Offers Late Admission, $800 Credit to Disenrolled Howard Students

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Thursday the state would provide an $800 credit and expedited admission processing for any of the hundreds of incoming Howard University freshmen who were abruptly told last week that...

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Technology & AI
The Schools Turning to AI to Rate Students Beyond A-F Grades

Artificial Intelligence will soon help teachers rate students’ academic and “soft” skills at schools using nontraditional report cards that skip A-F grading after an AI company purchased the non-profit...

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Leadership
2-K Offers Are Out: 2,000 NYC Toddlers Get Spots, 5,700 Apply

Roughly 2,000 families received offers for a spot in the inaugural year of 2-K, New York City’s new free childcare program for 2-year-olds, officials announced Tuesday. Around 5,700 families applied for the initial...

District Admin
Leadership
How to elevate college and career readiness in 3 steps

Readiness requires deliberate decisions about what students are expected to learn, how they are supported, and how progress is measured. The post How to elevate college and career readiness in 3 steps appeared first on...

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Infrastructure
Opinion: As the Education Department Is Dismantled, Who Protects the Right to Learn?

A first grader reads an entire page on her own after months of specialized instruction. A middle school student with autism delivers his first classroom presentation. These moments are not medical breakthroughs, they...

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Budget & Finance
9 million U.S. students lost school time for weather in the 2024-2025 school year

The nonprofit UndauntedK12 maps instances across the U.S. when a school day or school activity was canceled, delayed, or cut short by extreme weather. The post 9 million U.S. students lost school time for weather in the...

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Technology & AI
How the costly digital age is leaving behind rural, underfunded schools

Matthew Splain, superintendent of the Otto-Eldred School District, said his schools are struggling to keep aging, refurbished laptops from dying on students. The district’s struggles are not isolated. The post How the...

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Budget & Finance
Measles Cases Hit 35-Year Record High Just As Kids Head Back to School

As millions of kids across the country prepare to head back to school — and many have already returned — the national count of measles cases continues to climb, reaching its highest number in 35 years. Utah...

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Leadership
Culture eats strategy for breakfast — but not always for college mergers

While cultural discordance needs careful consideration, it doesn't trump strong strategy, argues an expert on college consolidation. 

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Policy & Legislation
Education will be a key topic as Benson and James face off in Michigan governor’s race

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, left, and Michigan U.S. Representative John James won the Democratic and Republican primaries Tuesday and will face off in the November general election.

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Leadership
AAUP sues Texas A&M System over teaching limits on race and gender

The American Association of University Professors and four faculty members allege that those restrictions violate free speech rights. 

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Leadership
Who should go to college? More students may benefit than we think

A student studies at the UCLA campus. More students may benefit from college than we think.

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Leadership
Free Newark summer reading program still has open seats for parents to sign up their kids

A parent drops off a child at the Newark Public Library Van Buren Branch in Newark, N.J. for the Reading Partners program.