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.
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.
The New York City institution is the last Ivy League college to announce an end to its test-optional admissions policy.
The state’s higher education authority signed off on the narrowed offerings even as a lawsuit contests the university’s transformation.
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...
Decatur Township schools rely heavily on bus transportation for students, and pickup and dropoff times are changing for the coming school year.
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...
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.
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
The plaintiffs argue the president’s March executive order impedes each state’s efforts and is unclear in what it prohibits.
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...
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...
San Diego County schools have improved financial aid application completion rates with a countywide competition between school districts.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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."
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...
From left to right: State Rep. Scott Bottoms, Victor Marx, and state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer during a Colorado Republican gubernatorial debate.
The New York institution has so far dodged many of its peers’ woes. But demographic shifts and enrollment declines are weighing on its finances.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, left, and Attorney General Phil Weiser at a gubernatorial debate.
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...