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Pennsylvania state budget includes $157 million more for Philadelphia’s schools

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the state's 2026-27 budget on Sunday, which includes $157 million more for Philadelphia’s schools.

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Week in review: Classroom speech has its day in court

We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from Moody’s gloomier outlook for Brown University to workforce cuts at multiple institutions.

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Transferring may not pay off for some students, study suggests

Students just above admissions cutoffs could see lower earnings after moving colleges than those who were rejected, a working paper found.

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5 Key Education Stories This Week: Future of College, ‘Rehumaning’ School & More

Here at The 74, we publish and syndicate more than 30 articles a week about how America’s education system is evolving in a bid to better serve its 74 million children. But with so much happening and changing every day,...

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No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills

Educators and advocates are bracing for the funding to shrink or be eliminated. The post No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills appeared first on District...

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LAUSD placed on increased fiscal oversight with warning of looming financial troubles

The county education office cited the cost of recently approved employee contracts as well as ongoing structural deficits and declining enrollment. The post LAUSD placed on increased fiscal oversight with warning of...

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Market Share Continues to Hold Steady for NC Public Schools

Public schools continued to serve more than 1.5 million students across North Carolina in the 2025-26 school year — or about 84% of market share, a percentage that is about the same as previous years. Market share is a...

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Johnson-aligned Chicago school board members continue push for more funding from Springfield

Jitu Brown, elected member of the Chicago Board of Education, speaks at a press conference to urge Gov. JB Pritzker to call a special session in Springfield for more education funding.

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Tennessee releases final results of Memphis schools forensic audit

Results from the yearlong probe into MSCS' finances and operations come less than a month before the first day of classes.

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Feds approve Arkansas’ request for flexibility in spending U.S. education funds

The U.S. Department of Education OKs Arkansas’ requests to consolidate federal funding and reduce the amount of paperwork and red tape required of school administrators. The post Feds approve Arkansas’ request for...

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Chicago cut funding for assistant principals in small schools. Most chose to keep them anyway.

Alexandra Dakessian, the assistant principal at McCutcheon Elementary School in Chicago. Due to budget cuts, her position was eliminated, but her school used discretionary money to keep herl.

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$135 million tax increase pitched as a solution for Jeffco Public Schools’ budget gap

Second graders start their day at Deane Elementary School in Lakewood in August 2022. Jeffco Public Schools could ask voters in November for a tax increase to pay for teacher salaries and more.

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Give Dolly Parton Charity $2 Million

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NYC Budget Gives Every Public School Kindergartner $1,000 for College, Restores Education Programs

New York City public school kindergartners will automatically receive $1,000 for college expenses, up from $100, under a budget deal announced Tuesday between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council. The budget also...

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Newsom’s Final Education Budget, by the Numbers

In his eighth and final budget, the tax gods continued to smile upon Gov. Gavin Newsom, enabling him to cement funding for signature programs he started while salving grumbling districts that are wincing over the...

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New Jersey Invests Record Money in Preschool, But Serving Multilingual Learners is Another Story

Peter Rosario has spent years watching his teachers help Spanish-speaking preschoolers sound out English words at La Casa de Don Pedro, a Newark-based nonprofit organization that offers support for immigrant families...

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Week in review: Cuts at Johns Hopkins, PennWest and St. Louis University

We’re rounding up recent stories, from two states teaming up to create three-year bachelor’s degrees to policy and leadership developments out of Florida.

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California School Libraries Blindsided by ‘Catastrophic’ Budget Cut

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California librarians were stunned when a last-minute budget change stripped K-12 schools of a trove of research materials, potentially...

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Michigan lawmakers OK increased student funding and investments in literacy

The Michigan Legislature on Friday approved a $22.9 billion education budget that includes increased funding for students, particularly those with the greatest needs.

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Education groups sue for access to nearly $2B in research funds

A lawsuit alleges the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Management and Budget are withholding the funds unlawfully.

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Philadelphia audit finds school district owes former employees $2.8 million

A new audit from the city controller found the district owes former employees $2.8 million and had lost track of several expensive pieces of equipment.

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‘Professional degree’ list is expanded. But education still didn’t make the cut.

The designation comes with an increased federal student loan cap of $200,000 for graduate programs.

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Florida state board bans undocumented students from college system

One analysis estimates that the policy could cost the 28-institution system $15 million a year in lost tuition and fee revenue. 

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Colorado receives funding to bring back the FAFSA completion tracker

A Colorado grant will help restore a statewide FAFSA tool.

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Trump Wanted To Cut Ed Department Into Irrelevancy. New Report Shows How He Did It

The U.S. Department of Education may no longer be able to fully support students, it says in an internal report that lays bare the full extent of the Trump Administration’s first round of government cuts. The department...

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Education Dept. threatens to cut funds for Kansas school district over transgender policies

The Education Department alleged that Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools' policy not to disclose a student's transgender status ​even to parents violated the Family Educational Rights ⁠and Privacy Act. The post...

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Why a new federal school choice program may require a massive marketing budget

The Browning School, a college preparatory school for boys, sits in Manhattan, New York City. A new federal school choice program could help students pay tuition at private schools, though taypayers will first need to...

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Here’s how education spending is affecting Pennsylvania’s state budget negotiations

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed budget would increase public school funding statewide by more than $660 million, but lawmakers are still negotiating the final budget.

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NYC budget gives every public school kindergartner $1,000 for college, restores education programs

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin announce a handshake agreement on the city's $125.8 billion budget. The deal boosts college savings accounts for all public school kindergartners and restores a slew...

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Across West Virginia, public schools are closing. Communities are feeling the loss.

Across West Virginia, public schools are rapidly closing. Political leaders are cutting taxes and funneling hundreds of millions of taxpayer money into a school voucher program, while wringing their hands about local...