Amendment 87, which is on the Colorado ballot Nov. 3, would make constitutional changes to the state’s tax code while also raising more money for education and healthcare.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that will change California’s formula for allocating career technical education funds, ensuring all money gets distributed to school districts. Up until this school year, the...
Children who are already enrolled in a need-based program, like nutrition assistance, would automatically be eligible for scholarships funded by the nation’s taxpayers, according to Treasury Department regulations...
Officials say written justifications will add accountability, but some administrator associations are concerned the additional layer will lead to funding delays.
After-school programs and tutoring are likely ways public school students could benefit from the new federal education tax credit. But some public school advocates are thinking bigger.
The California Federation of Teachers (CFT) has joined a lawsuit by the California Teachers Association claiming that Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature illegally withheld billions in state funds earmarked for TK-12...
Missouri has spent the last several years overhauling its approach to teaching reading. State leaders have invested millions in teacher training, evidence-based instruction, literacy screening and interventions for...
The California Teachers Association is working to pass Proposition 3, a November ballot initiative that would preserve a state income tax. The CTA’s strategy: teachers canvassing door-to-door.
Educators often end up spending their own money on the kids they teach, despite being in a profession that rarely leaves them with enough disposable income to do so comfortably. Whether it’s pipe cleaners and glue...
The rescissions appear to target pots of funding that have the weakest constituencies on Capitol Hill, including $25 million of $52 million appropriated for migrant students. The post Trump proposes $810 million in...
The college used climate bonds to finance a geothermal heating and cooling system on its campus.
Los Angeles Unified School District is working to make meals more available to students, with about 13.3 million breakfasts, lunches and dinners served so far this school year.
Dozens of Indiana’s public school superintendents say their districts will cut teaching and support staff in the coming years to contend with the financial fallout of property tax reform, according to a new survey from...
Senior leaders attributed its financial woes to “shifting enrollment trends, unpredictable state and federal funding, and rising costs.”
The Detroit Public Schools Community District received $94.4 million to settle a right to-read literacy lawsuit. The money will run out by the end of this school year.
After years of frustration and spurious claims that it is destroying public education, the charter school movement is nearing a tipping point when it comes to equitably accessing the local resources from which it has...
The Trump administration’s efforts to shutter the U.S. Department of Education to cut bureaucracy have instead made the agency’s work more complex and potentially inefficient, five department employees told NPR....
The public institution's president said eliminating faculty and staff positions would help it address its $17 million operating deficit.
Some 40% of leaders said they had to pull funding from elsewhere, including academic programming, to cover the cost of feeding students.
California’s estimate of nearly 86,000 infants and toddlers to have experienced homelessness in 2023-24 is the highest in the nation, according to a report published Wednesday. Put a different way: Of 1.6 million...
The congressional chamber could vote this week on the Protect College Sports Act, a proposal intended to stabilize the shifting collegiate landscape.
Youth Journalism Coalition Director CJ Sánchez speaks on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, flanked by Council members Rita Joseph and Eric Dinowitz and students from across the city.
Tennessee schools are still feeling the loss of Local Foods for Schools funding eliminated by the Trump administration in 2025. The U.S. Department of agriculture recently announced a new "Harvest to Hallways"...
The American Association of University Professors’ leader said the selective higher ed group should not consider readmitting the public flagship for now.
A federal judge in Massachusetts struck down a Trump administration anti-diversity, equity and inclusion initiative that resulted in $600 million abruptly cut from K-12 teacher training grants aimed at combating teacher...
The department’s proposed rule on federal grants, known as the Education Department General Administrative Regulations, closes for public comment this Wednesday. The post The latest plans that could shake up education...
A federal judge ruled the U.S. Department of Education’s edict and cancellation of hundreds of millions in funds for teacher training programs was unlawful.
Students from James Russell Lowell Montessori School 51 are greeted by teachers and staff on the first day of school. The Indianapolis teachers union will now support a proposed tax increase to fund the city’s district...
This year, Michigan lawmakers increased state funding for English language learners by $12.5 million — but not all such students will benefit. Michigan does not provide school districts with additional funding for...
As a key element in the state’s package of early literacy reforms, Gov. Gavin Newsom included $200 million in last year’s state budget to pay for instructing elementary school teachers in the new reading strategies. On...