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Land-grant universities eligible for USDA, Ed Dept funds to improve agricultural research facilities

The two federal agencies are offering eligible institutions up to $30 million for property improvements — but the money requires a one-to-one match.

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Connecticut Schools Double Down on Early Detection to Help Reading Scores

The first step to solving a reading delay is knowing it exists. Decades of research have found that all children learn to read by developing the same core skills. This applies to children with dyslexia, English language...

Chalkbeat
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Trump administration gives Jeffco 10 days to change policies or risk losing federal funding

The Trump administration found that several Jeffco Public Schools policies, including its policy on sports participation, violated the federal Title IX sex discrimination law.

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Rural Areas of Indiana Have Few School Options

Indiana’s school choice program leaves its nearly 300,000 rural public school students with fewer options and fewer resources while funding the private education of others. More than one in four Indiana school students,...

District Admin
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Houston ISD board unanimously approves controversial Bible-infused curriculum

Adopting the state-approved Bluebonnet Learning curriculum for elementary students will come with a funding boost of more than $3 million for the district, which also approved a $2 billion operating budget on...

Chalkbeat
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Hochul delays plan to tighten childcare voucher rules, averting shockwaves for thousands of NYC families

More than 100,000 New York City kids receive a state-funded childcare voucher. Gov. Kathy Hochul is pausing enforcement of a rule that would allow city parents to use a voucher only when they're working or in school.

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Chicago school board adopts legislative agenda calling for more funding — after state lawmakers adjourn

The Chicago Board of Education passed a legislative agenda about a month after state lawmakers adjourned for the summer.

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100 years ago, students across took the first SAT. Where is it headed now?

Higher education has been inching away from entrance exams. Less than 10% of U.S. institutions that grant bachelor’s degrees require a score from the SAT, or its fellow ACT test, for the fall 2026 admissions cycle. The...

Education Dive
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Private colleges grew revenue last year — but not by enough, Fitch says

Costs, competition and ‘adversarial federal policy’ are weighing heavily on private colleges, according to analysts with the credit ratings agency.

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Iowa Audit Analyzes Impact of State’s Education Savings Account Program

Nearly 79% of students who used Iowa’s funding program for K-12 private schools were “already projected” to attend private schools, according to a report released Wednesday by Iowa Auditor Rob Sand.  Iowa...

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Opinion: Connecticut Charters Break Through in Historic Legislative Session

Connecticut has long had among the most burdensome charter approval processes in the country, requiring both State Board of Education authorization and a separate legislative appropriation just to open a school....

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Opinion: Lessons from Charters Where Every Student Graduates, Most of Them With a Plan

At the Charter School Growth Fund, graduation is our favorite time of year. It is when schools shine. We are reminded of what is possible when students, teachers and school leaders have excellence as their north star....

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Indianapolis voters will consider a tax increase for the city’s schools this fall

Members of the Indianapolis Public Education Corporation discuss placing an operating referendum on the ballot on June 22.

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NYC’s $1.9 billion dilemma: How long can schools be ‘held harmless’ for enrollment losses?

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Chancellor Kamar Samuels, making a child care announcement in January, will spend $290 million this year to prevent budget cuts at schools with falling enrollment. Educators and watchdogs wonder...

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UConn expands budget-tightening measures to close $83.5M deficit

The flagship plans to adjust contracts and restrict hiring as it grapples with rising costs, declines in federal research funding and other challenges.

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Opinion: 1.2M Kids Under 6 Have No Insurance. That’s Harmful to Their Health and Futures

Schools across the country are focusing keenly on two key priorities: teaching children to read and bringing down high chronic absenteeism rates that undermine learning. Both these goals could be scuttled by an alarming...

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Week in review: Syracuse leader warns of ‘new normal’

We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from the latest moves from the U.S. Department of Education to cuts at major public universities.

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Indianapolis Teacher Merit Pay in Charter Schools Gets Increasing Philanthropic Support

Courtney Buuck thought there was some kind of mistake. When she learned that she received a $40,000 bonus payment on top of her base teacher’s salary last fall, she was in shock. Like other staff at United Schools of...

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California Lawmakers Pass Budget With Billions More for Education as Newsom Negotiations Begin

Marking the start of two weeks of intensive negotiations, the Legislature passed a state budget Monday with higher revenue projections than those proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, providing several billion dollars in...

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Teenagers took over Philadelphia city government for a day. Here’s how it went.

Through the Greater Philadelphia YMCA's City Government Youth Summit, students adopted roles across the executive branch, City Council, press corps, and community advocacy groups, mirroring the real structure of city...

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Southern Oregon University plan would cut 3 majors, roughly 66 jobs

The new proposal comes after the public institution carried out two recent rounds of workforce cuts and declared financial exigency last year.

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Childcare Centers Across Missouri Grapple with Staff Retention Issues

As more discussions about supplying adequate, affordable childcare are had across the state, childcare centers continue to struggle with staff retention. Beth Ann Lang, deputy chief executive officer of Child Care Aware...

EdSource
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Districts must step up to support their student teachers

California's Student Teacher Stipend Program has allocated $300 million in state funding to eligible preservice educators, but student teachers may not see any of the money due to the application process being too...

EdSource
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California’s childcare and preschool providers struggle amid transitional kindergarten expansion

California's expansion of free transitional kindergarten has caused disruptions for childcare and preschool providers, who say they need more support and funding to adapt to the new landscape.

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Some immigrant children are more fearful than ever to go to school. U.S. Rep. Chuy Garcia wants to help them.

Rep. Jesús G. “Chuy” Garcia outlines The Right to Learn Act in a press conference at Richard J. Daley College in south Chicago on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

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Trump Admin. Eases Few of the Federal Grant Restrictions Indiana Requested

The Trump administration on Tuesday gave Indiana just a fraction of the freedom the state wanted in loosening restrictions on how federal money is spent on low income and vulnerable students, suggesting other states are...

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The school choice scholarship boom benefits kids already in private school

More families across the country are experimenting with private school as states—and soon the federal government—use taxpayer-supported scholarships to encourage them to leave public school. The post The school choice...

EdSource
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California lawmakers pass budget with billions more for education as Newsom negotiations begin

The Legislature meets the June 15 deadline to send a state budget to the governor, with additional funding and a contentious withholding of $3.9 billion for TK-12 and community colleges still to be resolved.

Education Dive
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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.

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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.