Tindley Genesis Academy in Indianapolis. The former CEO of the Tindley charter school network must pay restitution and will serve over a year in prison, according to a judgment in federal court against him related to a...
Carter Darling, 11, walks to Robert A. Black Magnet Elementary School on the first day of school on Aug. 24, 2026.
The move would give the agency broad authority to end grants, including “for convenience,” after such approaches have led to legal disputes.
Remember when Labor Day was the unofficial end of summer and schools started up again after that? Your kids probably don’t either. The 2026-27 school year started Wednesday in Frederick County, and the remaining 23...
California schools have hired thousands of arts teachers since voters in 2022 passed Prop. 28, which expanded arts education funding. Many schools, however, have yet to fully spend their arts funds.
California has promised students with disabilities the services they need, but school districts are increasingly struggling to fund and staff those services. It’s time for California and Washington to rethink how...
Jefferson County voters will decide on a pair of mill levy overrides in November to raise teacher pay, repair schools, fund career and technical education, and more.
Missouri education officials are preparing to ask lawmakers for roughly $300 million more for public schools next year, setting up a potentially difficult budget fight as the state faces a projected revenue shortfall....
The latest survey of higher education employees from CUPA-HR found the biggest spike in tenure-track professors since at least 2016.
California will supply rescue inhalers for students with asthma at all of the state’s public district and charter schools, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. Funding for the three-year “School Albuterol...
A new, tighter schedule at Rocklin High School in Placer County has cut students’ lunch period one day a week to what is thought to be among the shortest in the state: 12 minutes, Capital Public Radio reported. “I had...
I am a product of Head Start. Before I understood federal funding, program performance standards or the complicated systems that make Head Start possible, I understood what it meant to be a Head Start child. Years...
After closing abruptly this year, the Catholic institution is trying to pay off millions of dollars in debt.
Three years after voters passed an ambitious arts education funding measure, California’s K-12 schools were supposed to be awash in dance, music, theater and fine arts. But some schools are returning their arts money to...
This school year, $450 million in Career Technical Education, or CTE, funding will be allocated to eligible school districts and county education offices following a push to stop California from leaving millions of...
The dome of Harvard University's Dunster House and John W. Weeks Bridge over Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Kindergartners in class at Herron Prep Academy in Indianapolis in September 2023. The school is one of about 60 schools statewide that could receive funding from ballot questions if voters pass them in November.
Newark planners approved a $51 million building for the Gateway Academy earlier this year. It will house the school's K-8 students, whose current campus is nearly at capacity.
Arsenal Technical High School band students practice in April 2026. A record number of districts are seeking property tax increases at the polls in November to help fund operating expenses, such as academic programs and...
The U.S. Department of Education is expected to award $41.3 million in grant funding through the Alaska Native Education Program to 26 Alaska grantees after some delay, according to an announcement from Alaska...
Illustrative models of the sexual organs and contraceptives are displayed on a table. Advocates worry that funding cuts to New York sexual education organizations could leave more young people without the information...
The eliminations come after a bruising budget-saving push to eliminate degrees last year at the system’s Lincoln campus.
In November, Denver voters will consider a $44 million tax increase to benefit Denver Public Schools.
Chicago Public Schools is further away from having enough money to meet its students’ needs as defined by the state, according to new data released by the Illinois State Board of Education. Under ISBE’s calculations...
Right now, 15.5 million undergraduate students around the country are getting ready to start or return to college. Seven million of them have one thing in common: relying on a Pell Grant to help pay for their higher...
The media room at Senn High School in 2021. The Chicago Board of Education voted to reverse layoffs, but the district says it can't restore all positions for funding reasons.
On the brink of looming insolvency, Los Angeles Unified could have prevented its financial crisis by leaving vacated positions empty, making thousands of district employee layoffs unavoidable to address a $3.6 billion...
Shelby County Commissioners voted 7-4 to approve the MSCS budget on Monday, over a week after classes had already started.
As millions of young people head back to school this fall, parents are buying backpacks, teachers are preparing lesson plans, and policymakers are once again debating what belongs in the classroom. One topic will...
As Iowa’s Education Savings Account program continues to expand to include all K-12 families, rural public school districts are still trying to determine how the scholarships will affect their classrooms, budgets and...