Discussing what is and isn’t working in TK, panelists talked about the continuing need for enough play in learning, more people in the classrooms and appropriate facilities.
We’re rounding up last week’s news, from schools’ facility woes to challenges facing meal programs.
The California State University Board of Trustees will ask the state for an additional $407 million in annual funding to help address growing costs associated with repairing old buildings on campuses. One-third of the...
California State University awarded microgrants to half of the system’s 22 universities to improve campus infrastructure and create a more supportive environment for student parents, who are less likely than their peers...
Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, seen here during a visit to the School at Marygrove last month, says that by the 2028-29 school year, 81% of the district's buildings will have full air conditioning.
Like all construction in California, building affordable student housing is expensive. Of the projects that received state funding, The average construction cost per bed was $251,000 for
Stanford University is looking to build a number of new facilities, including 1.8 million square feet of academic buildings, 500 affordable housing units for staff and 2,500 beds for students, according to The Mercury...
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A San Diego school that serves students experiencing homelessness has temporarily relocated because of possible mold in its building, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The Monarch School, which enrolls about 170...
The public institution’s facilities are in good shape, but it has a long to-do list of pending projects, and aging infrastructure has prompted unexpected repairs.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Confidential student records are sitting in a vacated building nearly eight weeks after a charter school permanently closed its doors, officials from the state and the school said, though both sides...
New board members and school leaders, delayed state test scores, and aging buildings are among the developments to watch this upcoming school year.
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Arthur Steinberg, center, calls on the Philadelphia school district to improve its oversight of renovations in buildings with asbestos during a press conference Monday, Aug....
Voyages Prep students Joseth Laiz (center) and Kamrin Jones (far left), helped spearhead the Playground Ninety basketball court project. They are with New York City Council member Shekar Krishnan at the playground's...
For nearly two years, teacher Isabelle Ouyang and her colleagues have dealt with the presence of construction workers, shuffling between classrooms, stress over schedules, and a host of disruptive renovations. Ouyang...
A group of children walk past a federal building on Varick Street, July 22, 2025.
In the Pilsen neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, there’s a mural of my grandfather selling ice cream. My dad worked construction and sold ice cream too, and he and my mom both spent years working in...
Some board members for the Detroit Public Schools Community District are reconsidering plans to demolish four school buildings that closed at the end of the 2025-26 school year.
Carolina Sanchez Garcia, a teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary in San Diego, used to wake up at 3 a.m. to leave enough time to drive to work as her children slept in the back seat. The post To recruit teachers, school...
A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers from around the nation on Monday identified lack of facilities and high costs as two leading challenges states are facing in addressing childcare needs. The bipartisan group,...
In 2020, voters in California’s Alameda County made a remarkable decision. Rather than accept generations of underinvestment in young children, they chose to build something families had never truly had: an early...
The French American School of Denver is relocating to the former Harrington elementary school building, which it will eventually share with two local arts organizations.
The U.S. Capitol Building on July 1, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Recent declines in test scores have not gained much traction politically.
The average public school building in America is now 49 years old. In more than half of U.S. school districts, those buildings require significant repairs or full replacement. Too many students are trying to prepare for...
Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti says a school's appearance on a list of small schools with low enrollment and high costs doesn't mean it might close. The district is looking for solutions to boost enrollment at the...
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.
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...
A fence has placed around the Cooley High School building, which is set to be demolished this summer by the Detroit Public Schools Community District. The school closed in 2010.
DPSCD Superintendent Nikolai Vitti will address community concerns about the fate of Cooley High School at a public meeting on Wednesday.