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Opinion: Introducing a New Curriculum in School? Don’t Forget Training for the Principal

Countless times over the last few years, district leaders have reached out to my organization with a problem: They rolled out a new evidence-based curriculum and trained all their teachers, but many didn’t use it...

District Admin
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Why is enrollment across DC-area school districts falling?

With enrollment trends declining, and projections expecting that to continue, the Prince William County School Board decided to nix plans for what it hoped would one day become its 14th high school. The post Why is...

Education Dive
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College costs for families up 10% from last year, poll finds

Tuition, fees, housing and other costs averaged $34,019 in the 2025-26 academic year, per a new Sallie Mae and Ipsos report.

Chalkbeat
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Firms linked to 2 men convicted of public corruption have gotten campaign business from JB Pritzker and the CTU

The Chicago Teachers Union Center last May. The union and Gov. JB Pritzker each hired political firms connected to people convicted of corruption.

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Trump Signs Order on Childhood Vaccines Against Medical Groups’ Guidance

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held but discredited theory that childhood...

Chalkbeat
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Free backpacks, supplies, haircuts: Newark groups host back-to-school giveaways

As Newark families prepare to head back to class, local groups across the city are hosting school supply giveaways.

Chalkbeat
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Know a young musican? Chalkbeat’s back-to-school rap contest is here.

Cassidy Brown, known musically as c12, mixes one of his songs at Philadelphia's MilkBoy the Studio, where he is an intern.

Chalkbeat
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How did Indiana students do on a revised ILEARN this year?

Indiana released 2026 scores on the ILEARN test for English and math, as well as results from the IREAD and SAT, on Tuesday.

Chalkbeat
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Indiana third grade reading scores surpass pre-pandemic levels on IREAD test

Third grade students in Warren Township read in summer school to focus on passing the IREAD exam in June 2025.

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A Bad Jobs Report for Public Education

A version of this analysis originally appeared in the “Aldeman on Education” Substack. According to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, K-12 schools lost 50,000 workers from June to July. The...

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NYC Reading Scores Sink, With Third Grade Proficiency Falling 14 points

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Reading scores sank in New York City last school year, with a nearly 14 percentage point decline among third...

Chalkbeat
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Marion County Election Board removes Lindsey Cornett from IPS school board ballot after challenge

The Marion County Election Board met Monday to vote on challenges to the candidacy of IPS school board District 4 candidates Lindsey Cornett and Chris Bultman.

Chalkbeat
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Colorado district will eliminate Bible-based content in new reading curriculum, officials say

District officials in the Montezuma-Cortez district will remove Christian faith-based content from elementary reading lessons provided by the Houston school district in Texas.

Chalkbeat
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‘Have a great day’: School 51 welcomes students to the new year with cheers and high fives

Student Titan Jones gives a high five to a staff member at James Russell Lowell Montessori School 51 on the first day of school in Indianapolis.

Education Dive
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Haverford settles with group accusing college of fostering antisemitism

Under the settlement terms, the private college will bar discrimination against Zionist, Jewish and Israeli students and employees.

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Tough choices face Black parents when schools struggle

Black Texas families weigh whether to send their children to schools with more academic resources — but potentially fewer of their values. The post Tough choices face Black parents when schools struggle appeared first...

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Opinion: Miami’s Decision to End Universal School Lunch Harms More Than Just Hungry Kids

 For the past several years in Miami public schools, every student — including my own children — could stand in the same cafeteria line, carry the same tray and eat lunch for free. But on July 22, the Miami-Dade...

Education Dive
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Elite colleges are returning to the SAT and ACT. Will others follow?

Top-ranked colleges and the Trump administration are embracing the exams, but that doesn’t mean test-optional policies are falling out of favor everywhere. 

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California Expands Lunch Program That Pairs Schools With Farms

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In school lunchrooms around Lake Tahoe, students line up for a red, hairy fruit called a rambutan. On pozole day, they shout, “We want...

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LAUSD’s Youngest Students Will Start a Screen-Free School Year. Here’s What Parents Need to Know

Screen time limits for Los Angeles Unified School District’s youngest students begin in August. “My hope and expectation is that most families will see a dramatic reduction in screen time during the school day, but also...

Chalkbeat
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Voting records show IPS board candidate Lindsey Cornett did not meet requirement to run as a Democrat

Two candidates for IPS school board have had their party affiliations challenged.

Chalkbeat
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NYC reading scores sink, with third grade proficiency falling 14 points

NYC students’ reading proficiency fell 6 percentage points in grades 3-8, with steeper drops in early grades, as officials investigate dramatic swings in test scores.

Chalkbeat
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These Chicago school board incumbents face no opponents. What does that mean for voters?

Ellen Rosenfeld, left, and Angel Gutierrez, right, are current elected members of the Chicago Board of Education, and they're running unopposed this year's election.

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Opinion: Students Are Anxious – And It’s No Surprise, Since We Teach Them to Be That Way

Temporary anxiety can often surface before the first day of school. Sometimes, that can help kids get in the right mindset for a big day. But when anxiety becomes a constant feature of children’s and teenagers’ days,...

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Opinion: Making School Lunches Healthy Is Great – If Kids Will Eat What’s on the Tray

Shortly after being named America’s unhealthiest city in 2009, Huntington, West Virginia, gained national attention when British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver arrived to film the first season of his reality TV series Food...

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Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on Biden’s Education Legacy

After nearly two years out of the limelight, the Biden family has returned to the political conversation this summer. Joe Biden announced last month that he will soon release a memoir of his time in office. That volume...

Chalkbeat
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Detroit school district addresses school cleanliness, special education, and more in community meeting

DPSCD Superintendent Nikolai Vitti listens to an audience member during a community meeting Aug. 7 at Renaissance High School in Detroit.

Education Dive
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Alum launches as college-town hospitality concept, debuting in Alabama

The move intends to bring luxury condo-hotels and year-round programming near campuses as hospitality players move in on college markets.

Chalkbeat
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This Colorado school district is using Biblically infused reading curriculum made for Texas students

The 2,200-student Montezuma-Cortez district recently adopted the Bluebonnet elementary reading curriculum, which includes Biblically infused lessons.

Chalkbeat
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Philadelphia parents describe ‘devastating’ toll of preschool exclusion and suspensions

Philadelphia parents are asking the city to help prevent preschool suspensions and exclusion.