U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, left, and Attorney General Phil Weiser at a gubernatorial debate.
Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero listens to students at a school board meeting in 2022. The Miami Herald reported Thursday that Marrero is a candidate for the top job in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
A duplex in Battle Creek is now the rent-free home for two early childhood workers in the city through a new partnership called First Home, First Teacher.
What’s the harm of a little grade inflation? After all, the kids are happy. The parents are proud. And the administrators are satisfied, with more students making progress toward graduation. Of course, if students don’t...
Microschool leaders are predominantly white educators and parents who left traditional public or private schools to build different educational options for kids. But over 40% of those planning to launch new schools in...
Jasmine Coombs, director of equity and inclusion programs at Bard High School Early College in Manhattan.
If you’re a parent who has felt, in the last few years, that something has changed in your child’s relationship with learning and school, you are not imagining it.  The Nation’s Report Card...
Chicago Public Schools headquarters. The Chicago Board of Education voted to approve contract renewals after asking to postpone the vote.
Tucked in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s sprawling universal childcare plan is a little-talked-about milestone: In September, the city will open what appears to be the first free daycare for municipal workers in...
During my first year as a fifth-grade teacher, I taught a student who had moved from the Dominican Republic three weeks before school started. She spoke very little English and I spoke no Spanish, so I started by...
Hillcrest High School student Matthew Canzius, right, stands next to (from right to left) Chayanika Chakravorty, Aden Gurmohamed, and Nickram Dulychand at the Center for Jewish History on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025.
Jennifer Chrisler, president of the struggling college, shared the update after previously warning that the institution might have to close earlier than planned.
Big changes are coming for Indiana schools in the November election. Join us for a panel discussion on July 8 to learn more about what it could mean.
English learners make up 17% of California students, but few are comfortable enough to show up when decisions that affect them are under discussion. Districts should change that.
In the first years after Tulsa Honor Academy opened in 2015, founder Elsie Urueta Pollock visited almost every student’s home herself, promising parents that she would help their children be successful. Like them, she’s...
Chris Nassetta and other Hilton leaders reveal how the new college town-focused brand was born following the 2024 acquisition of Graduate.
The Trump administration announced an investigation into the Cherry Creek School District Monday, alleging racial discrimination.
I’ve always thought about the future. What would it look like? What fantastical creations existed there that I was incapable of anticipating? And most importantly, what would I be doing? I knew I wanted to be one of the...
We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from a rise in tuition discount rates to more U.S. Department of Justice probes into universities.
Chronic absenteeism is one of the most persistent challenges facing schools today. A student is considered chronically absent after missing 10% of the school year, about 18 days in most districts. According to...
New York City elementary and middle school students might soon have a bigger say on their schools’ policies.
At the end of my junior year of high school, I was elected Student Council president. I spent all summer making plans. Before the first council meeting of the year, I met with the principal, who told me, “You may...
Searching for a new school can be an exhausting exercise for parents, no matter what time of the year they're on the hunt. Here are some tips to make the process easier.
A pencil lay on a page of a test preparation book. Chicago Public Schools will replace its high school admissions test with a longer PreACT exam.
People sit near the entrance to the Chicago Board of Elections Supersite during Chicago Board of Education candidate filing on Monday, May 18, 2026. More than half of the hopeful school board candidates are facing...
Tennessee students have nearly returned to pre-pandemic achievement levels in math and have also made significant improvements in reading, according to a recent report that charts how well schools have recovered from...
Lucas Healy, a high school student on the autism spectrum, and his mom, Paullette Ha-Healy, who discussed problems with NYC's yellow school bus service.
Inayah Brown and her daughter Autumn, a fourth grader, arrive for the first day of school at KIPP Seek Academy in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday, August 22, 2024.
Jonathan Escobar high-fives his former teacher, Juan Elias, after graduating from Carl Schurz High School. Escobar is one of hundreds of students who were forced to leave his ASPIRA charter school after it abruptly...
Denver Public School has hired Sito Narcisse as the temporary chief of schools.