The Trump administration unveiled its timeline for a host of regulatory changes, including those related to accreditation, diversity initiatives and Title VI.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani named Kamar Samuels as schools Chancellor Dec. 31, 2025. In his first six months in office, Mamdani has devoted far less public attention to K-12 education than other core policy priorities.
A panel of three federal judges rejected Florida’s argument that the system unconstitutionally delegates “unchecked authority” to private agencies.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Soon after Patriots defended Charles Town at Fort Moultrie in 1776, the regiment received a flag embroidered with acorns, a battle drum and an early version of the crescent that would eventually adorn...
Denver Public Schools is Colorado’s largest school district. A conservative law firm is suing the district over its voting map.
Students work in the chemistry lab at Ascend College Prep, which because of a recent state law change switched authorizers.
A Colorado law passed last year required school districts to pass cellphone policies but did not mandate a ban.
Demonstrators in support of and opposed to transgender athletes competing in women's sports gather outside the Supreme Court on Jan. 13, 2026, as the justices heard arguments in two cases challenging state bans. On...
A version of this essay appeared on Matthew Yglesias’ Slow Boring, a site dedicated to offering pragmatic takes on politics and public policy. Katie Arnold-Ratliff wrote a cover story for New York Magazine criticizing...
Young women demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the court upheld state laws barring transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's school sports. The much anticipated decision came on the last day...
States can block transgender athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s sports teams, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, handing the Trump administration a victory in its effort to enforce such restrictions. ...
The Supreme Court ruled today that President Donald J. Trump exceeded his authority with his long-shot attempt to end birthright citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to undocumented parents or those without permanent...
Colleges and K-12 schools can determine eligibility for women's and girls' sports teams based on "biological sex," the court ruled.
Students listen in class at a dual-language elementary school in Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson still hasn't created a noncitizen advisory board for Chicago's school board, which is required by state law.
The new law took effect immediately and came after legislators overrode a veto from Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.
While the U.S. celebrates over the Fourth of July weekend, four candidates will be vying for the top post of the nation’s largest teachers union. The National Education Association’s leadership election will decide the...
The proposal, which mandates literary works such as Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" alongside passages from the New Testament, has been closely followed by education observers who say it appears to be the first of...
The fate of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to shift control of the California Department of Education from the state superintendent of public instruction to a new education commissioner answering to future governors and...
The first Title IX investigation under the second Trump administration centered on an all-gender restroom in a Denver high school.
At a Board of Regents meeting Monday, state education officials announced that high school graduates in New York could soon start receiving a new type of diploma — one that reflects their skills and knowledge,...
The Texas State Board of Education will vote Friday on a set of new social studies standards that have drawn fire and fervor for espousing pro-American views and Christian values.  If approved, the vote would...
The politically created academic centers have drawn fierce criticism from faculty, who say they expand state intrusion into higher education.
The Trump administration has used interagency agreements to move U.S. Department of Education functions to six other agencies.
The agency released widely contested regulations this spring that blocked access to higher borrowing limits for many graduate students.
The state’s public university system board on Thursday advanced the proposal, which has garnered support from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The proposed agreement came hours after the U.S. Department of Justice sued the state over its decades-old law.
Memphis high schoolers significantly improved on Algebra and geometry state tests this year, seeing upwards of a seven percentage point increase.
Residents enter the old Lawrence Education and Community Center for early voting in 2024.
The agency is investigating the Montgomery, Prince George’s and Frederick County school districts and Maryland’s education agency in the Trump administration’s latest challenge of the region’s school policies regarding...
Dozens of leading education organizations favor, but the California Teachers Association opposes, transferring control of the California Department of Education to an appointed commissioner under the next governor’s...