A student tests different combinations of essential oils as part of an experiment. State officials are pushing schools to use projects and portfolios to demonstrate their learning.
The New York City institution is the last Ivy League college to announce an end to its test-optional admissions policy.
Ohio lawmakers have passed a bill that would require schools to teach students to graduate high school, get a job, and get married — in that order — before having a baby. They call this order of events the success...
Under the four-day-a-week model, districts still must still meet the same requirements for minimum instruction time, so school days are longer. The post New rules for 4-day school weeks draw pushback from some rural...
From left to right: State Rep. Scott Bottoms, Victor Marx, and state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer during a Colorado Republican gubernatorial debate.
The state’s largest school district, Denver Public Schools just announced a bell-to-bell ban for cellphones and other wireless devices. The post These 3 Colorado school districts banned cellphones: Here’s what changed...
Texas charter schools recently saw their smallest enrollment bump in state history, signaling that similar forces crushing traditional public districts may soon hit them as well. Students have enrolled in charters at...
The legal fight over religious charter schools in Tennessee and a new state law signal significant changes may be on the horizon for the state’s charter landscape.
Supporters of Southwest Leadership Academy charter school protest the Philadelphia Board of Education's decision to start the nonrenewal process for the school in 2023. The board later reversed its decision.
For years, many teachers at Frederick Douglass Elementary School didn’t know the names of all their students.  Those were dark years before principal Carol Leveilee arrived at the Seaford, Delaware school. Kids...
Texas charter schools recently saw their smallest enrollment bump in state history, signaling that similar forces crushing traditional public districts may soon hit them as well. The post Texas’ charter school boom may...
The hearing gave House Republicans, facing a possible electoral loss in November, a stage for a flashpoint cultural issue popular with conservatives and, they believe, the public at large. San Francisco Unified...
All Colorado school districts must adopt a cellphone policy by July 1. Ahead of that deadline, officials from three districts with bans talked to the State Board of Education about how it’s going.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King appeared before Congress on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, to answer questions on the district's gender identity and sexuality policies.
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill that would enable students in those programs to access higher federal borrowing limits.
The probe is one of dozens of civil rights investigations the federal agency has publicized over the last week.
Critics of a takeover say it could open the way for policy changes not necessarily aligned with the wishes of voters—but proponents argue that it could free the district to pursue reforms free of the pressures of local...
The law, which creates the first-ever federal voucher program, is designed, in part, to lure Democrats. It’s unclear how many blue states will sign up. The post Trump law would also direct voucher money to public...
A student works on a reading assignment at Global Preparatory Academy in Indianapolis in 2024. Indiana is among several states that recently improved how teacher preparation programs teach aspiring educators about...
An assistant principal at Girls Athletic Leadership School, a Denver charter school where cellphones were already prohibited, takes a phone from a student in September 2025. This fall, all Denver students will have to...
The institution sought to change the scholarship's eligibility to first-generation students, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on race-conscious admission.
For a few years now, the United States has been marinating in a particular version of the American story. Specifically, we’ve been awash in warnings about the country’s alleged vulnerability in the face of cultural...
On Friday, New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed Senate Bill 608 into law, which allows retirees taking care of children to access the state’s childcare assistance program. For eligible families, the NH Child Care...
Students from Franklin Towne Charter High School walk out before receiving the Governor’s Civic Engagement Awards at the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. on May 27, 2026.
Denver is among several Colorado districts that are in the process of finalizing cell phone policies by the state's July 1 deadline.
The federal judge’s ruling marks the fourth time a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit has ended such policies under the Trump administration.
The agency last month accused two highly selective medical schools of unlawfully giving Black and Hispanic applicants an advantage.
Michael Horn, host of podcasts The Future of Education and Class Disrupted, recently sat down with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Ryan Delk, the founder of the Primer microschools network. In the episode below,...