Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in education The post No more book bans: How Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards appeared...
Ohio students’ reading scores rose slightly last school year, the first the science of reading was mandated, but it’s too soon to say whether the phonics-based lessons are making a difference. About 63 percent of Ohio...
Over the last academic year, federal and state politicians repeatedly sought to pressure colleges into “ideological compliance,” Scholars at Risk found.
Late amendments significantly altered two bills determining when community colleges can offer bachelor's degrees, drawing backlash.
California this summer started its HOPE program, putting $3,000 in accounts for foster and Covid-bereaved youth as they start adulthood without parental support.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, urged Gov. Kathy Hochul not to opt New York into a federal tax-credit scholarship program at the Manhattan headquarters of the United Federation of...
Richard Barrera, one of two candidates for state superintendent of public instruction, applauded the California Teacher Association’s lawsuit over funding for schools. The teachers union is suing the state, charging...
The Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into allegations that the Etiwanda School District in San Bernardino County failed to protect a Jewish seventh grade student...
Over the past few years, a suburban Philadelphia school district has become a flashpoint for nearly every fault line in America’s school culture wars, with a lawsuit and federal civil rights investigation alleging...
This article was published with The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom covering gender, politics, policy and power. Tulsa, Oklahoma With her long, wavy hair pulled back in a ponytail, the young mom sat alone outside courtroom 6...
A state court has also extended an order temporarily protecting the university's board from being dissolved by the coalition it cofounded.
A federal appeals court ruled that Jewish parents and teachers in Los Angeles Unified can try again to get their day in court with a lawsuit against United Teachers Los Angeles and creators of the “liberated” ethnic...
The policy required district employees to notify parents within three days if their student asked to go by a name or pronoun different from official school records or join a sex-segregated program, such as athletics,...
The policy required district employees to notify parents within three days if their student asked to go by a name or pronoun different from official school records or join a sex-segregated program, such as athletics,...
A Bay Area school district being sued in federal court for denying parents their request to opt out of LGBTQ+ curriculum on religious grounds has now agreed to allow students to skip such lessons, federal court records...
The California Teachers Association is suing the state, charging Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature with illegally withholding $3.9 billion in funding for 2026-27 for TK-12 schools and community colleges. The state’s...
“Portrait of a Graduate,” embraced by 26 states, describes essential skills that high school students should master, including thinking critically, communicating clearly and engaging as citizens. As school districts...
U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor paused the highly contested rule just a day before it would have taken effect.
A federal judge halted a Department of Homeland Security rule on Monday that would have restricted the length of time international students can study in the United States. Under the rule, which was set to go into...
For 61 years, Head Start has served both as the United States’ largest early care and education system and one of its most successful, tangible commitments to children living in poverty and those from historically...
Jenny Thamer had low hopes for the meeting called by the superintendent of the Boulder Valley School District to hear from families of autistic students. From her experience, such so-called listening sessions are often...
For most of its existence, the autism therapy known as applied behavior analysis, or ABA, has relied on armies of parents — eager to share heartrending stories of the transformation it could bring about in their...
A White former employee alleges the private New York university used race-based criteria to hire a Black candidate over her.
Colorado teachers and other public school employees can get financial assistance toward buying homes through the new Schools to Home program.
The most recent state tests changed from fixed-form tests, which give students the same questions, to adaptive tests that adjust the difficulty based on students’ answers.
The military academy blocked faculty from discussing personal opinions while teaching and speaking at certain events without preapproval.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of other state attorneys general and governors announced that they have secured a settlement to protect AmeriCorps, a federally funded volunteer program that the...
California and 21 other states sued the Trump administration Monday to block a new rule that allows immigration officers to deny green cards to immigrants whose children or other family members have used public...
With five simple words last year, Maine issued guidance that speaks volumes about how extreme weather is changing school. The law, Temperature Standards for School Buildings, clearly calls for each district in the state...
Childcare providers in Illinois are technically required to carry coins with them when they take children on an outing, like a walk or a field trip. Why would a childcare provider need to bring pocket change along?...