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California OKs long list of options for training teachers in early literacy

The State Board of Education approved 31 early literacy professional development options for teachers, another step toward implementing early literacy reforms passed by the Legislature last year.

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ICE detains immigrant parents near children’s San Diego elementary school

The parents of a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old were detained near the children’s elementary school in San Diego Unified School District on Wednesday, shortly after morning drop-off. The arrest happened around 8:45 a.m....

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Report: How Gen-Z Views School and What a Sense of Belonging Means to Them

When a 20-year-old New Yorker recently reflected on her high school experience, she said the things she learned weren’t “very helpful to where I am now.” “I don’t really think most of my classes that I took in high...

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Proposed Head Start Changes Could Cut Jobs, Raise Family Costs, Analysis Shows

A little over a month after the Trump administration debuted its proposal to dramatically reduce Head Start standards, a clearer picture is emerging of what those changes might mean for the 1,600 local programs across...

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Boulder school district settles civil rights complaint over antisemitic harassment

Boulder Valley School District will begin to address antisemitic harassment and discrimination in the schools by creating a new executive-level role to handle all Title VI complaints. The post Boulder school district...

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Opinion: Outcomes-Based Contracting Requires Not Just Accountability, but Partnership

School districts are under increasing pressure to do more with less. Budgets are tightening, academic recovery coming out of the pandemic remains unfinished in many communities, and educators, administrators and parents...

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How Dartmouth’s push for more dialogue improved campus debate and its reputation

Efforts by the Ivy League institution to foster open conversations have helped raise its score with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

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3 takeaways from stories on teens’ reliance on AI for mental health support

Roughly 1 in 5 teens are turning to AI chatbots for mental health support — and that number is only growing.

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Parents Are Bringing AI to the IEP Meeting. How Should Teachers Respond?

Using AI in IEP meetings can benefit parents and teachers – if done correctly.

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Newsom signs first-in-nation laws restricting AI, social media use for children

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law a landmark package of bills to restrict children and teens’ use of social media and artificial intelligence chatbots deemed harmful. The first-in-the nation suite of online...

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Irvington data center poses health concerns for school community — and could also impact enrollment

Irvington Community Elementary Principal Katie Welch, left, and Irvington Community Schools CEO Rachel Maldonado stand behind Irvington Community Elementary and look at the land that's the site for a proposed data...

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NYC back to school: New AI and screen time limits give parents relief

Children stream into P.S. 107 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, for the first day of school. The city's new policy limits student-facing AI for elementary and middle schoolers and bans individual devices before third grade.

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University of Utah could cut up to 15% of staff ahead of future enrollment drops

The public institution said it is facing “some of the most significant challenges in its 176-year history.”

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Trump administration accuses UC Berkeley law school of racial discrimination

The University of California Berkeley Law School’s admission practices discriminated against Asian and white applicants, the federal Justice and Education departments alleged on Wednesday.  The federal agencies’...

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Most Afterschool Programs Offer STEM Learning, But Rural Students Lack Access

Most student programming after the final school bell offers science, technology, engineering and math activities, but rural youth still lack access, according to a recent national survey. The Afterschool Alliance found...

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What More Homelessness Means for Early Learning in California

Nearly 86,000 of California’s children ages 0 to 3 — more than 5% of the state’s infants and toddlers — are estimated to have experienced homelessness in 2023-24, according to new data analysis by SchoolHouse Connection...

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Can students embrace tech innovation without losing critical thinking skills?

Kids are not only using A.I. to answer questions. They’re using it to identify which questions to ask. The post Can students embrace tech innovation without losing critical thinking skills? appeared first on District...

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Global Test Scores Hit New Lows — Just as AI Takes Hold in Schools

Students around the world continue to fall further and further behind in the core subjects of reading and math, according to the release of scores from a widely cited standardized test on Tuesday. Meanwhile, their use...

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The latest in college layoffs: Full Sail, IIT and Johns Hopkins

Workforce cuts continued into the summer as institutions prepped for a new academic year in leaner times.

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‘We actually saved a kid’: Schools recruit AI chatbots as counselor shortage persists

Some schools across the country are using a customizable AI chatbot to talk to students about their mental health.

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‘We actually saved a kid’: Schools recruit AI chatbots as counselor shortage persists

Some schools across the country are using a customizable AI chatbot to talk to students about their mental health.

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As NYC schools open, 5 big questions about Mamdani’s education agenda

As NYC schools open, Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces major questions about falling enrollment, special education, school technology, and the shape of his broader K-12 agenda.

K-12 Dive
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Temple University cancels record $55M gift as donor faces fraud allegations

Revelations about a federal investigation into the donor’s company resulted in the donation being “mutually” called off, the institution said.

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California approves funding for first-of-its-kind childcare district in Riverside County

California approved funds to create a special district for childcare in Riverside County on Sept. 2, LAist reported. The special district is a local government agency that provides a specific public service to...

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School vaccine data can expose hidden outbreak risks. But access depends on where you live.

Amanda Clear said Pennsylvania’s online school vaccination data is helping inform how she can protect her son Dylan, who has an immune disorder.

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Opinion: Why a Connecticut Career Academy Could Become a Nationwide Model

In high school, students are often pushed onto one of two paths: the college track paved with Advanced Placement and dual-credit classes or the career and technical education route built around hands-on training and...

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Schools remain closed as Springfield works to resolve cyber attack

Schools were closed Tuesday and Wednesday, and officials said they could be closed longer for the safety of students. That's because the district can't access student health records and transportation and food-related...

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Can ‘Hard Fun’ AI-Proof Classrooms?

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Schools Have a Motivation Problem — AI Is Making It Impossible to Ignore

In 2017, Alex Campbell, a sociology teacher at Elizabethton High School in Tennessee, offered his students the assignment of a lifetime: Could they solve a notorious series of cold-case murders that had stumped law...

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‘I’m listening hard’: Teens increasingly turn to AI chatbots for mental health support

In the past year, researchers have observed a 50% increase in reliance on AI chatbots for mental health support among teens.