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New Report Finds Five-Year Drop in Preschool Enrollment, but COVID’s Effects Loom

The percentage of  3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in school dropped during the most recently available five-year lookback window of federal data, though that picture is likely clouded by COVID-era school...

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Younger workers may be falling behind in critical thinking skills

The three largest skill gaps in the younger workforce represent “the very skills most essential to humans in the AI era,” per a report from Cangrade.

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4 numbers that show how chronic absenteeism is becoming a long-term crisis

A sign reads "Attendance Matters" at Samuel Gompers Elementary-Middle School in Detroit. Detroit has seen gains from its efforts to improve attendance, but chronic absenteeism remains a stubborn problem, there and...

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Detroit school district loses court appeal against state over paying debt with operating tax revenue

Unless appealed again, the court loss means DPSCD will have to rely on voters' approving a ballot measure allowing the district to collect its own operating revenue for the first time. Pictured is a hallway in DPSCD's...

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NYC Delays School AI Guidance After Backlash

New York City education officials are hitting pause on releasing comprehensive artificial intelligence guidelines after their draft policy from March sparked fierce backlash. Officials initially said their final...

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This Childcare Program Is 100% Employee-Owned. Will It Help Retain Workers?

Stephania Zamorano has been an educator in New York City for 15 years. Since 2021, she has worked at Imagine Early Learning Centers, a childcare organization that serves nearly 600 children across 12 sites, soon to be...

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Week in review: College ‘affinity housing’ could violate Fair Housing Act, HUD official says

We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from a record-high persistence rate to the latest federal lawsuit over in-state tuition for undocumented students.

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Opinion: In the Age of AI, Everyone Should Be Hiring Theater Kids

This spring, an estimated 3.9 million high school students — one of the largest classes in American history — graduated into a world their education never fully prepared them for. They are, in many ways, the first...

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What Should Delaware Do With Half-Empty Schools?

More than a dozen Delaware public schools, mostly in New Castle County, are operating at less than 60% capacity, according to data from the Delaware Department of Education.  Five of those are more than half...

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Mamdani promised to cut wasteful education contracts. Critics say he picked the wrong one.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's proposed budget cuts a popular data tool that nearly every school uses. Some educators are urging him to reverse course.

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Johns Hopkins lays off 110 employees in the wake of federal research cuts

"As our federal research portfolio shrinks, the infrastructure around it must change in parallel,” a spokesperson for the private university said.

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Fayette County superintendent files ‘whistleblower’ complaint after being put on leave

Fayette County Public Schools has been mired in controversy over its financial situation in recent years, with district officials recently saying FCPS has misstated its finances since at least 2008 and has much less...

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In ‘Toy Story 5,’ Tech ‘Invades’ Playtime. It Also Threatens Human Connection.

In one of the opening scenes of “Toy Story 5,” Jessie — a cowgirl doll — tries to find out why the twins who live across the street never want to play with her owner Bonnie. What she finds, when she peers through the...

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MSCS will pay the state oversight board’s salary. But who will fund its work?

Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, sponsored the MSCS takeover bill and said it's unclear which board expenses will be covered by the state and which by local dollars.

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Denver Superintendent Alex Marrero to school board: ‘I can no longer ignore these concerns’

Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero talks with students on the first day of school in 2024. Marrero sent an email to the school board earlier this month outlining several concerns with the board.

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IPS school board approves Cold Spring School’s bid to be an innovation charter school

The IPS school board approved Cold Spring School's request to be a charter school while remaining an innovation school.

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Democrats move to impeach McMahon for Education Department dismantling

Dive Snapshot:  Rep. Suzanne Bonamici filed three articles of impeachment Thursday against U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, accusing her of illegally dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and lying...

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Half of Philadelphia’s high school graduates opt out of college. Can pre-apprenticeships help them find jobs?

The Philadelphia-based organization We Love Philly runs pre-apprenticeships in digital marketing and cyber security. The aim, program leaders say, is to provide young people with skills that will help them in any job.

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Reed Hastings on What It Will Take for AI to Be Different From Other Ed Tech

Class Disrupted is an education podcast featuring author Michael Horn and Futre’s Diane Tavenner in conversation with educators, school leaders, students and other members of school communities as they investigate the...

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‘Historic’: Kansas City Public Schools Teachers Win 5% Raise

Kansas City Public Schools teachers will receive a 5% base salary raise after the school board approved a new collective bargaining agreement with the Kansas City Federation of Teachers, the district’s teachers...

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Wisconsin’s Childcare Providers Face Uncertainty As Funding Comes to an End

In June 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Nestling House, a childcare center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was preparing to reopen after closing down in mid-March, like so many other childcare programs around the country. It...

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Persistence rate tops 77%, the highest level in a decade, report finds

New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center also showed that Black and Hispanic persistence rates reached decade highs.

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LAUSD Board Appoints Longtime Administrator Andres Chait as Next Superintendent

The Los Angeles Unified Board voted unanimously to appoint Andres Chait, a longtime district administrator, as superintendent days after his predecessor resigned.   “This board’s decision reflects the confidence in...

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Another defection hits group that launched ‘Colorado’s first public Christian school’

Ken Witt, the executive director of ERBOCES, said member institutions sometimes leave when they have political or administrative changes.

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NYC delays school AI guidance after backlash

Education Department officials said during a City Council hearing on Wednesday that they are delaying a final policy on artificial intelligence in schools.

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How the Story of Young George Washington Offers Some Important Civic Lessons

Words like “failure” and “hardship” probably aren’t the first that come to mind in describing the legacy of the United States’ first president, George Washington. While Washington is generally viewed through a lens of...

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Some Education Department cuts ‘appear’ to impact legal duties, OIG says

The independent office says a 40% staff reduction in early 2025 affected the Education Department's legal duties. The agency says it remains compliant.

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Hope, Sadness and Uncertainty Follow After Carvalho Resigns as LAUSD Superintendent

With Alberto Carvalho’s resignation now official, Los Angeles Unified faces a new challenge: finding a superintendent to lead the nation’s second-largest school district through mounting budget deficits, declining...

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School closures are escalating across Texas. ‘It’s not a local failure.’

At least 135 public schools have closed or have been approved to close all across Texas since late 2023, as districts face budget crises amid state funding shortfalls. The post School closures are escalating across...

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Florida District’s Goal: Reading Proficiency for 90% of 3rd Graders

Last year, Indian River County tied for the highest scores in third grade reading across all Florida districts. It came in seventh for English language arts learning gains and tied for the top spot for growth rates for...