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Will the College Transparency Act get the green light from lawmakers?

Major higher education groups argued the proposal would improve student outcomes data ahead of a Senate education committee markup.

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You’re Not Imagining It: Your Kid’s School Supplies Cost More This Year

Pencils are more expensive. So are notebooks, scissors, glue sticks — just about every back-to-school item that families will load into their literal or virtual carts this summer has gone up in price at a time when...

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Coursera investing $100 million in Andrew Ng’s new edtech startup

LearnVector aims to build AI agents that function as personal tutors—adapting to each learner and practicing with them until they demonstrate they've mastered a concept. The post Coursera investing $100 million in...

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Several schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings

The Ukraine war-inspired drones launch into action after an alert that a school is under attack and once a response team has confirmed the threat is credible, the manufacturer says. The post Several schools to install...

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Trump Accounts Have Arrived. Here’s What Families Need to Know

A new investment opportunity became available to millions of American babies and children this summer. Trump Accounts, which allow parents and guardians to establish an individual retirement account for children under...

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Gates Foundation Bets on Credentials, AI to Reach Students Before 2045 Sunset

With an eye on the clock, the Gates Foundation refreshed its vision for American schools Wednesday morning, unveiling a set of five-year goals intended to ease students’ transition to college graduation and career...

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Philadelphia City Council members say they will ‘use every tool in our arsenal’ to stop school closures

Philadelphia Education Committee Chair Isaiah Thomas, center, asks the school board to come back to the negotiating table over planned school closures during a Tuesday press conference at City Hall.

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Colorado Officials Knew ‘Public Christian School’ Was Religious Before It Opened. They Didn’t Stop It.

When the leaders of a new elementary school applied for a four-digit public school code from the Colorado Department of Education last summer, they didn’t mention a key detail: The school would be religious. Instead,...

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New Report Ties Chronic Absenteeism to Sluggish Academic Outcomes

Chronic absenteeism is playing a major role in students failing to reach pre-pandemic academic levels, a new report from NWEA shows.  The report, issued last week, shows that the academic progress of students in...

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I interviewed Realbotix’s AI teaching assistant. Here’s what happened.

A student being bullied at school. Struggling with their homework. Bringing a gun to school. These are familiar scenarios, but what happens when the person encountering them first isn’t a person at all but an...

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Opinion: Rural Districts in Indiana Join Forces to Provide Career Training for Students

There’s a long-held misconception that students’ opportunities are constrained by the size of their town. In many people’s minds, rural career and technical education and career-connected learning are synonymous with...

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52 Million U.S. Kids Eligible for New Scholarships, but California Hasn’t Opted In

Nearly 6 million children in California would be eligible for a scholarship under the new federal tax credit for education, more than in any other state, new data shows. But unlike other states with millions of eligible...

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Mamdani taps World Cup fever to get NYC teens designing climate-friendly stadiums and soccer apps

Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosts a pickup soccer match at Gracie Mansion on June 25. As part of his World Cup push, the city's Summer Youth Employment Program is hosting the New York City Sports and Technology Innovation...

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Texas public colleges can consider CLT in admissions, state official says

Institutions can immediately consider Classic Learning Test scores for certain applicants as the state higher education board looks to revise its policies. 

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New grads have to compete with AI for entry-level roles, hiring managers say

Nearly half of those polled said they would rather invest in AI tools than hire and train a recent college graduate. 

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After closed-door meeting, Denver superintendent, school board agree to keep working on relationship

After an hours-long executive session to discuss board-superintendent relations, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero said it was "a start toward seeking clarity."

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3 dozen of Harvard’s peers back its court fight against the Trump administration

Yale, Columbia, Brown and a raft of other institutions warned of damages to the national research system from “draconian” research funding cuts.

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Sally the robot was coming to a New York school. Then the plug was pulled.

Students helped design the A.I.-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage. The post Sally the robot was coming to a New York school. Then the plug was pulled....

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Oklahoma Data Shows Lack of Fully Trained Teachers Entering the Classroom

OKLAHOMA CITY — State leaders say they’re still pursuing solutions to reverse a yearslong decline in traditionally trained teachers entering the classroom, all while emergency certified educators continue to fill...

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Week in review: Is a new era ahead for federally funded research?

We’re rounding up recent stories, from civil rights groups slamming a regulatory change to a ruling against the administration’s approach to grant cuts. 

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Head Start, Explained. How Changes to Early Education Program Affect California Families

Head Start, the federal program providing free early education for low-income children, has benefited from strong bipartisan support since its 1965 inception, withstanding funding cuts and political turbulence across 11...

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Rural NY School District Will Be One of First to Bring Humanoid Robot Into Classroom

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. When students return to school this fall in the Salamanca City Central...

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What the Data Says About Rhode Island’s 7-year Takeover of Providence Schools

By some metrics, things are looking up for the Providence Public School District (PPSD). Students are coming to class more often. Their standardized test scores are rising. And more of them are graduating high school....

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Students Convene to Hammer Out AI Bill of Rights for Schools

BOSTON — Tatiyana Reaves got into trouble recently for writing a one-syllable word — and not the one you’d think. Taking a computer class at her Fayetteville, N.C., high school, she handed in a paper with the offending...

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DOJ probe prompts St. Louis County’s Special School District to revise seclusion, restraint policies

The U.S. Department of Justice found the district routinely violated its own policies and Missouri law when it relied on seclusion and restraint as a regular practice, rather than a final resort. The post DOJ probe...

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AI is rapidly changing education and research needs to keep up

Conversations about AI in education often start with the right question: Is there evidence of the effects of this technology? The post AI is rapidly changing education and research needs to keep up appeared first on...

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Here’s how far an Indiana Choice Scholarship voucher gets you at Indianapolis private schools

A student raises his hand in a classroom at Providence Cristo Rey High School in May 2019. Cristo Rey is one of several schools in the Indianapolis area that accepts Indiana Choice Scholarships.

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The fine art of talking about college budgets

Better financial communication can bolster transparency, experts said at the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ conference.

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Chicago school board presidential candidate Hilario Dominguez accused of breaking campaign finance rules

Voters cast their ballots in 2024 in Chicago. Hilario Dominguez, a candidate for Chicago school board president, has been accused of breaking campaign finance rules.

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Education Department limits civil rights investigations into racial disparities in schools

The U.S. Department of Education announced that data showing racial disparities in schools won't be the sole basis for future civil rights investigations.