This year, at least six states enacted laws trying to reduce the number of students chronically absent from school. The measures include requiring monitoring of absences and publicly releasing data, developing new...
As school administrators map out curricula, schedules and priorities for the next school year, they should be thinking holistically about what kids actually need. Because honestly, young people are not doing well, and...
Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan made offers to just three Black students based on the Specialized High School Admissions Test, according to data from the Education Department.
Illinois education officials released guidance on how teachers can use artificial intelligence responsibly in the classroom amid nationwide concerns about the technology's role in schools.
Updated civil rights data would be released in December, the U.S. Department of Education said. Six months later, it's still not available to the public.
To explain changes that could affect the makeup of school boards and future funding for Indiana schools, Chalkbeat hosted a panel at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center in Indianapolis.
New York school districts will soon begin revamping math instruction under a new law aimed at improving test scores — but the effort comes amid sharp debate over how math should be taught.  “Back to Basics in...
The public Philadelphia institution is reducing its workforce for the second year in a row but has seen promising enrollment gains of late.
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...
The last time I interviewed Dr. Dana Suskind, we discussed the three T’s strategy outlined in her book “Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise”: Tune in. Talk more....
Just 20 states earned a “meets requirements” designation from the Education Department this year for serving students with disabilities ages 3 to 21 under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The post Most...
Date & Time: Thursday, August 06, 2026 at 2 p.m. ET In this webinar, learn the key takeaways from a report suggesting that transportation teams are sitting on information that could directly connect to whether...
This may sound strange coming from the co-founder of an education technology company, but I think paper is a powerful technology in a classroom. Research on the science of learning consistently says so. So do the piles...
Public schools are beginning to imagine ways they can benefit from the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, after the Treasury Department clarified last month that district students will be eligible for scholarships. But...
Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero expressed several concerns in a June email, including that the school board is getting too involved in administrative matters.
Aaron "Jitu" Brown, a Chicago school board member representing the West Side, poses for a portrait in Douglass Park on Sept. 10, 2024. Brown will lead the board's Black Student Achievement Committee.
New York City schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels asked schools to pause software purchases while the city finalizes artificial intelligence guidance.
The Chicago Board of Education voted on a resolution that would bar school board candidates from accepting campaign donations from vendors who do business with Chicago Public Schools. Pictured: The Chicago Board of...
Special education teacher Stephen Torres Esquer works with students in his classroom at Lowell High School in San Francisco in 2019. A new report raises concerns that under the Trump administration, the federal...
“Yale has the resources, stature, and responsibility to stand firm,” the American Association of University Professors and other groups said.
Religious schools accepting public funds are required to follow Maine laws that protect against discrimination based on faith, gender identity and sexual orientation, a federal court has ruled. Crosspoint Church, which...
Local technology companies may have solved some of their biggest problems after hearing from North Carolina high school students during the annual Teamship Showcase in Durham on June 25. Teamship is an internship...
The national faculty group, alongside a local affiliate, asked a judge to block the directives and rule them unconstitutional.
I have been a high school teacher for almost three decades, spending almost all that time teaching seniors about American civics. My teaching tenure has overlapped with the rise of the very trends now engulfing our...
Just a day after she visited a Newark school, Weingarten called for classroom screen time limits and a ban on student-facing AI in elementary schools.
Most families want the same thing: children who feel safe, welcome, challenged and supported at school, and teachers who have the tools to help them succeed. Education must be focused on what truly matters: our...
A $6,000 Apple MacBook Pro. A $4,800 Trek mountain bike. A $2,000 Crate & Barrel bookshelf. Families bought all of this—and more—with taxpayer dollars through Utah’s school voucher program during the 2024-25 school...
Educators are having Chromebook and digital-device remorse right now, with schools across the U.S. banning cellphones and parents fighting what many view as excessive classroom screen time. But educator and author...
Student OMNY cards from the 2025-26 school year.