California teachers had some big wins in this year’s state budget, including about $700 million for stipends and training, and $218 million to support paid pregnancy leave. The funding for teacher recruitment and...
Technology was often sold as a shortcut to better learning, but now amid a backlash, schools risk abandoning useful tools along with the bad ones, says ISTE leader Richard Culatta.
The former governor of Virginia is targeting several battleground states with an ad campaign promoting President Donald Trump’s federal school choice program. The post Presidential prospect Glenn Youngkin launches group...
As John Adams observed, “facts are stubborn things.” The facts, as education policy writer Chad Aldeman recently observed, are that No Child Left Behind coincided with some of the fastest achievement gains on record for...
Preliminary New York state test results show reading proficiency fell 5 points while math improved. The dramatic declines in reading raised eyebrows among experts.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Thursday the state would provide an $800 credit and expedited admission processing for any of the hundreds of incoming Howard University freshmen who were abruptly told last week that...
Artificial Intelligence will soon help teachers rate students’ academic and “soft” skills at schools using nontraditional report cards that skip A-F grading after an AI company purchased the non-profit...
Matthew Splain, superintendent of the Otto-Eldred School District, said his schools are struggling to keep aging, refurbished laptops from dying on students. The district’s struggles are not isolated. The post How the...
The School District of Philadelphia's back-to-school bus tour is happening again this summer. It'll stop at three locations this year offering free backpacks, snacks, activities, school registration help, and more.
Dozens of Philadelphia schools don't have adequate air conditioning ahead of the first day of the 2026-27 school year.
Los Angeles Unified School District leaders say they are confident they can persuade county officials that the district can avoid a projected cash shortfall and remain under local control, and are preparing for budget...
DPSCD Superintendent Nikolai Vitti fielded questions about contracts and school cleanliness during a virtual meeting Monday. The district said it got an influx of questions after a string of viral social media posts.
As it undergoes a major restructuring, the private institution cited challenges in international student enrollment and research cutbacks.
Students participate in a Sustainable Community Schools program at Brighton Park Elementary in 2023. Chicago Public Schools is expanding the Sustainable Community Schools program to 15 more schools, bringing the total...
What appears to be low-quality, AI-generated content is cropping up on Teachers Pay Teachers, which was rebranded to TPT. The content Chalkbeat reviewed included obvious errors and strange images.
As a professor, I recently gave a chatbot a weak student thesis, propped up by evidence that did not support the claim, and asked what it thought. It called the argument sharp, the structure clear and the reasoning...
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced in-person classroom instruction to go virtual, students suddenly needed to have their own laptops or tablets in order to interact with teachers and complete assignments. Most states...
In school lunchrooms around Lake Tahoe, students line up for a red, hairy fruit called a rambutan. On pozole day, they shout, “We want more!” And when the salad bar runs dry, they ask the staff to refill it—over and...
Ronit Singh still remembers feeling caught off guard after learning the Fairfax County School Board voted to change the cellphone rules in the Northern Virginia district. The post Fairfax Co. students launch AI tool to...
NYC public schools have long lacked clear guidance on school avoidance. Under a new agreement, the city is mandating liaisons and uniform training to support absent students.
This article was co-published with FastCompany. NEWNAN, Ga. — Arnco-Sargent Elementary sits in a wooded area on a two-lane road about 50 miles south of Atlanta. Across the street is a child care center. A Baptist church...
Gov. Josh Stein, alongside the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Dev Sangvai and leadership at Broughton Hospital, announced the first ever health care apprenticeship program within state...
Students enter Sharon Christa McAuliffe Elementary on the first day of the 2024-2025 school year. This year, Chicago's school board adopted a new budget that relies on uncertain state funds to help reverse layoffs.
Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, seen here at a June 17 Senate education committee meeting, joined Democrats to support a bill reversing Trump administration moves to break up the...
New data shows not all certificate programs offer students the same wage growth opportunities. Nursing certificate programs are some of the most popular in Colorado.
CHICAGO — A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is calling for an overhaul of the nation’s childcare system, which they say is failing children, parents and providers.  The group of 13 Republican and Democratic...
A group of children walk past a federal building on Varick Street, July 22, 2025.
A major and final piece of West Virginia lawmakers’ 2023 hallmark education legislation goes into effect this school year when schools are required to retain third graders whose reading and math abilities aren’t at...
To these teens, the stakes for getting ahead of AI are clear. They pointed out how adult leaders were slow to protect students from the risks of other tech developments. The post Adults have struggled to set rules for...
Anthropic recently rolled out its Claude for Teachers tool, making a free version of Claude with advanced technical capacities available to any K-12 U.S. educator who applies to the company using a school email address...