Though many districts tried to keep students engaged through online learning and food deliveries, some families decided they had to leave. The post ‘Kids literally disappeared’: Minnesota schools lost at least 1,700...
The Newark Board of Education unanimously approved a $700,000 contract for local funeral director Carolyn Whigham to train students in hotel and food-service business leadership.
A UCLA computer science student filed a civil lawsuit against the University of California last week for suspending him and withholding his master’s degree because of his participation in pro-Palestinian protests. The...
Looking ahead, higher education institutions face a pivotal moment with AI.
Giles Sims, 34, was sick of getting passed over for jobs because he didn’t have a college degree. But with a wife and a widowed mother to help support, he needed a quick solution. So the laid-off web developer turned to...
There remains a divide between those who favor a new law protecting students from antisemitism and bias and those who say it will squelch teaching about Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.
Elementary students learning in the computer lab with their teacher. An Illinois nonprofit is circulating a pledge to ban AI use in schools and limit screen time for Chicago school board candidates.
At least 14 districts had at least one campus with a fourth consecutive failing grade, according to the preliminary 2026 ratings. The post More than a dozen Texas school districts close to triggering state takeover law...
Policymakers have invested heavily in recent years to create new career pathways for high school students. Career and technical education has expanded dramatically, as have the credentials high schoolers can earn. Yet...
After a successful pilot, Alabaster is adding four Telo AI robots. The post Alabaster Scales Responsible AI for English Learners appeared first on District Administration.
Wendy Graham’s two kids first encountered Amira, a popular artificial intelligence tutoring platform, in 2025, during a summer reading program in New Mexico. She also used it at home with her daughter, now a fourth...
The Tennessee Promise program — the first of its kind in the country — successfully boosted college enrollment and attainment, analysis showed.
An analysis of nearly 277,000 graduates’ earning data found that computer science and nursing degrees translated to the highest-paying jobs four years after graduating from California schools.
The new offering is promising, but there are some real-world reservations.
The public institution’s facilities are in good shape, but it has a long to-do list of pending projects, and aging infrastructure has prompted unexpected repairs.
“In the United States, freedom of speech belongs to the people,” U.S. District Judge Noël Wise said in her decision. “It is not the government’s to take.”
The California Legislature has voted to amend a child sex abuse law that extended the statute of limitations for claims, the Los Angeles Times reported. The law led to a large number of lawsuits and has been criticized...
The Trump administration’s threats to deport noncitizen students at Stanford University who spoke out against Israel was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, The Mercury News reported. The Stanford Daily student...
Parents pushing back against technology in the classroom have so far directed their anger toward major corporations like Google and Curriculum Associates, the company behind the widely used i-Ready platform. But the...
At Pearl City High School, teacher Tammy Yoon is determined to teach students the basics of personal finance. How to write a check. How to calculate interest on a car loan. How to run a cost-benefit analysis on whether...
Supporters of teaching high school students “soft” skills such as communication, critical thinking and teamwork usually tout how they can help succeed in a job or even help students get into college. Starting this fall,...
A new state survey will direct school library staff across the state to detail their book purchases, spending and more. The post Are book vendors intentionally selling pornographic content to public schools? Utah is...
George Washington University is the most recent college that has been caught in the U.S. Department of Justice’s crosshairs.
We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from developments in high-profile court cases in higher education to artificial intelligence policies on campuses.
Fresno Unified increased access to free swim lessons, but may need to raise awareness about water safety to address underutilized lessons and apprehension among families.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Confidential student records are sitting in a vacated building nearly eight weeks after a charter school permanently closed its doors, officials from the state and the school said, though both sides...
The California County Superintendents organization failed to persuade legislative leaders to intervene in its dispute with State Superintendent Tony Thurmond. The county superintendents had sought to introduce emergency...
Too often, public debate rewards simple answers to complicated problems. The most visible ideas can easily be mistaken for the most effective ones, but appearance isn’t the same as progress. Youth mental health is...
Ask a teen what they want to be when they grow up, and there’s a fair chance being an influencer is on their list. Digital media and the people who star in it have been cultural mainstays for teens’ entire...
The Panel for Educational Policy, pictured here in 2025, did not approve a $1.65 million Oracle contract this week that officials say supports critical school HR and enrollment systems.