Standardized testing has long been the gold standard of student success. Large-scale assessments give districts a big-picture view of student progress, offering convenient data points to compare performance, identify...
As students head back to class across the country, Varsity Tutors for Schools, one of the nation’s largest providers, has gone out of business. In a shareholder letter last week, Chuck Cohn, CEO of Nerdy, Varsity’s...
COVID funding provided underfunded Philly-area schools with laptops. ‘RAMageddon’ might send them back in time as the worldwide computer memory shortage drives up the cost of laptops. The post Rising computer costs...
It’s 2026. Satellites connect to devices in our pockets, artificial intelligence algorithms can drive cars and scan X-rays, and Homer’s 3,000-year-old poem is the basis for the summer’s hottest movie. But there’s always...
We’re rounding up recent stories, from a request from U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to cuts at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In school lunchrooms around Lake Tahoe, students line up for a red, hairy fruit called a rambutan. On pozole day, they shout, “We want...
On June 26, Children’s Aid was preparing to continue summer sexual health and youth development programming in schools, foster care settings and community organizations across New York City. By the end of the day, the...
New Mexico First Judicial District Judge Bryan Biedscheid at the end of the day Thursday issued a ruling in the state’s pending case against social media giant Meta, ordering the company to pay $567 million for an...
Shortly after being named America’s unhealthiest city in 2009, Huntington, West Virginia, gained national attention when British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver arrived to film the first season of his reality TV series Food...
Despite strong enrollment, the public university said it’s facing a large budget hole due to stagnant state funding.
DPSCD Superintendent Nikolai Vitti listens to an audience member during a community meeting Aug. 7 at Renaissance High School in Detroit.
Brenda Elliott, the Philadelphia school district’s deputy superintendent of academics, said Thursday the district intends to offer algebra at all 126 district schools that enroll eighth graders by the 2027-28 school...
More than 85,000 families are participating in Texas’ private school voucher program during its first year, a number that could increase as state officials finalize enrollment data, according to a new state report....
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...