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Gov. Stein Announces STEP-NC, the First Health Care Apprenticeship Program in State Government

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...

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Chicago’s school board rescinded many layoffs with uncertain money. What’s next?

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.

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Trump’s moves to break up Education Department generate new bipartisan resistance in Senate

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...

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Colorado will select training programs for new Pell initiative. But data shows a ‘mixed bag’ in outcomes.

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.

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Bipartisan Lawmakers Say It’s Time to Rethink America’s Fragile Childcare System

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...

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Inside the NYC courtroom where detained children face deportation without attorneys

A group of children walk past a federal building on Varick Street, July 22, 2025.

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West Virginia 3rd Graders Behind in Reading, Math Must Repeat Grade Under 2023 Law

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...

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Adults have struggled to set rules for AI in school. These teens figured it out

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...

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Opinion: Why Claude for Teachers Might Be a Student Privacy Trap for Educators

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...

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Senate Panel Passes Bill to Reverse Dismantling of Education Department

Updated A Senate committee advanced legislation Thursday aimed at undoing the Trump administration’s efforts to split apart the U.S. Department of Education. The bill delivers the plan the biggest rebuke since Education...

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How a years-long rise in teacher turnover reshaped American classrooms

Although comprehensive national data on teacher exit rates is lacking, an extensive Chalkbeat analysis identified trends in 21 states since 2019.

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5 Memphis stories to watch as classes begin

MSCS leaders say they're focusing on boosting middle school math achievement this year after seeing gains in reading.

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Opinion: How Math Became Relevant Again in a Wisconsin Classroom

It is impossible to imagine a future that does not have data science embedded in our daily lives. The field combines statistics, coding, and critical thinking to extract meaning from data, making it a desirable skill...

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Texas community college funding model faces ‘growing pains’

Although leaders praised the performance-based formula, they asked lawmakers to provide sufficient money for it.

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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."