After-school providers are relieved to get some $1.3 billion in overdue funds, but they’ve already experienced enormous disruptions.
Gayathri Ramkumar is one of 22 semifinalists for Colorado’s 2026 Teacher of the Year award.
The candidates include three who ran for the board last year.
After-school providers are relieved to get some $1.3 billion in overdue funds, but they’ve already experienced enormous disruptions.
Mary Filardo, executive director of 21st Century School Fund and a parent activist, says Philly officials should be honest, share data, and acknowledge they can’t ‘accidentally’ fix big problems.
It’s challenging to sell my students on the merits of democracy when the instruments of government are being used to attack their communities.
El Departamento de Justicia de Biden encontró problemas pendientes en el programa de aprendizaje de inglés de Newark, pero bajo Trump, la supervisión federal se detuvo sin decir si se resolvieron.
At first, I worried that I wasn’t worthy of my specialized high school seat. Now, I know better.
Three Colorado school districts, three charter schools, and a Board of Cooperative Educational Services are seeking to join District 49’s lawsuit against the state.
The push to standardize reading interventions represents one of the first literacy initiatives under Mayor Eric Adams that will directly affect high schools.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon signed by 16 other governors calling the freeze of federal funds “a failure to fulfill the Department’s most basic responsibility.”
A recent Supreme Court ruling that supported parents’ religious right to opt their child out of LGBTQ-inclusive lessons could aid parents worried about a new curriculum that draws heavily on texts like the Book of Genesis and the Sermon on the Mount.
It will be up to states to opt in to the new program, which could help fill the gap between rising private school tuition costs and vouchers that families receive.
Trump’s budget bill cuts and a Tennessee lawsuit could further hurt already-strapped colleges. Students and communities both could suffer.
The Trump administration says the changes affecting Climate.gov are about ‘restoring gold standard science.’ But science educators worry about losing the free classroom resources it has provided.
Michael Mann, a North Star Academy school principal, sticks to the basics when it comes to community engagement: He’s outside at dismissal every day — 'rain, snow, or shine'.
The American Civil Liberties Union is representing several State Head Start associations and parent groups in the lawsuit.
The money would be available to more schools to use with fewer rules about where the money would go.
Under state law, schools must implement cellphone bans this fall. Gov. Kathy Hochul said it will improve student learning but noted there will be a ‘detoxing period.’
The Bush brothers graduated from Lawrence North High School and went on to pursue degrees in finance and business. But the school district from which they graduated ultimately inspired careers in education.
Indiana is in the middle of a multi-year overhaul of reading instruction. State leaders want to see changes in math, too.
DPS mom, former preschool head Caron Blanke running to represent central-east Denver on school board
Four of the seven Denver school board seats are up for election on Nov. 4.
The interviews will be held during four public meetings next week.
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How this teacher used small group instruction to turn around an East Harlem high school math program
Lauren Brady, a winner of the Math for America’s 2025 Muller Award, helped turn around Park East High School’s math program by focusing on small group instruction.
A new report looks at Illinois students who graduated high school between 2008 and 2012 and their education, career, and earning outcomes. Students who obtained a college degree made more money, but disparities in education and career outcomes persist.
Derlis Snaider Chusin Toaquiza was completing his junior year at Grover Cleveland High School in Queens when ICE agents detained him last month.
The district’s two STEM middle schools will launch a STEM Scholars program and create STEM Future Centers where students can go for academic support and hands-on opportunities.
The changes to the Detroit school district’s special education department will mean some students will be transferred to different schools for the coming school year.
The Trump administration cut a prestigious national award for STEM teachers, prompting a campaign to save it.
In a dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor called the decision ‘indefensible.’ Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said the job cuts are a first step toward eliminating the department, although a legal challenge to the layoffs can continue in the lower courts.
Despite the judge’s ruling, officials at American Paradigm Schools charter network, which operates Memphis Street Academy, say they expect to continue to operate the school this fall.
Students will be expected to demonstrate that they are global citizens and critical thinkers to graduate. How they will be assessed remains an open question.
A federal district court judge ordered the restoration of some AmeriCorps staff and funding on July 7. But the group’s work could still be significantly disrupted for some time due to the Trump administration’s attempts to cut its spending.
The withheld funds pay for after-school programming, teacher training, and support for English learners. Trump administration officials said the funds are under review due to suspicion they have been ‘grossly misused to subsidize a radical leftwing agenda.’
Republican Rep. Mark White and Sen. Brent Taylor said the pending $6 million independent financial audit of MSCS will inform their next moves. Both introduced bills to create state-controlled boards in charge of the district that failed this spring.
Studies have consistently found that some artificial food colorings can make some children hyperactive, inattentive, and irritable.
More than 1,450 staff at schools were laid off Friday. Budget documents posted online indicate the school-based workforce could shrink by more than 450 positions.
SNAP-Ed, which funds nutrition programs across New York City, will expire Sept. 30. Without it, families may have less fresh produce — and advocates worry about increased child hunger.
The money funds programs that support English language learners, tutoring, STEM education, before- and after-school services, summer school, and teacher training.
The City-County Council is weighing a longer curfew after recent gun violence that left five teenagers dead. Eleven local superintendents said the proposal ‘is not about punishment — it’s about prevention.’
An appellate court judge granted a motion to take up the school segregation case, which could bring a resolution sooner than if the case remained in trial court.
Some Detroit youth say they avoid large gatherings of young people because they fear fights will break out.