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Ideas submitted so far include an indoor-outdoor sports complex, new locations for charter schools, and apartments for teachers.
The MSCS school board voted last week to shutter five schools by the end of this year. That leaves over 1,200 students to find a new place to go next fall, with the district extending its priority transfer deadline to accommodate last-minute changes.
The district wanted to use the operating millage to pay off capital and revolving fund debts ahead of schedule. The ruling will not allow it.
The survey is in: Parent coordinators told us what they want the city to know about their jobs.
Newark Public Schools is trying to address overcrowding but finding available land to do so is tricky. The district will hold a public hearing on its proposal in late March.
Two MSCS board races will be decided by the first ever partisan primary for the position on May 5. Seventeen candidates are vying for the four open spots.
Multiple reports say an FBI investigation relates to a now-defunct edtech company. Here’s what we know so far.
The state is still in the midst of a comprehensive review ordered by a bipartisan 2023 law. But some lawmakers say the state should make an effort to reduce the time students spend on tests.
“Nobody in the state actually regulates how BOCES operate or what they can do,” said the leader of a membership group for public education co-ops.
Bills reshuffling Indianapolis schools, requiring a bell-to-bell school cellphone ban, and implementing lessons about waiting until marriage to have children are going to the governor’s desk.
A report calls for doing more to connect research to classroom practice. Will the Education Department act on it?
The teen coalition during Thursday’s school board meeting said their proposals would have given students more say in how the district addresses mental health needs and building concerns.
Despite a high per-pupil budget, NYC students spend significantly less time in class than the national average. Experts warn that less instructional time can hinder learning in the long run.
Cuts to the Education Department’s data collection offices mean there’s even less information about important school safety questions.
The case between a fledgling Christian charter school and the Knox County Board of Education could bring a fresh challenge to the religious charter issue that deadlocked the U.S. Supreme Court in 2025.