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Could you pass a 100-question U.S. citizenship test? A new Tennessee bill would require aspiring teachers to do so, on top of existing licensure requirements.

For the first time, administrators said the district is proposing authorizing a charter with an agreement that no more than 20% of its enrollment can be from DPSCD schools.

States-rights rhetoric is colliding with a wave of federal pressure over hot-button topics. School leaders say D.C. influence hasn’t faded — in some ways it’s intensified.

The building for Acero Santiago in West Town is owned by the Archdiocese of Chicago but was put up for sale last summer. Since then, parents and teachers have been pushing CPS to take over the building.

Aviles-Ramos started a new job this week as a senior advisor at HMH, a curriculum company that does tens of millions of dollars of business with NYC’s public schools.

Voters approved a referendum to fund schools in 2018. But a lot has changed since then.

State takeovers are far from new. But threats to take over Texas districts over anti-ICE protests show how the politics behind the policy could be changing.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the NYC neighborhoods getting free child care for 2-year-olds in the fall. The city is expecting to launch 2,000 seats in these high-needs areas.

Conservatives hailed the decision as a victory for parents’ rights. The decision could have implications for other state and school district policies designed to be supportive of LGBTQ students.

Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels said the city will scrap plans to close the Community Action School after a mom’s comment at a public meeting that appeared to insult the intelligence of a Black student garnered national attention.

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.