Politics & Policy
New York City’s next mayor will oversee the nation’s largest school system. Here’s where the candidates stand on mayoral control, class sizes, selective admissions, and more.
The candidates' visions for education could shape the future of Newark Public Schools and carry significant weight for the district, five years after it regained local control.
Researchers found modest test score increases in a Florida school district after the state banned phones in schools. Suspensions also rose.
New York City schools are leading the green revolution, generating 80% of municipal solar power. A new federal law threatens the future of school solar projects.
Only a few top officials remain in the office that oversees the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the employees union said.
Nearly everyone below the director level in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is set to lose their job, an employee union said.
Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has reignited the debate over gifted and talented in NYC. New data reveals the program is becoming more diverse, but challenges remain.
Students from Zeta Charter School in the Bronx were disappointed when their Capitol tour was canceled by the government shutdown. But they soon got an unforgettable civics lesson.
The National Assessment Governing Board, which controls NAEP testing, tapped Mark White as its new leader. He is at the center of some of Tennessee’s most heated education debates.
Eight months into the job, NYC chancellor shares a new accountability tool along with a vague plan on how AI will become part of NYC schools.
Ryan Walters said his goal in his new job is to ‘destroy the teachers unions.’
After a major charter school rally, 2 state senators are calling for an investigation into whether schools pressured families and staff to attend.
"Esta detención injusta ha frustrado y paralizado mi educación y mis esfuerzos momentáneamente", dijo Dylan. "Pero no me hará renunciar a esforzarme por alcanzar mis metas educativas".
“I don’t think we should be spending taxpayer resources to bring that into our district,” said a District 49 school board member.
Charter school leaders are planning to rally on Thursday, less than two months before the mayoral election. Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner, has criticized the sector.
Eric Adams and Zohran Mamdani both visited schools in Queens to kick off the year.
One advocate likened a governor’s potential strategy to making lemonade out of lemons that will be ‘shoved down our throat.’
The public education advocates aim to support "center-left" candidates and back public school choice policy. But they may face an uphill battle in states like Tennessee, where an entrenched Republican supermajority wields a recent voucher program victory.
El retraso en la financiación obligó a las escuelas a buscar la manera de cubrir un déficit presupuestario inesperado, y algunos programas extraescolares cerraron repentinamente.
Colorado’s plan to launch continuous Medicaid or CHP+ coverage for young children is being “urgently pulled back,” a state spokesperson said.