The training center based in New York City will provide free lessons and workshops for as many as 400,000 teachers nationwide. In turn, tech companies will learn about how teachers actually use AI.
Tennessee students showed slight progress in statewide testing this year, though a majority of third graders did not meet a significant reading benchmark.
The state’s largest district saw the biggest gains in elementary school reading proficiency and algebra scores. But the majority of third-graders still didn’t pass a critical reading test.
The training center based in New York City will provide free lessons and workshops for as many as 400,000 teachers nationwide. In turn, tech companies will learn about how teachers actually use AI.
The teachers union, which is NYC’s second largest, endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor in the general election, reversing its primary stance.
Newark Public Schools has appointed district vice principals, two from the outside, to step into a principal role for the first time.
The board will vote to choose a new member on July 28.
While the administration has said it is reviewing programs related to immigration and other issues, Tennessee schools previously primarily used the funds for teacher training and after-school programming.
People who took the community input survey said they want the next leader of Chicago schools to prioritize high-quality instruction, safety, and communication. The partly-elected school board is also requiring the next leader to hold a superintendent’s license.
Four of the seven board seats are up for election in November.
City officials are under pressure to show that Eric Adams’ curriculum overhaul is working. New data paints an encouraging picture but should be interpreted with caution, experts say.
Preschools are increasing their rates as Indiana makes significant cuts to its On My Way PreK program.
The Detroit school board is now seeking applicants interested in serving out the remainder of Angelique Peterson-Mayberry’s term.
Education leaders learned of the freeze Monday, hours before the money was due to be available.
The legislation includes big Medicaid cuts, a new voucher-like school choice program, stricter limits on food aid that has implications for free school meals, and more money for immigration enforcement.
The state feels another pinch from the administration’s crackdown on DEI initiatives.
Major Pennsylvania cyber charter school says performing weekly wellness checks would be ‘impossible’
The wellness check requirement, passed into state law last year, was inspired in part by the death of a 12-year-old Commonwealth Charter Academy student.
Nearly a third of city students start kindergarten at age 4. Not all of them are ready.
Converting to a charter school would have provided the K-8 school an additional $400,000 per year, according to one official, that would have funded a new foreign language teacher and a school resource officer.
Colorado hasn’t received about $70 million in federal education funds after the Trump administration refused to release billions in K-12 dollars.
Michigan’s State Superintendent Michael Rice said the withholding of the federal funding would hurt some of the state’s most vulnerable children.
Board members debated Columbus, colonizers, and Black Lives Matter during several meetings about choosing a curriculum.
Educators have recently made sex ed more gender-inclusive. The Trump administration has other ideas.
Federal officials say California must delete mentions of gender identity and trans people from federally funded sex ed materials that reach about 13,000 students, or else lose $6 million.
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Educators have recently made sex ed more gender-inclusive. The Trump administration has other ideas.
Federal officials say California must delete mentions of gender identity and trans people from federally funded sex ed materials that reach about 13,000 students, or else lose $6 million.
Congress approved the support for English learners and afterschool programs. But the dollars expected on July 1 are now on hold, creating ‘unnecessary uncertainty,’ Sanders says.
Uptown Lacrosse joins the growing list of organizations helping kids in Upper Manhattan and The Bronx access the sport.
Last school year, most of the district’s standalone middle schools enrolled less than half the number of students they were built for.
The district is changing how it assigns staff serving students with disabilities as labor unions voice concerns.
The Trump administration is withholding nearly $7 billion for education that has been approved by Congress and was supposed to go out starting July 1.
Tennessee isn’t asking where the participants were enrolled before, so it won’t know how many vouchers are going to existing private school students.
The Community College of Aurora is part of a growing trend of colleges and universities giving students microgrants to help with life emergencies.
Mamdani’s plan would represent a fundamental shift in school governance at a time when the system faces many pressing issues, from declining enrollment to chronic absenteeism.
Democratic AGs are challenging the Trump administration’s cuts to $1 billion in federal funding for school mental health services created in response to school shootings.
The district was one of the state’s big losers when the U.S. froze federal aid in March. But the federal reversal frees up over $55 million for vital building upgrades.
Reductions target crossing guards and central-office employees. Trimming a $734 million deficit would require bigger moves.
Columbia Secondary is reeling from an exodus of teachers and student-led protests. The turmoil comes as a new principal has shifted the school’s culture and curriculum.
Indianapolis educators, parents, and students will share their stories of back-to-school at this story slam co-hosted by Chalkbeat Indiana on Aug. 21.
The $10 million child care pilot program is expected to create hundreds of new seats in high-need communities. The spending blueprint would also boost funding for preschoolers with disabilities.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of religious parents seeking the right to opt their children out of LGBTQ+ material. The decision will change how teachers approach inclusivity in their classrooms.
Tras las redadas migratorias de alto perfil, el Distrito Unificado de Los Ángeles aumentó las sedes para las escuelas de verano y ofreció transporte adicional para responder al temor de las familias de ser detenidas durante el trayecto.
District sees an opportunity for educators to write quiz questions, develop schedules, and write newsletters more efficiently.
While it’s not quite the ‘year-round school’ Mayor Cherelle Parker campaigned on, the initiative will offer before- and after-school programs and camp activities at 15 new schools.
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