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.
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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Families in Montgomery County, Maryland, are allowed to opt their children out of reading books featuring LGBTQ characters and themes if the content conflicts with their religious beliefs, the Supreme Court decided. A federal appeals court will continue to consider the parents’ case.
Melissa Reed will fill a seat left empty after a long-serving member abruptly resigned last month.
Philly school board signals it will not renew People for People and KIPP North Philadelphia charters
Board members said that low test scores at KIPP North Philadelphia Academy and People for People Charter School led them to start a process that could close the schools.
John Marshall school building has sat empty since its closure in 2018. But the east-side property may soon get a new life.
The $734 million funding gap assumes the district will reimburse the city for a pension payment that covers school district and city workers.
The district ‘knowingly and regularly’ failed to make necessary asbestos repairs and endangered students, according to federal officials.
There are two bills that would address cellphone use in Michigan schools. It’s uncertain which proposal will pass.
DPSCD is already phasing out some small schools. But various solutions are being weighed for others.
The state spent around $497 million on the Choice Scholarship program in 2024-25, an increase of just over $58 million from the previous year.
Officials hope the new role will help create a pipeline of new school safety agents, a workforce that has declined 28% over the past five years. Critics say teens should not be involved in school safety.
The Trump administration wants to end funding for the federal TRIO program, which helps students from low-income backgrounds, students with disabilities, and first-generation students get to and through college.
No one told me ‘you’ll miss cafeteria noise,’ or ‘you’ll feel phantom pain for your walkie talkie,’ but I did.
The new group, created by state lawmakers, will issue recommendations later this year on how charter schools and IPS can share transportation and facility resources.
National immigration politics hung over Tuesday’s graduation ceremony for ELLIS Prep, which had a student detained last month by federal immigration authorities.
In ‘unprecedented’ show of unity, Philly district officials and union leaders rally for more funding
The current state budget has left schools with a $4.5 billion ‘adequacy gap.’ City education leaders and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers want that to shrink.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois lawmakers were hoping to pass a bill requiring school districts to create a policy limiting the use of the devices in class this spring. But it stalled in the House.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois lawmakers were hoping to pass a bill requiring school districts to create a policy limiting the use of the devices in class this spring. But it stalled in the House.
Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani would reshape the nation’s largest school system through partnerships and by addressing systemic issues like homelessness and class size.
Education Department officials cite a lack of parking and desk space as reasons they haven’t reinstated laid-off workers. Now the Supreme Court will decide whether they get their jobs back at all.
With a new interim CEO, the school district must close a $529 million deficit
Two former Memphis school properties are being sold to the charter schools currently leasing them
Every year, more than 8,000 Hoosiers take part in TRIO programs that support students in their pursuit of higher education. Trump’s budget proposal aims to cut the programs completely.
Tennessee is not asking students about prior school enrollment in the state’s new voucher program application. Without the data, critics say, it will be impossible to determine whether the program is expanding access to private education for kids or funding tuition of students already enrolled in private schools.
Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani led the Democratic primary for New York City mayor as former Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded. Cuomo could still run in the general election.
The addition of another charter school is the latest change in the city’s evolving educational landscape. It follows a legislative session that pitted traditional public schools against charter schools in a fight for funding.
Both sides agreed that the Denver school board should put a measure on the ballot to increase funding for DPS. The board president said it would be inappropriate to comment until the tentative agreement is ratified.
Philadelphia and other school districts statewide are struggling to find enough certified teachers to fill vacancies, a trend that advocates for students say is diminishing the quality of kids’ education.
Third graders who did not pass a state literacy exam are using summer school as one final chance to pass and proceed to fourth grade under a tougher grade retention law.
The Newark school board approved the use of Amira Learning, an AI-powered literacy screener designed to assess student reading challenges as part of the state’s new plan to boost reading skills.
More than half of the students who reside in Ypsilanti Community Schools have chosen to enroll in charter schools or nearby districts.
The proposal would also clarify when and how the school board should hire outside lawyers.
As city officials encourage schools to move activities inside, nearly 1 in 5 classrooms still lack air conditioning.
The Science Research Mentoring Program at the American Museum of Natural History prepares high school students for science careers.
District administrators are watching their budgets. Educators are watching their words. Everyone is trying to figure out what the Trump administration will mean for schools and students in the long run.
Addison Wang was initially skeptical of spending 16 hours a week at a job site instead of at school. Here’s what changed his mind.
Four seats on the seven-member board are up for election on Nov. 4.