Despite campaigning to end mayoral control, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is fighting to keep it — but his former Albany colleagues aren’t making it easy.
The announcement at a Tuesday meeting comes as substantial changes for IPS are on the horizon that will dilute the elected school board’s power.
Supporters framed the bill as a money-saver for families. “I’m raising two daughters right now, and I think every $5 you can keep in your pocket is important,” one state lawmaker said.
College advisers said students with undocumented family members are fearful of filling out the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid. The state also has lost a FAFSA data tool that made tracking student progress on the form easier.
Democrats hold the majority on the board, and they argued that the board should stay focused on key education issues such as literacy.
Sherrill’s first budget proposes more than $13.8 billion to education with record funding for K-12 and preschool aid, expanded high-impact tutoring, and new mental health services timed to the state’s first year of phone-free schools.
Despite campaigning to end mayoral control, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is fighting to keep it — but his former Albany colleagues aren’t making it easy.
Tennessee would spend around $303 million next school year to fund private school tuition costs for 40,000 students if Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal is successful.
Concerned about fake videos, vaccine myths, and election disinformation, a group of Philly teens built a curriculum to help classmates think critically about what they see online.
Pennsylvania is among the states considering new civil rights enforcement powers as Trump dismantles the Education Department. Replacing the federal role won’t be easy.
Nearly two decades later, students in Texas who were held back were less likely to have a high school degree and earned less money. This adds a new wrinkle to the third-grade retention debate.
Arizona is either a national exemplar or a cautionary tale for universal school choice programs. A proposed state ballot measure could provide a test of public sentiment toward such programs.
The $20,000 settlement will be paid out in three installments over the next 10 months.
Graduation rates fell in New York City and statewide for the Class of 2025 as pandemic-era exemptions to graduation requirements have phased out.
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Philly teens say creating space for sharing feelings is key to preventing violence.
Will schools have to proactively notify parents about student gender identity decisions, or could they wait for parents to ask? Those and other questions are still up in the air.
The school board decided on a group of finalists, who will interview with the mayor and board members.
Parents, teachers, and students oppose plans to close or combine several of the schools, saying they are valued alternatives to neighborhood schools
Some Memphis board members want to establish a bipartisan accountability council to help guide district decision-making. The proposal comes over a year into the state GOP-backed effort to take over the district.
There are multiple contracts between Newark Public Schools and Driscoll Foods authorizing the district to spend up to $12 million with the food supplier.
The flap between DJ Torres and Xóchitl Gaytán brought to mind a contentious era of the Denver school board a few years ago.
Colorado lawmakers said the ballot measure created by the bill wouldn’t raise state taxes. Instead, it would ask voters to allow the state to reserve some Taxpayer Bill of Rights money for schools.
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A new report defends the Education Department’s research arm but also calls for changes. In this Q&A, Amber Northern discusses the future of the Institute of Education Sciences.
The Chicago charter network said it will cease operations at the two high schools by April 3, when all staff at the campuses will be laid off.
The state-mandated working group created the report and recommends more consistency in individualized education programs, translated materials, and more time for parents to prepare.
Six of 11 members of Samuels’ cabinet are staying in roles they assumed in the previous administration.
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.
Two more senior Education Department officials are leaving as Samuels tees up his first major cabinet appoints.
The bill would create a transition committee focused on how to merge over 100 programs and initiatives.
A school board policy would be more prominent and harder to change than the superintendent policies that already exist. But a board member worried about giving families false comfort.
This spring, eight public high school students are reporting audio stories about the New York City school system’s most pressing education issues for the P.S. Weekly podcast.
Tennessee Republicans are moving forward with efforts to track the immigration status of K-12 students. But an effort to charge undocumented students tuition for public schools appears dead for the year.
Gov. Jared Polis wants Colorado to participate in the federal education tax-credit program. Democratic lawmakers opposed to the idea want rules on how the program operates in the state.
The district’s building problems stem from decades of underfunding from the state, union leaders and some members of City Council said Wednesday.
Gov. Bill Lee has declined federal funding to help feed low-income students over the summer. A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to change that.
Smith will stay in Denver through the end of the school year. The district will start a search for his replacement soon.
Bautista, an appointee of Mayor Brandon Johnson, said she is stepping down after winning a new sabbatical prize.
Test scores, attendance, and diploma attainment will all factor in. A new addition will give students points for their scores on the Classic Learning Test.
Doing so could save the state money, according to a new report.
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.