Traci Ricks withdrew her candidacy Wednesday, a day before she was scheduled to be interviewed by the board.
Traci Ricks withdrew her candidacy Wednesday, a day before she was scheduled to be interviewed by the board.
The district is adjusting start and dismissal times in order to manage transportation routes amid what officials say is an ongoing bus driver shortage.
The district has delayed publicly releasing data officials say will inform which schools they choose to close. Principals and community members who’ve seen that data recently have concerns.
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The second-in-command weighed in on how long it will take reading curriculum mandates to pay off, hiring challenges connected to the class size mandate, and Zohran Mamdani’s education proposals.
CPS officials estimate 1500 additional students would be eligible to advance a grade or work ahead a grade level under the new policy.
School improvement funds would be redirected away from low-performing schools under Indiana’s federal funding flexibility request.
The state must begin grading schools again no later than December 2026. Public comment on the proposal is now open.
Here’s what borrowers should know about the new limits on federal student loans.
Four seats on the seven-member board are up for election on Nov. 4.
I told my students about a digital library card. The fallout has put my career on hold and left me traumatized.
While charter leaders have requested ownership of IPS buildings, supporters of traditional public schools have called for the district to charge for all services it provides to its charter partners.
Rocky Mountain Prep says it will conduct a nationwide search for its next CEO.
Board of Education President Sean Harden said borrowing money could be a short-term fix to avoid “draconian cuts” to schools.
A Shelby County Commission resolution that would significantly shake up Memphis-Shelby County School Board elections next year cleared its first hurdle on Wednesday.
In Philly, school officials are completing a major revision of the district’s civics curriculum, which is required for graduation.
MSCS’ school board will vote next week on a revised policy requiring students to keep devices off and away during school hours. But some are concerned about how to address student violations.
A Brooklyn group won a $3 million federal grant for environmental justice work. Trump cut the money.
Brooklyn’s El Puente lost vital federal grants, jeopardizing its youth advocacy program. These cuts threaten environmental justice and community programs across the city.
A new Trump administration policy bars undocumented students from accessing Head Start, a 60-year-old program for low-income families.
Independent charter schools continued to outperform IPS, where Black and Hispanic students have not yet reached pre-pandemic levels of proficiency on the state exam.
Feagins is suing the full school board for violating open meetings laws by holding private discussions before her ouster in January. Now, she’s calling out Towanna Murphy and asking for her job back to avoid further harm.
As other states face lawsuits against their in-state tuition programs for undocumented students, Colorado officials say the state’s program is legal.
Adams said the Trump administration’s move to freeze billions in federal education spending would not slow his effort to expand after-school programs.
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Adams said the Trump administration’s move to freeze billions in federal education spending would not slow his effort to expand after-school programs.
Newark’s public school buildings are among the oldest in the state, with many dating back to the 1920s and in need of major repairs.
Two Republican lawmakers are reviving plans to have the state run the Memphis-Shelby County district. But local education experts say their recent interview, in which one lawmaker called city school leaders ‘dumbasses,’ was insulting and misleading.
Nicolle Orozco Forero had a special gift for working with children with disabilities, an area of severe need nationwide.
Teachers being hurt on the job is a common yet underreported issue, educators and experts said.
Among the states suing are New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Colorado, and California.
Changes this school year require information on fetal development in sex education and mandate the elimination of required DEI trainings for teachers.
Gayathri Ramkumar is one of 22 semifinalists for Colorado’s 2026 Teacher of the Year award.
The candidates include two who ran for the board last year.
After-school providers are relieved to get some $1.3 billion in overdue funds, but they’ve already experienced enormous disruptions.
Mary Filardo, executive director of 21st Century School Fund and a parent activist, says Philly officials should be honest, share data, and acknowledge they can’t ‘accidentally’ fix big problems.
It’s challenging to sell my students on the merits of democracy when the instruments of government are being used to attack their communities.
El Departamento de Justicia de Biden encontró problemas pendientes en el programa de aprendizaje de inglés de Newark, pero bajo Trump, la supervisión federal se detuvo sin decir si se resolvieron.
At first, I worried that I wasn’t worthy of my specialized high school seat. Now, I know better.
Three Colorado school districts, three charter schools, and a Board of Cooperative Educational Services are seeking to join District 49’s lawsuit against the state.
The push to standardize reading interventions represents one of the first literacy initiatives under Mayor Eric Adams that will directly affect high schools.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon signed by 16 other governors calling the freeze of federal funds “a failure to fulfill the Department’s most basic responsibility.”
A recent Supreme Court ruling that supported parents’ religious right to opt their child out of LGBTQ-inclusive lessons could aid parents worried about a new curriculum that draws heavily on texts like the Book of Genesis and the Sermon on the Mount.
It will be up to states to opt in to the new program, which could help fill the gap between rising private school tuition costs and vouchers that families receive.
Trump’s budget bill cuts and a Tennessee lawsuit could further hurt already-strapped colleges. Students and communities both could suffer.