State takeovers are far from new. But threats to take over Texas districts over anti-ICE protests show how the politics behind the policy could be changing.
A report calls for doing more to connect research to classroom practice. Will the Education Department act on it?
The Education Department has used a series of interagency agreements to move important functions to other agencies as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the department.
State leaders in Texas, Arizona, Florida, and Oklahoma want teachers to face consequences when they facilitate student protests.
The day ICE agents detained Liam Conejo Ramos was ‘sad and infuriating,’ his school district superintendent said. She’d hoped her students wouldn’t be targeted.
Philadelphia district leaders said they wanted more equitable admissions policies for magnet schools like Masterman. An appeals court found that approach may be discriminatory.
ICE may not be conducting large-scale raids inside schools. But agents are getting close to schools, leaving a mark on students across the country.
So far, 23 states have opted into the new tax credit included in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but there’s still uncertainty about how exactly it will work.
New research finds about 4 in 10 students support school cellphone bans that apply to classrooms, but nearly 80% oppose blanket restrictions.






