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Getting ready for back to school season? As schools reopen for the academic year, we hope these stories, resources, and essays help students, teachers, and parents have a smoother transition.
Schools must start screening students in the 2027-28 school year.
I’m no longer fighting Silicon Valley’s best efforts to capture human attention. Now, I battle boredom, and that’s a winnable fight.
As a teacher, I know ed tech will never compare to building IRL relationships with students.
I can’t help but wonder what my life might have been like if I’d had access to these tools earlier on.
As a school psychologist, I help young people facing hardships. My own upbringing offers perspective.
Schools must start screening students in the 2027-28 school year.
Summer school in the Detroit Public Schools Community District is a key part of getting kids on track academically.
The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance includes former mayor Bart Peterson, City-County Councilor Maggie Lewis, and IPS teacher Tina Ahlgren.
If the suit is successful, it would become harder for schools to suspend students for long periods of time.
I’m no longer fighting Silicon Valley’s best efforts to capture human attention. Now, I battle boredom, and that’s a winnable fight.
“I feel like this isn’t coming from a crime and punishment lens,” school board President Carrie Olson said.
The school board is currently considering five people for the job of interim CEO, who will replace outgoing schools chief Pedro Martinez.
The Supreme Court tied 4-4 in a case over whether an explicitly religious charter school could open in Oklahoma. The tie means a lower court ruling will stand, blocking religious charters.
The U.S. Supreme Court let stand an admissions policy that aimed to create a more diverse student body at an elite high school. But the Virginia attorney general said his office found evidence of anti-Asian American bias.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s plans to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and ordered the agency to bring back hundreds of employees it laid off earlier this year.
Money that was supposed to go to vendors for flood damage repair and services for students with disabilities was instead diverted to “malicious actors” bank accounts, according to the City Controller.
Episode 7 of P.S. Weekly explores the state of youth climate activism, ranging from apathy to action, and one Manhattan student’s push to get her high school to compost.
Students in Newark Public Schools’ middle grades are attending classes in overcrowded buildings that don’t meet state space requirements, a new report finds.
Schools such as Richards High School tried more flexible grading during the pandemic. They are reversing course after students were passing with little effort and weren’t coming to class.
State grants helped ski resorts, school districts, and museums create new child care classrooms.
Under federal law, schools are not allowed to suspend students for long stretches if the behavior in question is linked to their disability. A Chalkbeat investigation found schools have been breaking the rules for years.