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Penny Schwinn used to be the state schools chief in Tennessee, where some conservatives criticized her track record.
California offers more resources and support to undocumented students than many states. But even there, immigrant students are weighing safety and politics in their college plans.
My story of school refusal and recovery
Nearly half of states offer multiple diploma options or pathways to graduation. But adopting that approach carries its own set of challenges.
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.
Research finds that shorter school weeks lead to less learning and don’t save school districts money. That hasn’t stopped their growth.
As a teacher, I know ed tech will never compare to building IRL relationships with students.
Supporters of the proposed tax credits are thrilled there’s a viable path for them to become federal law. Critics say they would harm public education.
One student described the scholarship that would help her become a teacher in her hometown as 'a dream come true.' Now that scholarship is gone amid $600 million in cuts to teacher training programs.
A new study finds that gender gaps that had closed before COVID widened again after students returned to in-person learning.
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.
A preliminary injunction says the department must restore access to school pandemic relief money in 16 states and D.C.
President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget would cut nearly $6 billion from K-12 education. Though unlikely to become law as written, the proposal offers insight into Trump’s plans.
Colorado, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin are among the state education agencies that lost federal funding to hire and train more school-based mental health staff. Now schools may have to lay off social workers, while colleges may shut down training programs.
The Texas governor tapped into a powerful national conservative movement and his own campaign war chest to turn legislative races into multimillion-dollar affairs.
Backers of a proposed religious charter school argue that charter schools are more private than public. The Supreme Court case could upend the charter sector, with implications for funding, autonomy and more.
The Education Department threatened the federal funding of states that wouldn’t comply with the administration’s anti-DEI interpretation of civil rights law. With that demand paused, states are suing to end it entirely.