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New research finds about 4 in 10 students support school cellphone bans that apply to classrooms, but nearly 80% oppose blanket restrictions.
He’s one of the only top Democrats talking about schools, but his track record is controversial
When the Eaton Fire destroyed Pasadena Rosebud Academy, its executive director focused on keeping her students engaged and her community intact, even without a campus.
Officials are dismantling the Education Department but vowing to keep its programs. So what’s the point?
In a Q&A with Chalkbeat, Lindsey Burke, a Project 2025 author, tried to assuage concerns of parents of students with disabilities.
A Q&A with the Chalkbeat reporter who has chronicled the nation’s first ‘public Christian school’
A new study from the National Council on Teacher Quality surveys the state of parental leave policies and makes the case that more generous leave could reduce teacher turnover.
Schools in Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Colorado are teeing up new test cases after the Supreme Court deadlocked last year on whether charter schools can be religious.
Here’s what we know, don’t know, and need to know about American students' academic performance.
Iowa is the first state to get new funding flexibility from the Education Department. More states could follow — with much bigger asks.
A roundup of interesting tidbits from the last month
Vermont is among several states to recently mandate or incentivize school district mergers.
Sign up to attend and submit questions for a top Trump administration official
In private emails, a leading advocacy group fretted about the move and secured a meeting with the Labor Secretary, who will oversee a key charter program.
A Q&A with the education historian turned critic of testing and charter schools.
The Supreme Court wants a lower court to take a second look at New York’s school vaccine mandate in light of the Mahmoud decision. New York is among several states that removed religious exemptions in the face of disease outbreaks.
Yes. But it also might be a good thing.
Education groups are jockeying to influence Trump’s signature school choice expansion. The rulesmaking process will help determine whether public school students share in the benefits and whether blue state governors opt in.
Political scientist Joseph Viteritti chronicles the contributions of education researchers, lawyers, theorists, and activists — many of them Black men and women — who believed that all children could learn and that what happens in schools matters.
No Child Left Behind seemed to improve math scores — but it also brought about widespread frustration from teachers and parents.