MCPS approved 58 requests to opt out of specific books and readings from 43 families, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling.

The Health and Human Services Department told 40 states to remove references to gender identity from their federally funded sex education programs. When California refused to comply, the agency termin...

The federal funding chaos highlights a perennial dynamic in public schools.

The federal funding chaos highlights a perennial dynamic in public schools.

The federal funding chaos highlights a perennial dynamic in public schools.

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts nearly $6 billion from K-12 education. Unlikely to become law, the proposal offers insight into plans to give states more control over federal funds. Just...

At least 16 states have said they won’t sign a certification that they are in compliance with the Trump Education Department’s contested interpretation of civil rights law. A looming standoff has been...

Can a small liberal arts college help young people thrive on their own terms in an increasingly complex world?

The U.S. Supreme Court seemed to favor an argument Tuesday that parents with religious objections should be allowed to opt out of lessons in Montgomery County public elementary schools that involve st...

Department of Education says teachers are making Trump administration's DEI missive into ‘something that it’s not.’

Decades of essential equity-based work is under threat in our schools today, warns Joshua P. Starr.

State lawmakers approve delay in some programs and funding in the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reform plan.

There’s an article in today's Chalkbeat about a Tennessee bill requiring that public schools teach the “success sequence.” Under this law, schools would have to teach students that success in life hin...

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Decades of essential equity-based work is under threat in our schools today, warns Joshua P. Starr.

State education officials will be required to verify that they have eliminated all programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion that the administration deems unlawful, according to a new memo...

The extensions states and schools received from the Biden administration to spend the COVID relief set a bad precedent, a U.S. Department of Education spokeswoman said. But one state school superinten...

Decades of essential equity-based work is under threat in our schools today, warns Joshua P. Starr.

Amendments to a sweeping deregulation bill also try to clarify what schools can charge fees for after Indiana’s push to end curriculum fees for families.

School boards are political war zones, technology is everywhere, and school feels optional. One student said the pandemic's fallout left kids “without the tools to cope.”

Grade inflation is ruining education. Let’s get rid of them.

The layoffs, combined with recent staff buyouts, mean that the number of Education Department staff has dropped by nearly 50% in the last two weeks. President Donald Trump has expressed a desire to cl...

When I was in college in the late 1980’s a friend of mine introduced me to James Baldwin.

“Schools and educational institutions can rest assured that they are well within their legal rights to continue building inclusive learning environments for their students,” the attorney general says.

President Trump has said he wants to do away with the department, and in her first hours as education secretary, Linda McMahon indicated she would follow his lead.

Now confirmed as education secretary, McMahon has promised not to make drastic cuts to education funding. But DOGE and President Donald Trump’s stated intention to gut the department could give the fo...

Clubs for Hispanic and Asian students were also among the student groups put on hold as officials raced to interpret Trump administration orders.

The conservative group views the widely used educational approach as a “Trojan horse” for indoctrination, and it’s training parents to help root it out.

A federal letter ordering end of race-based programming doesn't 'carry the weight of law' State Superintendent Carey Wright says.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore wants to slow spending on the ambitious “Blueprint” education reform plan and instead allocate some of the money to recruit more teachers.

Pushkin Industries, the podcast company that will release the show, is betting that documentary-style audio programs can still win an audience.

A Dear Colleague letter threatened the federal funding of schools with a wide range of DEI practices.

Had they merely read the summary, my students would have seen many of the same words, but they’d have lacked the feeling part.

The long-awaited hearing aimed to give lawmakers a chance to publicly question New York City Education Department officials on the state of school diversity efforts.

President Donald Trump’s immigration policies already are affecting schools across the country. Officials have found themselves responding to rising anxiety among parents and their children, including...

Illinois State Superintendent Tony Sanders tells schools to continue teaching subjects like Black History and to keep educating students regardless of their immigration status, despite a recent letter...

Virginia-based Parents Defending Education, which opposes race-based initiatives, said the Chicago Public Schools program is discriminatory.

The district is releasing its long-awaited plan to improve Black students’ outcomes days after the Trump administration warned districts they could lose federal funding over race-based initiatives.

One prominent researcher said the flip-flop offers ‘the first direct evidence that executive actions have weakened NAEP.’