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As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders -- sometimes with criminal histories -- often don't matter

A national scan reveals how fragmented data systems prevent states from answering basic questions about teacher shortages and workforce trends.

A Washington Post analysis of accident data shows pedestrians near schools are 24 percent more likely to be hit than elsewhere in the city.

Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj examines how aggressive immigration enforcement harms students' attendance, health, and academics.

Teachers may not be aware that AI underpins both commercial and DIY hiring systems, raising concerns.

Southern poverty is a policy choice

How AI is being used to support teachers’ work across assessment, curriculum, and pedagogy.

Two school districts and a teachers union allege that the immigration crackdown has spilled onto campuses and interrupted the functioning of schools across the state.

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff, and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “They took her, they took her, they took her.” Those were some of the words Assistant Principal Cora Muñoz could discern while on the phone with the guardian of one of her students. As the caller sobbed and struggled to speak, Muñoz realized that immigration enforcement agents had detained a kid from Wilbur Cross, the high school she helps lead. Again. There was a reason why Muñoz was a go-to contact for the student and her guardian: She — and New Haven public schools more broadly — have worked hard to earn the trust of immigrant families in their diverse district, even as the second Trump administration has made it easier for immigration officers to enter schools and launched a mass deportation campaign.

The recent surge in federal law enforcement activity is increasingly affecting school children across the state. Some schools are offering online learning to students to afraid to go to school, while ...

The Minneapolis school system will offer families the option of remote learning for a month. Officials made the announcement Friday in response to concerns that children might feel unsafe venturing ou...

Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.

The Trump administration announced six agreements to transfer Ed. Dept. programs elsewhere.

A study of a large Florida school district found that the effects of immigration enforcement on students’ academic performance was concentrated in high-poverty schools. The test score declines also oc...

We asked experts how to discuss ICE, the national guard deployment, and the current political moment with kids.

Using uncertified teachers to fill shortages may further destabilize the educator pipeline.

Two months after Education Secretary Linda McMahon was confirmed, she and a small team from the department met with leadership from the National Center for Learning Disabilities, an advocacy group tha...

Entire teams that work on key funding streams may not return to work even when the shutdown ends.

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

Schools nationwide won't see funding earmarked for English learners, migrant students, professional development, and more.

States face uncertainty as $4.8 billion in K–12 federal funding remains unreleased. If the U.S. Department of Education doesn’t distribute these funds by July 1, state educational agencies will need p...

A judge ruled May 22 that the Trump administration had to reinstate laid-off Ed. Dept. staffers. They're still not back on the job.

Elementary students get little practice reading whole books in some of the country's most popular elementary reading curricula, shedding new light on national reading crisis

Free school meal access has become increasingly intertwined with federal social safety net programs—including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—to reduce duplicative paperwork for s...

Paying teachers well is an essential part of a healthier public education system

The House reconciliation bill makes college less affordable — ignoring Americans’ top higher ed concern

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 could be delayed, though, after judges issued preliminary injunctions.

Researchers discuss how federally funded research projects have helped identify and scale programs that improved student outcomes.

The administration has done everything in its power, and some things beyond its authority, to ensure education is equal no more.