How Far Will Supreme Court’s Super-Conservative Majority Go to Push Religious Freedom in Public Schools? Maine Choice Case Provides Fresh Test
‘Game of Chicken’ Among Democrats Could Threaten Biden Vision for Schools as Last-Minute Budget Talks Continue
As the Pandemic Set In, Charter Schools Saw Their Highest Enrollment Growth Since 2015, 42-State Analysis Shows
‘Too Much Masking is Real’: More Districts Call on Students to Mask Up Outside, but Scientists are Skeptical
Pandemic Testing Gaps Complicate Ability to Pinpoint Struggling Schools at a Time When Students Need Extra Help, School Leaders Say
Florida Governor’s Plan to Nix End-of-Year Tests Might Be Popular, But Experts Wait for the Details
Janus Round Two? Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Hear Case of Teachers Who Say Union Dues Violate First Amendment Rights
‘The First Big Domino to Fall’: Los Angeles District Mandates Student Vaccines as Biden Unveils Aggressive COVID Testing Plan
From Reopening Schools to Mask Mandates, Education Policy Expected to Play Key Role In Upcoming Newsom Recall Vote in California
‘Everyone Had Their Heads in the Sand’: Push To Reopen Schools Leaves Many Quarantined Students Without Remote Learning Options
Education Department Launches Civil Rights Probes Into Five States Banning District Mask Mandates
‘Waiting for Someone Else to Blink’: Next Move DeSantis as Florida Districts Refuse to Rescind Mask Mandates
Biden Ratchets Up Pressure Against Governors Banning Mask Mandates, Threatening Ed Department ‘Enforcement Actions’
As Biden Pushes Nation Toward Universal Pre-K, Home-Based Child Care Could Help Fill Gaps in the System. But a New Report Urges Caution
Senate Takes Next Step in Advancing Biden’s Historic, $3.5T Agenda for Education, Families
Biden Administration Defends Districts Defying Florida Mask Mandate Ban as Delta Variant Renews Reopening Fears
In a Summer of Recovery for Students, Long-Running Programs Thrive While Some Face Teacher Shortages
The State of the Digital Divide: School Districts Race to Complete Applications for New $7.2 Billion Technology Fund as Push for Remote Learning Intensifies
Senate Passes Infrastructure Bill, But House Democrats Seek Agreement on Larger Plan for Schools and Families
Board Overseeing Nation’s Report Card Moves Past Equity Dispute, Adopting ‘Forward-Looking’ Plan for New Reading Tests
As Schools Reopen, Biden Administration Launches Broad Effort to Get More Students Vaccinated
Early Reading Skills See a Rebound From In-Person Learning, But Racial Gaps Have Grown Wider, Tests Show
Amid Historic Federal Windfall, School Leaders Find that Soaring Inflation is Curbing Their Ability to Purchase, Hire and Build
Cardona: Schools Will Need to ‘Work Twice as Hard’ to Convince Some Families to Return This Fall
Twitter Breaks, Meditative Walks, Security Guards: How School Leaders are Responding to an Unsettling Season of Public Outrage
More Than a Quarter Million Fewer Students Applied for Financial Aid During Pandemic, Signaling COVID’s Effect on College Entry
With Some Parents Mad Over Issues from School Closures to Critical Race Theory, Leaders Fear Impact on Fall Enrollment
Virtual Pre-K Filled a Void for ‘Overwhelmed’ Parents This Year, But Experts Disagree About Its Role — and Federal Funding — in a Post-Pandemic World
Districts Seek ‘Meaningful’ Engagement on Spending $122 Billion in K-12 Relief Funds, But Some Parents Say They’re Taking Shortcuts
Updated CDC Guidance Relaxing Mask Requirements for Some Students, But Not Others, Puts School Districts in Tough Spot
CDC to Schools: If You’re Vaccinated, Masks are No Longer Required
New Federal Data: Almost All Schools Offered In-Person Learning by Spring, But Attendance Varied Widely By Race
Unions Go All-In on Critical Race Theory, Promising Money and Support to Members Teaching ‘Honest History’
Chaos Theory: Amid Pandemic Recovery Efforts, School Leaders Fear Critical Race Furor Will ‘Paralyze’ Teachers
At Ed Dept. Equity Summit, Marten Announces Plans to Address ‘Pressing Needs’ of Students with Disabilities
Can Right Answers Be Wrong? Latest Clash Over ‘White Supremacy Culture’ Unfolds in Unlikely Arena: Math Class
A Year After Espinoza, Supreme Court Accepts New Case That Tests Limits of Religious Freedom in School
As Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Catholic Adoption Agency and Moves Further to Protect Freedom of Religion, Possible Implications for Vouchers and Religious Schools
Ed Department: Title IX Protects Gay and Transgender Students
States Submit Plans for Using Relief Funds for Recovery, But 23 States Still Working on Drafts
Senate Republican Leaders Seek Answers on Teachers Unions’ Influence Over CDC School Reopening Guidance
Ed Department Spotlights ‘Deep Cracks’ in the Nation’s Schools with New Report, Upcoming Equity Summit
New Data Links Remote Learning in Connecticut to Chronic Absenteeism at Key Transitions; 30% of Ninth Graders Missed At Least a Tenth of Last School Year
Deja Vu as Ed Department Once Again Revisits the Contentious Landscape of Title IX
Biden’s $20 Billion Education Equity Proposal Would Create ‘Powerful Incentive’ for States to Close Funding Gaps Between Districts
The Truth is Out There. But With New UFO Report Expected to Land Soon, Talk of Alien Life is Also Becoming More Common in the Nation’s Science Classrooms
Test Results Weren’t the Only Data Missing From State Report Cards Last Year, Review Shows. Many Lacked Absenteeism, Grad Rate Info
Role of Equity in Reading Tests Divides Board Overseeing ‘Nation’s Report Card’
Early Look at District Plans to Spend Billions in Federal Relief Funds Shows Lack of Focus on Learning Recovery
Immigrant, Bilingual Special Educator Named National Teacher of Year, Says She’s Devoted to Finding ‘All Our Students’ Strengths’
As Early Ed Teachers Prepare for Fall, New Study Backs Efforts to Support Young Children’s Mental Health
To Rebuild Trust With Families, Ed Dept. Seeks Input From Outspoken Parent Advocacy Group
Four Finalists for Teacher of the Year Answer the Question: What’s it Like to Lead Classes During the ‘Worst Year Ever’?
‘No One Knew We Were Homeless’: New Relief Funds Fuel Efforts to Find Students Lost During Virtual School
Biden Touts Ambitious Birth-to-College Education Plan as Way to ‘Compete with the Rest of the World’
‘Not The Kind of Growth We Need’: Despite Some Recovery of Learning Lost During Pandemic, Test Results Reveal Large Gaps
Biden Earns High Marks from Educators on His First 100 Days, But Some Note There Are Still ‘Kids Sitting at Home’
State Pre-Ks Face ‘Huge Setbacks’ Because of the Pandemic, But Leaders Pin Hopes on Future Federal Revenue to Increase Access
‘Urgency is Everywhere’: 2022 Federal Budget Plan Includes Major Increases for Community Schools, Title I
‘Opening the Door Wider’: With Recent Admissions Decisions, Top-Ranked L.A. Arts School Put Equity in the Spotlight
More Black Students Return to School, But Attendance Rates Hover Below 90 Percent
Social-Emotional Learning or ‘White Supremacy with a Hug’? Yale Official’s Departure Sparks a Racial Reckoning
First Phase of Biden Infrastructure Plan to Include Billions for Schools, Child Care Centers and Broadband
Report: Learning Loss Data Shows 40,000 Los Angeles High School Students Off Track to Graduate
Court Documents Reveal How L.A. Teachers Union Gained Upper Hand in Pandemic Negotiations, Limiting Instruction Time
Cardona Summit Shines Light on Districts With Successful Reopening Stories and ‘Real-World Evidence’ of Following CDC Guidelines
Biden’s Pick for Deputy Ed Secretary Faces Senate Panel Amid Unusual Scrutiny of her Tenure as San Diego Chief
Five Ways Biden’s $4 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Could Help Kids and Schools
States Target Learning Loss with Summer School and Extended Days, but Some Parents Want Option to Hold Kids Back
CDC’s About-Face on Social Distancing Likely to Pave Way for More Children to Return to Class, but Teachers Unions Express Skepticism
‘A Lot of Them Choose Work’: As Teens Pile on Jobs to Help Their Families, Schools Strive to Keep Tabs on Students They Haven’t Seen in a Year
12 Months After Pandemic Closed Schools, 12 Million Students Still Lack Reliable Internet
Collection of 130 COVID Studies Aims to Give Schools a ‘Solid Grounding’ to Reopen
Biden Signs Sweeping Pandemic Relief Package, with $126 Billion for Reopening Schools, Learning Loss
U.S. Education Department Makes First Move in Bid to Reverse DeVos-Era Title IX Rule on Sexual Assault
As White House Strikes Stronger Tone on Reopening Schools, First Lady and Ed Secretary Cardona Tour Districts Where Most Students Attend in Person
Senate Confirms Cardona 64-33 as Education Secretary; First Lady Heads to His Hometown Wednesday
Parents Expected to Opt Children Out of Spring Testing in Large Numbers, Especially in Places Where Schools Haven’t Reopened
One Year into Pandemic, Far Fewer Young Students are on Target to Learn How to Read, Tests Show
CDC Study Finds Teachers ‘Central’ To COVID Transmission When Distancing, Masks Not Enforced
Survey: Pandemic-Related Stress Tops Teachers’ Reasons for Quitting, But Vaccines, COVID Testing Could Lure Some of Them Back
Leaders in California and South Carolina Find Learning Loss — Especially in the Early Grades — But Experts Say Data is Still ‘Imperfect’
Inside the New CDC Guidance on Reopening Classrooms: Masks and Social Distancing Key Safety Strategies, Vaccinations Not a Precondition for In-Person Learning
Houston Schools to Vote on Dissolving Relationship With Youth Advocacy Group After Survey Shows Majority of Students Oppose Reopening
Inside the $130 Billion Biden Schools Proposal: Big on Safety and Teacher Retention, But Experts Warn May Not Fully Address Student Learning Loss
Cardona, in Mostly Gentle Prodding From Senate, Offers Views on Testing, Transgender Students and Reopening Schools
With Former Top-Ranking Education Staff as Key Biden Advisers, Will White House and Ed Department Be on the ‘Same Page?’
Teachers Unions Say They Need More COVID Tests Before Reopening Classrooms. But Experts Are Warning About the Limitations, Expense and Tradeoffs in Focusing on Swabs
Charter School Advocates, San Diego NAACP Raise Objections to Biden’s Pick for Number Two Spot at Education Department
With an Eye Toward Equity, Biden Unveils Plan to Reopen Many Schools in First 100 Days
Biden Expected to Make Narrowing Digital Divide an ‘Early, Urgent Priority’ to Help Students During Pandemic
For the Second Time In Less Than Two Years, Miguel Cardona is Set to Prove Himself on a Much Larger Stage. Is He Ready for the ‘Political Headwinds’ He’d Face as U.S. Education Secretary?
Biden’s Rescue Plan Includes $130 Billion for K-12, But Some Members of Congress Might ‘Balk at the Size’
With Alexander’s Exit, Divided Senate Loses Quiet Champion of Bipartisan Approach to Ed Policy
Superintendents Call for ‘Faster Rollout’ of Vaccines; But Object to Delaying School Reopenings Until Children Get Shots
Caught in a Financial ‘Triple Squeeze,’ Districts Could See Annual Costs of $2,500 Per Student to Address Pandemic-Related Learning Loss
Former Teachers and Ed Advocates to Join Biden’s White House Team
‘I Had No Other Option.’ Teens Balance Zoom Classes and Fast-Food Jobs — Sometimes at the Same Time — to Support Struggling Families
Following DeVos’s Surprise Resignation, School Advocates Say She Leaves Behind A Controversial Legacy — and Wonder Why She Didn’t Leave Sooner
With Senate in Democrats’ Hands, Attention Turns to Ed Committee Leadership, Cardona Confirmation
Georgia Senate Runoff Will Affect Reach of Biden’s Education Agenda and the ‘Larger Political Dynamic’ in Washington
Trump Issues School Choice Executive Order Allowing States to Repurpose Funds for ‘Emergency Learning Scholarships’; Critics See Biden Swiftly Revoking Pandemic Measure
Biden to Tap Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary — a ‘Big Picture Thinker’ Popular With Teachers Who Will Lead 2021 Push to Reopen Classrooms
74 Interview: Sen. Lamar Alexander on Finally Fixing College Financial Aid Form, Being Ready to Advise Biden’s Ed Secretary Pick and $900B Relief Bill
Nashville’s ‘Navigator’ Tries to Keep Students in Remote Learning From Getting Lost in the System
In Final Hours of Senate Negotiations, Congress Poised to Approve $82 Billion in New Assistance for Schools, Including Funds to Help Reopen Classrooms
New Homes, New Schools, Endless Delays. For Students in Foster Care, Pandemic Only Adds to the Chaos
‘No One Taught Us How to Do This’: As Families Face Evictions & Closed Classrooms, Data Shows ‘Dramatic’ Spike in Mid-Year School Moves
L.A. Pods: In Parks, Backyards and Old Storefronts, Small Groups Offer Children Some of What They’ve Lost in Months of Online Instruction
Former NEA Chief Eskelsen Garcia, Possible Education Secretary Pick, Under Scrutiny for Comments About Special-Needs Kids
Survey: Afterschool Participation Drops to Lowest Rate Since 2009, As Providers Seek Funding for Students During Pandemic
As First Lady, Jill Biden to ‘Bring a Lot More Power’ to Helping Students in Military Families
New Requirement to Publish Per-Pupil Spending Data Could Help Schools Direct Funding to the Neediest Students. But Even in the Face of Budget Cuts, State Implementation Lags
As California’s New Charter Law Takes Effect, Schools Bracing for Shutdowns Could Win a Reprieve from Pandemic
Report: District-Charter Funding Gap Grows to 33 Percent Less Per Student; 12 Cities Provide ‘A Trivial Amount’ or ‘No Funding’ for Charters
Trump Mulls Parting Shot on Private Schools, but Experts Dismiss Possible Executive Order as ‘More Bluster for the Base’
With Defeat of California’s ‘Split Roll’ Tax, Advocates Wonder How to Increase Educational Equity
‘The Numbers are Ugly’: Chronic Absenteeism Among California Elementary Students Could Be Surging by More Than 200 Percent
Incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis Victorious in NC After Democratic Challenger Concedes
Makeup of Senate Means Biden Will Likely Lack Votes and ‘Big Buckets of Funding’ for Expansive Education Agenda
Biden Wins Election, but with a Likely Divided Congress, One Ed Expert Warns, ‘There’s No Mandate Momentum Here’
From School Board to the White House, Gwinnett County’s Vote Falls Under National Microscope
With Control of Senate Uncertain, Educators Look to Mitch McConnell, Who Calls Pandemic Relief Package ‘Job One’
California Ban on Affirmative Action in College Admissions Likely to Stay in Place
Church, State and Choice: Wednesday Supreme Court Hearing Could Affect Debate on Public Funding of Religious Schools and Inclusion of Gay Students
20 State and Local Ballot Measures That Could Help Shape Education, from Legalizing Marijuana to Allowing Race-Based Admissions
Survey Finds Most Teachers Assigned Busy Work in the Spring. Now, Experts Say, It’s Time to Give Students More Challenging Assignments — Remote or Not
A Referendum on Race in Board Election for Gwinnett County, One of the Nation’s Largest and Most Stable School Districts
DeVos on the Docket: With 455 Lawsuits Against Her Department and Counting, Education Secretary is Left to Defend Much of Her Agenda in Court
Report Estimates 1 to 3 Million Students Missing From School Since March, But Data on Disrupted Learning is ‘At Best a Moving Target’
Election to Bring Major Changes to Senate Education Committee, with Early Childhood Champion Patty Murray Likely to Lead if Democrats Prevail
New Civil Rights Data Shows Increase in Reports of Sexual Violence at School
‘Right Now, All Students are Mobile’: New Pandemic Data Confirms a ‘Massive Event’ Disrupting School Enrollment
Study: In 28 Districts, Middle and High School Students Lose More Than a Year of Learning Due to Suspensions
Students Could Have Lost as Much as 183 Days of Learning Time in Reading, 232 Days in Math During First Four Months of Largely Virtual Schooling
Trump Calls Off Negotiations Over COVID-19 Relief Package, Leaving Educators Anxious Over State Budget Cuts in Faltering Economy
With Barrett Poised to Join Conservative SCOTUS Majority, Lower Courts Weigh Granting More Students Access to Private and Religious Schools
Barrett’s SCOTUS Confirmation Would Give Conservatives a Supermajority on Education Issues From Race-Based Admissions to School Choice but Could Create a ‘Desert for Equity,’ Experts Say
‘Where Are the Rest of You?’ With as Many as 600,000 Students Skipping Kindergarten During the Pandemic, Districts Plead With Parents Not to Delay
Survey: Nearly Half of High School Principals Have Helped Students Facing Homelessness During the Pandemic; 4 in 10 Have Aided Students Coping With Deaths in Their Family
At Reagan Summit, DeVos Rails Against Federal Schools ‘Footprint’ but Embraces White House Push for Patriotic Education
‘Confusion Reigns’ for Parents Seeking Child Care and Pre-K. But Some Experts Don’t See Biden’s Sprawling Early-Childhood Plan as a Fix
Third Annual Reagan Institute Event to Spotlight DeVos, State Chiefs at a Time of Strained Relations
First-Ever Report Spotlights California, New Jersey, D.C. as Best in Nation for Creating Prenatal-to-3 Policies That Set Children Up to Excel in Early Education
New Report Estimates School Closures’ Long-Term Impact on the U.S. Economy at More Than $14 Trillion
DeVos Waves White Flag on Private School Aid Fight, Pledging to ‘Respect the Rule of Law’ on Use of Pandemic Funds
As Congress Weighs Relief Funding, School Choice — and the Help of an Unlikely Democrat — May Play a Pivotal Role
Charters Close Achievement Gap With District Schools, Study Finds, With Black and Low-Income Students Making the Greatest Gains
Biden Blasts Trump’s Handling of COVID-19, Saying the President ‘Has No Real Plan’ for Getting Students and Teachers Back to School Safely
U.S. Department of Education Announces Flexibility in Afterschool Funding to Accommodate Learning Hubs and Centers During Virtual School Days
Los Angeles Superintendent Calls $150M COVID-19 Testing Effort ‘Necessary and Appropriate,’ but What He Really Wants Is a National Plan
Agriculture Secretary Perdue Extends Free Meals for All Students Through the End of Year After Pleas from Advocates, Congress
Charters Were Quicker to Provide Instruction, Regular Contact During Closures, Reports Say. But That’s Also How They ‘Keep the Kids,’ One Expert Explains
Trump Expected to Stick to Twin Themes of Reopening and Private School Choice at This Week’s Republican National Convention
17 Million Students Lack Home Internet. With No Relief From Congress in Sight, Schools Deploy an Awkward Mix of Buses, Mobile Hotspots to Get Them Online
Second Federal Judge Blocks DeVos Rule Over Sharing Pandemic Relief Funds WIth Private Schools
Florida Teachers Union, State Going to Mediation Over Gov. Ron DeSantis’s School Reopening Mandate
With Nation Focused on Reopening Schools, Biden’s Choice of Kamala Harris as Running Mate Could Renew Attention on Integration
As Distance Learning Pushes Parents Into Pods, Some Look for Ways to Make the Model More Inclusive
Trump’s Weekend Executive Actions Leave School Funding ‘On the Cutting Room Floor’
TikTok Helped Teachers and Students Stay Connected During the Pandemic. Now Trump Has Moved to Ban It
Amid Pandemic Downturn, New Research Shows Great Recession Hurt Student Test Scores, Widened Achievement Gaps & Reduced College Attendance
Plans to Administer ‘Nation’s Report Card’ in 2021 to Proceed Despite Concerns Over Reliability and Funding During Pandemic
Biden Prioritizes School Funding, Early Education and Classroom Equity in Appearance at AFT Convention; Decries GOP’s ‘Out of Touch’ Recovery Plan
Parents (and Lawyers) Say Distance Learning Failed Too Many Special Education Students. As Fall Approaches, Families Wonder If Their Children Will Lose Another School Year
New Study Reveals ‘Devastating Learning Loss’ for Youngest Children, Showing That Preschool Participation Has Fallen by Half During Pandemic — and May Not Improve in the Fall
Survey Provides ‘Moving Picture’ of Pandemic’s Turbulent Impact on Families With Young Children
As Congress Weighs Additional Funding, DeVos Suggests Schools That Stay Closed Don’t Need More Federal Relief
‘We Are Being Asked to Do the Impossible’: As Pandemic Spikes in Several States, Parents Brace for Historically Chaotic Return to School
Report: Deck Stacked Against Young Children of Color, but Leaders Can ‘Seize This Moment’ to Improve Equity
Battle Over Private School Choice Returns to States After Court Ruling, but Education Groups Pledge to ‘Protect’ Public Schools