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Multiple people, including children, were injured in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, according to the Bend Police Department. The suspected shooter died shortly after officers arrived at the scene,…
2026-10-15 · 3 MIN READAn independent 158-page report released Friday by a team of experts assembled by Utah Valley University found that school officials warned Turning Point USA weeks before the September 10, 2025 rally at which the organization's founder,…
2026-09-25 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. Education Department published the 2023-24 Civil Rights Data Collection on its website this week, about six months past the agency's own deadline for releasing the data. The dataset, drawn from nearly every public school in the…
2026-09-04 · 6 MIN READCalifornia lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk that would clarify how schools spend the roughly $1 billion in annual arts education funding created by Proposition 28, after reaching a compromise with Austin Beutner, the…
2026-09-03 · 4 MIN READPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to create the U.S. Space Academy, a new institution intended to train and educate personnel for the nation's aerospace workforce and military space branches. The signing took place…
2026-08-28 · 3 MIN READThe Federal Communications Commission is reviewing E-Rate, the federal program that helps schools pay for broadband service. The Associated Press reported that the review could end the program. More than 96,000 schools apply each year for…
2026-08-24 · 3 MIN READA 1939 conference of transportation officials from all 48 U.S. states chose the deep, slightly orange-tinted yellow now known as "school bus yellow" for its visibility, the Associated Press reported. No act of Congress set the color; the…
2026-08-21 · 3 MIN READEducators in North Charleston, South Carolina, gathered in a high school auditorium ahead of the new school year and watched an artificial intelligence tool generate a world map riddled with misspellings. Instructor Amanda Bickerstaff…
2026-08-21 · 4 MIN READOmaha Public Schools Superintendent Matthew Ray requested Tuesday that police officers assigned to district schools stop using electric shock gloves, a program he said he had only learned about the previous week.
2026-08-20 · 3 MIN READOpenAI is launching ChatGPT for Teens on Tuesday for users ages 13 to 17, with stronger protections that restrict content related to suicide, self-harm, and romantic or sexual chats. The San Francisco-based company said the service also…
2026-08-18 · 3 MIN READThe Salamanca City Central School District has paused a $60,000 plan to deploy a humanoid robot called Sally in a high school classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns over the company's…
2026-07-28 · 3 MIN READATLANTA (MSI) — Colt Gray, the teenager accused of killing four people in the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting, is scheduled to appear in Barrow County Superior Court on Friday for a plea and sentencing hearing that could resolve the…
2026-07-24 · 3 MIN READFirst lady Melania Trump on Tuesday presented the inaugural Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge National Champion Awards at the White House, honoring student teams from across the country for projects that used AI to address…
2026-06-09 · 3 MIN READTeachers across Mississippi say the state's new digital platform for purchasing classroom supplies has made it harder for them to access their $748 annual allotment weeks before the 2026-2027 school year begins, according to the Associated…
2026-07-16 · 4 MIN READ
A federal appeals court on Tuesday terminated more than 60 years of federal court supervision over a Louisiana public school system that was originally ordered to dismantle segregation. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a…
2026-07-15 · 3 MIN READColt Gray, the Georgia teenager accused of fatally shooting two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in 2024, is expected to change his plea from not guilty at a hearing scheduled for July 24 in Barrow County Superior Court,…
2026-07-11 · 4 MIN READUtah has revoked the license of Provo Canyon School, a psychiatric residential treatment facility where socialite Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager, citing multiple health and safety violations dating to 2025.
2026-07-07 · 3 MIN READWealthy families are increasingly choosing alternative K-8 schools that emphasize life skills, entrepreneurial thinking and AI-based learning, according to parents and school founders. Schools such as Alpha School and Forge Prep are…
2026-07-04 · 3 MIN READAuthorities in Plantation, Florida, said Tuesday they are investigating after a child was found dead Monday inside a vehicle parked outside A World of Discovery Academy. The child's father arrived at the school to pick up his child and…
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READThe Texas State Board of Education on Friday approved a new statewide reading list that will require Bible passages for more than 5 million public school students, advancing a conservative push to increase the role of religion in…
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READA suburban Philadelphia school board voted 7-2 to repeal a policy that allowed parents to opt their children out of using school-issued devices, triggering angry protests from hundreds of parents who said the district was ignoring their…
2026-06-21 · 3 MIN READAn immigration arrest outside a Baltimore elementary school Thursday morning drew sharp criticism from state and local officials, who said the operation violated pledges that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would not conduct…
2026-06-13 · 3 MIN READA growing number of students who are rejected from top public universities are enrolling in online programs or nearby community colleges while still living in college towns and participating in campus social life, creating a parallel path…
2026-06-11 · 3 MIN READSocial media companies including Meta, Google, Snapchat, and TikTok face a wave of lawsuits in the coming months over claims that their platforms harm children, with trials set to begin in cases brought by school districts, states, and…
2026-06-11 · 3 MIN READA 17-year-old Maryland high school student walked across the stage at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on May 28 to receive his diploma — a milestone his father, Marco, watched via livestream from Mexico after being arrested by…
2026-06-06 · 3 MIN READTestimony unfolded this week in the murder trial of a 19-year-old accused of fatally stabbing a fellow high school student during a track meet in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025. The case has drawn national attention amid debate over racial…
2026-06-05 · 4 MIN READJesuit High School of New Orleans has agreed to pay a seven-figure sum to settle a lawsuit alleging that two janitors molested a preteen boy on the school’s campus in the mid-1970s, according to The Guardian and court records. The…
2026-06-05 · 3 MIN READMore than 60,000 Wall Street Journal readers tested their personal finance knowledge against high school students in a quiz based on the National Personal Finance Challenge, the Journal reported Friday. The Mt. Hebron High School team from…
2026-06-05 · 3 MIN READActor and television personality Mario Lopez will host the first-ever Presidential 1776 Award national finals, a civics competition for high school students, airing June 30 on CBS. The event, presented by the U.S. Department of Education…
2026-06-05 · 3 MIN READA new NPR/Ipsos poll of 545 K-12 teachers across the United States finds that nearly three-quarters believe artificial intelligence will have bigger implications for education than past innovations like the internet or personal computers.…
2026-06-05 · 4 MIN READA Virginia circuit judge on Thursday dismissed all eight felony child neglect charges against Ebony Parker, the former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School, ruling that the allegations against her did not amount to a crime.
2026-05-21 · 3 MIN READOverworked and understaffed special education teachers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to speed up paperwork, including work on individualized education programs required under federal law. In Bay Point, Calif., teacher Mary…
2026-05-20 · 3 MIN READOpening statements began Tuesday in the trial of Ebony Parker, a former Richneck Elementary School assistant principal in Newport News, Virginia, who faces eight felony child neglect counts in the January 2023 shooting of first-grade…
2026-05-20 · 3 MIN READA lawsuit filed in Massachusetts state court accuses the state of maintaining school assignments that keep Black and Latino students concentrated in high-poverty, low-opportunity districts. The plaintiffs say the practice of assigning…
2026-05-20 · 3 MIN READOpening statements began Tuesday in the trial of a former Virginia elementary school assistant principal charged with felony child neglect, with the prosecutor telling a jury that school officials warned the defendant multiple times about…
2026-05-19 · 3 MIN READOpening statements began Tuesday in the trial of Ebony Parker, a former assistant principal in Virginia accused of felony child neglect in the January 2023 shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News. Prosecutors said school…
2026-05-19 · 3 MIN READFormer President Barack Obama met with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on April 18 at a child care center in Manhattan, where the two read "Alone and Together" to preschoolers and led them in a singalong of "The Wheels on the Bus." The…
2026-05-17 · 4 MIN READThe Lower Merion School District board told parents this week it will not allow students to opt out of using school-issued devices, rebuffing a petition signed by more than 600 residents who say ubiquitous screens are harming their…
2026-05-15 · 3 MIN READParents in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, are pressing a school district to allow families to opt their children out of classroom technology, arguing that screens are distracting and can encourage behavior such as gaming or watching…
2026-05-15 · 3 MIN READNationally, American students remain nearly half a grade level behind pre-pandemic reading scores, and the decline predates COVID-19 disruptions by years, according to a new Education Scorecard from researchers at Harvard, Stanford, and…
2026-05-14 · 3 MIN READThe Associated Press reports that a national education scorecard finds U.S. reading test scores have continued to fall after years of decline, prompting warnings of a “reading recession.” The same analysis, drawn from state tests covering…
2026-05-14 · 3 MIN READRoughly 76,000 fewer students enrolled in Texas public schools this academic year, the first non-pandemic enrollment decline in nearly four decades, according to a report from the policy research group Texas 2036. Hispanic students…
2026-05-13 · 3 MIN READTexas public schools saw their first non-pandemic decline in nearly four decades this academic year, with roughly 76,000 fewer students enrolled, according to a report released Monday. Hispanic students accounted for 81% of the drop, and…
2026-05-13 · 3 MIN READWith the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaching, U.S. history teachers are guiding students through a deeper examination of the nation's founding ideals—who they were written for, who was excluded, and whether the…
2026-05-08 · 3 MIN READAs the Declaration of Independence approaches its 250th anniversary, history and civics teachers say they face increased scrutiny over how to teach the nation’s founding ideals and their contradictions. Some educators use activities that…
2026-05-08 · 3 MIN READThe largest study yet of school cell phone bans found that locking up students’ phones during the school day cuts in-school use sharply, but the practice has not delivered quick improvements in test scores, attendance or bullying,…
2026-05-06 · 5 MIN READA 13-year-old student admitted carrying out a shooting attack at a public school in Rio Branco, Brazil, on Tuesday, killing two female staff members and injuring another staff member and a student, authorities said. Police said the suspect…
2026-05-06 · 3 MIN READA school shooting in Brazil’s Acre state on Tuesday left two women dead and two others injured, authorities said. Police said a 13-year-old student was detained after authorities said the student carried out the attack at a public school…
2026-05-06 · 3 MIN READTeachers in schools that adopted bell-to-bell cellphone bans reported fewer distractions when students had to lock phones away during the school day, according to a new study using actual data from lockable-phone pouches. The research,…
2026-05-06 · 3 MIN READLess than two years after her 6-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, Nicole Hockley helped launch a nationwide student program that teaches peers to spot warning signs and report concerns to an anonymous tip…
2026-04-30 · 3 MIN READCalifornia lawmakers are weighing Senate Bill 1067, which would require schools to screen all kindergartners and first- and second-graders for basic math skills and provide extra help for students who need it. The proposal comes as…
2026-04-29 · 3 MIN READTexas state health regulators have identified nearly two dozen deficiencies in Camp Mystic’s emergency operations plan as the all-girls Christian camp seeks a late-May reopening, less than a year after a deadly flood killed 27 children and…
2026-04-26 · 3 MIN READMiddle school students in Mississippi stopped a school bus from crashing after the driver blacked out while driving on a four-lane highway, the Associated Press reported. The bus left Hancock Middle School in Hancock County with about 40…
2026-04-26 · 3 MIN READThe National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday recommended that all new school buses be equipped with alcohol detection systems that can disable the bus if they detect the driver might be impaired. The recommendation follows a West…
2026-04-24 · 3 MIN READMichigan school districts are trying to cut chronic absenteeism with programs that frame attendance as a competition or a public challenge, including a “Show Up Challenge” in Muskegon County and an effort to encourage students to stay…
2026-04-24 · 3 MIN READThe Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case from two Colorado Catholic preschools challenging their exclusion from the state's taxpayer-funded universal preschool program because they refuse to admit children from LGBTQ+ families.…
2026-04-20 · 4 MIN READOrick Elementary School District in northern Humboldt County operates a single kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school with nine students. California spends $118,000 per pupil per year to keep it open — more than five times the state…
2026-04-20 · 3 MIN READThe Tennessee Senate voted 18-14 on Thursday to expand the state's school voucher program to 35,000 vouchers for the 2026-27 academic year, nearly doubling the current enrollment. The expansion will direct approximately $260 million in…
2026-04-17 · 3 MIN READPauls Valley High School Principal Kirk Moore tackled and disarmed a gunman who entered the school lobby and opened fire on April 7, security video released by the district shows. Moore was shot in the leg during the attack but managed to…
2026-04-15 · 3 MIN READMichigan’s high school graduation rate hit a new high last year, but education advocates say only 27% of students left prepared for college based on state test performance. As chronic absenteeism and uneven access to career and college…
2026-04-14 · 3 MIN READTexas health regulators told Camp Mystic’s owners they are investigating “hundreds of complaints” about the all-girls camp’s 2025 operations as the state considers whether the camp can reopen this summer after last year’s deadly floods.…
2026-04-08 · 3 MIN READA high school principal in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, was shot in the leg Tuesday after confronting a man who entered the school with a gun, authorities said. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said the suspect, a 20-year-old former…
2026-04-08 · 3 MIN READA 12-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murder in the death of a classmate who was hit in the head with a metal water bottle during an alleged bullying incident at a Los Angeles school, authorities said April 3. Los Angeles Police…
2026-04-04 · 3 MIN READA college instructor at Cornell University has introduced an “analog” classroom assignment using manual typewriters to reduce the use of generative AI and online translation tools for coursework. German language instructor Grit Matthias…
2026-04-01 · 3 MIN READPresident José Antonio Kast said his administration will tighten security at schools after a stabbing left one dead and four wounded, and after a student was detained trying to enter a school with a loaded firearm. Education Minister María…
2026-03-31 · 3 MIN READA California appeals court ruled that the West Contra Costa Unified School District violated state law by not doing enough to hire qualified teachers for every classroom. The decision reverses a 2024 ruling that accepted the district’s…
2026-03-31 · 3 MIN READRural schools across northern Michigan are trying to steer students toward education beyond high school while acknowledging that many families prefer staying close to home, even when jobs pay less. In interviews with students and…
2026-03-25 · 3 MIN READMichigan is expanding a new state-backed apprenticeship program designed to help current child care and pre-K workers earn credentials, with the goal of increasing staffing for early childhood classrooms.
2026-03-15 · 3 MIN READConnecticut lawmakers are considering whether to make bell-to-bell cellphone bans in schools statewide policy, after districts including Meriden adopted tighter rules aimed at improving focus. At a Feb. 20 public hearing, Education…
2026-03-10 · 3 MIN READA Maine educator and instructional coach, Kirsten Chansky, created a curriculum to teach phonemic awareness after teachers in her district said they lacked ready-made materials focused on breaking down and blending letter sounds. The pilot…
2026-03-09 · 3 MIN READFirst and second graders are still falling behind pre-pandemic levels on reading and math tests, according to a report released Tuesday by NWEA. The report finds math scores edging up each year, while reading scores remain stagnant since…
2026-03-09 · 3 MIN READVermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer said a 39-page report found gaps in the state’s child care oversight that could pose safety risks and jeopardize federal funding. The audit pointed to inconsistent handling of providers’ violations,…
2026-03-09 · 3 MIN READSatellite imagery, expert analysis and a statement from a U.S. official point to a United States airstrike as the cause of a Feb. 28 explosion that killed more than 165 people, most of them girls, at a primary school in southern Iran, the…
2026-03-06 · 6 MIN READSatellite imagery, expert analysis, a U.S. official and information released by the American and Israeli militaries indicate a Feb. 28 blast that killed more than 165 people at an Iranian elementary school was likely caused by U.S.…
2026-03-06 · 4 MIN READHawaii's Department of Education has failed to track which food purchases came from local sources, lacked functioning software to monitor spending, and fell back on handwritten ledgers — even as state lawmakers pressed the agency to…
2026-03-06 · 5 MIN READTwo years after Hawaiʻi launched a $7 million effort to equip public school campuses with panic buttons, only one school in the state has the technology installed — and it is not using it. The company contracted to provide monitoring…
2026-03-05 · 4 MIN READTexas school districts have been given the option to set aside daily prayer time under a new state law, but only 15 districts have opted in, according to a report distributed by the Associated Press on Monday.
2026-03-02 · 3 MIN READFor some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments begin not in the classroom but in the doctor’s office. Nationwide Children’s Hospital has started screening children’s literacy skills as early as age 3 during pediatrician…
2026-03-01 · 3 MIN READTexas’ State Board of Education voted to approve changes to the state’s optional, Bible-infused “Bluebonnet” public-school curriculum after teachers and education officials identified thousands of needed updates. Board members said the…
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