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The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners ruled to end the candidacy of five school board nominees and to maintain the candidacy of five others. Several other cases still await decisions.
Anthropic launched Claude for Teachers, joining Google, OpenAI, and Khan Academy as tech companies compete to become the go-to classroom AI for educators.
Maine joined 15 states on Friday in suing the Trump administration to prevent millions of dollars in cuts to school-based mental health funding. The new lawsuit is part of an ongoing legal battle between Democratic-led states and the U.S. Department of Education over a mental health grant program that Congress establis…
The Detroit Public Schools Community District board gave final approval to a two-year contract with members of the Detroit Federation of Teachers, which includes teachers and other education staff in the district.
The budget also directs more funding to career training programs and special education. But it does not include the cellphone ban sought by Josh Shapiro.
The politically powerful Chicago Teachers Union announced its slate of endorsements for the city’s first fully elected school board Monday. It’s unclear how much their endorsement matters: the union has less campaign cash than other entities, but its tens of thousands of members can help get out the vote.
Denver could close persistently low-rated schools at the end of the 2026-27 school year under a new policy called the School Transformation Process.
A study of California districts reveals the challenge of balancing budgets as enrollments decline
Washington’s Mercer Island High School introduced instruction in the art and science behind podcasting as part of its curriculum about seven years ago, just as the medium started to gain widespread popularity. MIHS Students in the school’s radio and podcasting program have the opportunity to gain firsthand experience o…