The Signal in Education News
The U.S. Department of Education is encouraging states and school districts to use Title II funds to support strategic staffing models, which replace traditional single-teacher classrooms with team-based instruction involving at least two educators teaching the same student roster simultaneously.
NYC has spent $1.6 billion in recent years cushioning schools from enrollment-related cuts. As Mamdani warns of a $7 billion budget gap, officials have yet to say what he’ll do.
San Francisco Unified School District educators are striking for the first time since 1979, demanding 10% salary raises and fully funded family health benefits amid a $102 million budget gap for the 2026-27 school year. The strike has closed schools for two consecutive days, affecting the district's 50,000 students.
Districts warn they’re near breaking point after years without state baseline funding adjustments. Many say cost falls to local taxpayers.
The proposal includes the potential closure of 27 schools and the expansion of 11 in its first release of redistricting scenarios. The decision is not final and may change based on feedback until a final call is made in late fall.
A new lawsuit is at least the second attempt to use the courts to restore protections for sensitive locations. Enforcement near schools affects attendance, student mental health, and more.
One Knox County teacher asked lawmakers if they wanted schools to focus on academic achievement or to be an “instrument of immigration enforcement” against Tennessee students.
A high-stakes trial sparked by a California woman who first logged onto social media at age 10. Another lawsuit in Georgia filed by a school district despairing at distracted students. Dozens more legal actions brought by state attorneys general accusing digital platforms of playing mindgames with children.
Nearly 44,000 first-generation and low-income students no longer receive assistance with financial aid, tutoring, campus visits or dual-enrollment courses after a national college-access organization lost federal funding last fall. It was the first-ever cancellation of grants for TRIO, a federal program that has helped…