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The Michigan Legislature on Friday morning approved a $22.9 billion education budget for the 2026-27 school year that provides additional funding for all students, and even more for students from low-income homes and English language learners.
We asked students around the country to reflect on the phrase "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and recorded what the high schoolers had to say. Note: This piece mentions self harm.
At least 135 public schools have closed or have been approved to close all across Texas since late 2023, as districts face budget crises amid state funding shortfalls.
Alaska saw an unprecedented wave of school closures this year. District officials grappling with severe budget shortfalls have opted to close 12 elementary and middle schools across the state — in Anchorage, Wasilla, Sutton, Seward, Sterling, Soldotna, Kasilof and Ketchikan. With those closures, hundreds of students an…
Superintendent Alberto Carvalho has resigned as leader of the Los Angeles Unified School District, four months after the FBI searched his home and office. A district spokesperson confirmed a letter of resignation from Carvalho on Sunday night. The reason for the timing wasn’t immediately clear. “The Board remains stead…
The Education Department alleged that Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools' policy not to disclose a student's transgender status even to parents violated the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Jeffco Public Schools said it could lose more than $90 million in federal funding that serves its 74,000 students.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools leaders are challenging the law that creates a nine-member GOP-appointed oversight board to control key district decisions.
Kansas City Public Schools teachers will receive a 5% base salary raise after the school board approved a new collective bargaining agreement with the Kansas City Federation of Teachers, the district’s teachers union. Superintendent Jennifer Collier called the raise “historic.” “This is the highest pay increase for KCP…