A discussion on protecting college affordability efforts and ensuring students can access promised financial support.
Absenteeism Is a Major Problem. So Why Can’t Schools Agree on How to Measure It?
From state to state, and sometimes from district to district, schools use different metrics to decide what constitutes an absence.
From state to state, and sometimes from district to district, schools use different metrics to decide what constitutes an absence.
As Students Head Back to School, Let’s Rethink What’s Success in Sex Education
A discussion on improving sex education approaches, focusing on student knowledge, health, and informed decision-making.
A discussion on improving sex education approaches, focusing on student knowledge, health, and informed decision-making.
The Schools Turning to AI to Rate Students Beyond A-F Grades
Mastery Transcript Consortium teachers will use the technology to provide feedback on everything from student's artwork to verbal presentations.
Mastery Transcript Consortium teachers will use the technology to provide feedback on everything from student’s artwork to verbal presentations.
Making School Lunches Healthy Is Great – If Kids Will Eat What’s on the Tray
Loretta: West Virginia banned dyes and started a farm-to-table program for school cafeterias. Will that momentum carry over to the lunch line?
Loretta: West Virginia banned dyes and started a farm-to-table program for school cafeterias. Will that momentum carry over to the lunch line?
New Report Ties Chronic Absenteeism to Sluggish Academic Outcomes
Districts where students missed more school days were slower to return to pre-pandemic achievement levels, NWEA found.
Districts where students missed more school days were slower to return to pre-pandemic achievement levels, NWEA found.
Measles Cases Hit 35-Year Record High Just As Kids Head Back to School
South Carolina and Utah account for half of the 2026 cases. In S.C., 50 districts are already back in session and Utah schools are soon to follow.
South Carolina and Utah account for half of the 2026 cases. In S.C., 50 districts are already back in session and Utah schools are soon to follow.
AI Tutors Are Praising Instead of Teaching. Here’s Why That’s Hurting Students
Austria: Researchers call it sycophancy: when an AI system flatters, agrees with or validates a user even when a correction would be more truthful.
Austria: Researchers call it sycophancy: when an AI system flatters, agrees with or validates a user even when a correction would be more truthful.
As the Education Department Is Dismantled, Who Protects the Right to Learn?
Lhamon and Young: Moving special education services and civil rights complaints to other federal agencies weakens protections for students.
Lhamon and Young: Moving special education services and civil rights complaints to other federal agencies weakens protections for students.
Who Decides Which Stories Children Get to Read?
Jan Lacina, editor of a textbook that helps teachers select children’s books, discusses censorship and why access to diverse literature matters.
Jan Lacina, editor of a textbook that helps teachers select children’s books, discusses censorship and why access to diverse literature matters.
Exclusive: Nearly 1,900 U.S. Public Schools Within a Mile of a Data Center
Research shows lower math scores among students attending schools nearby.
Research shows lower math scores among students attending schools nearby.
Settling Scores: Experts Debate Why AP Performance Has Soared
Since the College Board began changing its grading criteria for Advanced Placement exams, scores have climbed rapidly.
Since the College Board began changing its grading criteria for Advanced Placement exams, scores have climbed rapidly.
Threat of Deportation, Program Cuts Disrupt Student Learning
Teacher’s View: Children are having their academic and social development interrupted by chaotic, amplified and violent immigration enforcement.
Teacher’s View: Children are having their academic and social development interrupted by chaotic, amplified and violent immigration enforcement.
I’m a Teen Athlete. We’re Missing Something Important About Concussions
Student View: My sister died during a mental health crisis after a concussion. I pushed for a new Colorado law to educate kids, coaches and families.
Student View: My sister died during a mental health crisis after a concussion. I pushed for a new Colorado law to educate kids, coaches and families.
Report: Black Students’ Exclusion From High-Quality Math Has Dire Consequences
Black children are 15% of public school students, but only 6% of those in AP math while 12% of all workers are Black but just 9% of those in STEM.
Black children are 15% of public school students, but only 6% of those in AP math while 12% of all workers are Black but just 9% of those in STEM.
Rural NY School District Will Be One of First to Bring Humanoid Robot Into Classroom
Starting this fall, Salamanca High School will deploy a humanoid robot and avatar teaching assistant.
Starting this fall, Salamanca High School will deploy a humanoid robot and avatar teaching assistant.