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A new report finds school supply costs are up 7.7% overall this season, with some staples rising by double digits.
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Jul 27
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  • Texas is the latest state to accept the Classic Learning Test, an alternative exam that has triggered debate over academic rigor.
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    Jul 27
    4m read

    This standardized test is gaining traction in the US, but not everyone is on board

  • Some states are now implementing new laws to combat what’s known as chronic absence.
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    Jul 22
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    The biggest threat to students isn’t curriculum or AI. It’s chronic absence

  • Northwestern University engineers have created a small drone called Phantom Twist that spins up to 25 times per second, making it blur into the background while flying.
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    Jul 16
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    Experimental drone design uses a simple trick to nearly disappear

  • The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has launched an initiative to try and crack down on the issue of adults sexually assaulting students in schools.
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    Jul 14
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    Education Dept. launches crackdown on school sexual misconduct, but critics question impact

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    Public schools were America’s great equalizer. What happened?

  • The Trump administration has introduced new rules requiring colleges and universities to prove their degrees are worth the high tuition cost.
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    Jun 30
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    New Trump admin rules tie federal student loans to how much money graduates earn

  • A small Florida liberal arts college seized in 2023 by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to triple in size come next week.
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    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ anti-‘woke’ college is about to triple in size

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  • Parental rights and homeschool advocates fear a Rhode Island bill could make the education plan tougher, while one judge said it closes a legal loophole.
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    Homeschoolers call a truancy bill in Rhode Island a public school power grab

  • Less students are enrolling in higher education, and therefore less money is coming into those schools.
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    May 20
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    America’s shrinking birth rate is becoming higher education’s problem

  • Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District, or LAUSD, are one step closer to being assured they can still go to school for the rest of the week.
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    Apr 13
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    Los Angeles teachers reach deal for a raise but could still strike

  • Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images
    Apr 7
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    Texas considers required reading lists with Bible passages in schools

  • A federal judge in Massachusetts blocked the Trump administration's attempt to collect seven years worth of admissions data on the race of applicants from public universities.
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    Apr 4
    3m read

    Judge blocks Trump admin’s efforts to get college data on applicants’ race

  • What was billed as a temporary tax hike in California in 2012 could become permanent for wealthy Californians. That new push is heavily backed by one of the largest teachers’ unions in the country.
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    Apr 3
    5m read

    Teacher-backed initiative makes California’s temporary tax hike permanent

  • Students go to college for many reasons, including the potential to land a higher-paying job once they’ve finished their education. Now, the Trump administration and several states are moving on legislation and policies to ensure those schools help students land those jobs.
    Peter W. Stevenson/The Washington Post via Getty Images
    Mar 28
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    States move to close college departments with poor grads

  • A university ended it's student-run college Republican group after accusations of antisemitism built, sparking a First Amendment lawsuit.
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    Mar 18
    5m read

    Another college Republican group faces fallout as antisemitism controversies mount on campuses

  • American public students continue to graduate without being able to read.
    Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
    Mar 10
    11m read

    Yet another illiterate graduate sues their high school. What is happening?

  • A loophole in the Higher Education Act meant homeschool graduates weren't counted as high school ones. The House of Representatives passed legislation to close it.
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    Mar 4
    5m read

    Congress targets obscure legal loophole keeping some homeschoolers out of jobs

  • Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer's approval rating at an all-time low; and Texas to fix 4,000 mistakes in Bible-filled curriculum.
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    Mar 2
    2m read

    Schumer’s approval rating hits record low; Texas moves to fix thousands of errors in Bible-filled curriculum

  • The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that it's too early to determine the constitutionality of a Louisiana law that requires public schools display the Ten Commandments in their classroom — meaning it can be enforced.
    Douglas Sacha/Getty Images
    Feb 21
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    Court allows Louisiana law requiring 10 commandments in schools to take effect

  • Feb 12
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    Inside the plan to move charter schools into public buildings

  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the department is cutting its academic ties with Harvard University.
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    Feb 7
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    Hegseth says Defense Department is cutting ties with Harvard

  • For more than 60 years, many people seeking raw, country-by-country economic and population data have turned to the CIA’s World Factbook. But this week, the "gold standard" for global statistics went dark. On Wednesday, the agency quietly shuttered the online reference, replacing it with a farewell note that urged readers to "stay curious about the world and find ways to explore it… in person or virtually."
    SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
    Feb 6
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    Goodbye, Factbook: CIA shuts down world reference publication after six decades

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