Policy & Politics
Education news, analysis, and opinion about the legislation, guidance, policies and people involved in federal and state government
States
Texas Considers a Bigger Role for Christianity in Schools This Month. Here's How
The state board will vote on a required reading list that includes biblical passages.
Education Funding
Congress Is Working on a New K-12 Budget. See What's Proposed for Key Programs
House lawmakers advanced major cuts to Title I and several competitive grant programs.
Education Funding
House GOP Endorses Education Cuts as Talks on Trump's Budget Begin
House appropriators want to cut Title I by 9%—a cut President Donald Trump hasn't proposed.
Education Funding
Video
Tornado Threats Are a Constant. But Funding for a Safe Room Is Lagging
A school district has waited four years and counting to begin work on a tornado shelter funded with federal dollars.
Law & Courts
Opinion
How State Courts Are Quietly Shaping U.S. Education
In education, the real action is often at the state level, not in Washington, explains Derek Black.
Law & Courts
Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump's $100,000 Fee on New H-1B Visas
Schools and states say filling teacher and doctor vacancies was hard enough before the fee hike.
States
A State Puts Property-Tax Cuts on the Ballot This Fall—But Shields Schools
Florida lawmakers turned down a more sweeping property-tax reduction plan, leaving school taxes alone.
College & Workforce Readiness
Webinar
Data-Driven and District-Ready: What EdWeek Research Tells Us About the CTE Market
Discover how to sharpen your positioning in a fast-moving market of CTE with actionable strategies grounded in EdWeek Research Center data.
Classroom Technology
Live Online Discussion
A Seat at the Table: The Rewiring of Childhood With Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, and Adam Swinyard join Peter DeWitt on how to get students off devices and back to the basics of childhood.
Professional Development
K-12 Essentials Forum
Getting Professional Development to Stick
Join this free virtual event to explore best practices, funding, format, and timing for teacher and principal PD.
Federal Trump's Ed. Dept. Backs Away From Addressing Civil Rights for Black StudentsCivil rights attorneys describe the administration’s actions as an inversion of legal history.
Federal Interactive Feds Issue a Slimmed-Down Data Release on U.S. SchoolsThe Condition of Education highlights school enrollment, finance, and graduation data.
States New York Teachers Win Lower Retirement Age as Lawmakers Pass Pension ReformsNew York teachers can retire five years earlier under pension changes included in a state budget package.
States How One State's Efforts to Limit Undocumented Students’ Rights Failed AgainTennessee lawmakers failed to create legislation directly challenging federal law.
Federal Opinion We Need Better Data to Understand What Happens to Students After High SchoolHere are the two things we need before we can answer how well we’re preparing students.
Education Funding White House Blocks $2 Billion for Education: See All the Affected ProgramsWe're tracking federal education funding that Trump's federal budget office has stalled.
School & District Management
Quiz
Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Events and PD for K-12 Educators?
From peer-led sessions to AI training, see how well you understand today’s K-12 professional development priorities.
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Federal Opinion How the Institute of Education Sciences Could Better Serve Schools“It’s been all over the place,” explains the scholar tasked with reimagining IES.
Every Student Succeeds Act Trump Admin. OK's Another State's Ask for School Funding LeewayThe Ed. Dept. granted a second request to combine portions of four federal grants into one fund.
School Choice & Charters Could More States Try to Keep Islamic Schools Out of Their Choice Programs?A state asserted it could exclude certain schools from its new private school choice program.
Federal Senate Days Are Numbered for Top Republican Charged With Ed. Dept. OversightSen. Bill Cassidy was vying for a third term in the Senate but lost his primary over the weekend.
Standards & Accountability The U.S. Is in a 'Learning Recession.' Is NCLB's End to Blame?“Our challenge didn’t start or end with the pandemic,” said one of the authors of a new report.
Federal Opinion Trump's K-12 Leader: Let’s Improve Assessment Without Sacrificing AccountabilityThe Ed. Dept. is shrinking the federal footprint but raising academic expectations, says Kirsten Baesler.
Strategy & Operations
Exclusive Data
What Does It Take For Vendors To Get An In-Person Meeting With Administrators?
New survey data from EdWeek Market Brief shows what kind of contact with vendors and information about a product or service they'd need to know before agreeing to meet in-person.
Meeting District Needs
Market Analysis
Portraits of a Graduate and AI Could Revolutionize Assessment. Here’s What's Coming
A growing number of companies are racing to respond as a long-simmering demand for new, skills-based methods for measuring student success is starting to boil over in school districts across the country.
Strategy & Operations
Industry Insight
PowerSchool’s New CEO Sees Data, Automation as Key to K-12’s Next Era
Antonio Pietri talks about what the first seven months has been like in his new role.
Strategy & Operations
K-12 Dealmaking
Cognia to Merge With EL Education in Latest Assessment, Curriculum Deal
K-12 accreditor Cognia plans to merge with English language arts curriculum provider EL Education, the nonprofit organizations announced Thursday, as they aim to address a wider range of students' learning needs.