BOHEMIA, N.Y. — A New York school district is “erasing its Native American heritage” and violating civil rights law by changing its team name from the “Thunderbirds” to…
Read more School violated civil rights law in ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds’ name change, US saysKey points: Walk into any data meeting at a K-12 school today, and you’ll likely see a familiar scene: educators huddled around printed reports, highlighters in hand, trying…
Read more Beyond the dashboard: Why K-12 educators need data literacy, not just dataWest Charlotte High School’s marching band performs during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday parade in Charlotte on Saturday at the intersection of Tryon and Third streets.…
Read more How do Black high school and college students in Charlotte view MLK? We asked 8.MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to enforce his…
Read more Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act to end protestsKey points: Teacher preparation programs have long emphasized curriculum, instruction, and assessment. However, they often fall short in one critical area: social-emotional and mental health needs of students.…
Read more Reimagining teacher preparation to include student mental health supportsKey points: For the last two years, conversations about AI in education have tended to fall into two camps: excitement about efficiency or fear of replacement. Teachers worry…
Read more AI for empathy: Using generative tools to deepen, not replace, human connection in schoolsPhoto: Battle Ground Public School District Battle Ground, Wash. — After two recent failed bond levy’s, Battle Ground Public Schools will ask voters again to say yes to…
Read more Battle Ground Public Schools Goes for Another Levy – KXLNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Austin Peay State University has reinstated a professor who was fired for his social media post after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The…
Read more Tennessee university reinstates professor fired for Charlie Kirk post and settles for $500kKey points: Special education is at a breaking point. Across the country, more children than ever are being referred for evaluations to determine whether they qualify for special…
Read more The rise of remote psychoeducational testing: What school leaders need to knowKey Points: When a school building fails, everything it supports comes to a halt. Learning stops. Families scramble. Community stability is shaken. And while fire drills and lockdown…
Read more What K-20 leaders should know about building resilient campusesAs K-12 schools prepare for 2026, edtech and innovation are no longer driven by novelty–it’s driven by necessity. District leaders are navigating tighter budgets, shifting enrollment, rising cybersecurity…
Read more 48 predictions about edtech, innovation, and–yes–AI in 2026eSchool News is counting down the 10 most-read stories of 2025. Story #1 focuses on the Trump Administration’s goal of dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Key points:…
Read more What happens after the U.S. Department of Education is dissolved?Schools are facing a growing problem of students using artificial intelligence to transform innocent images of classmates into sexually explicit deepfakes. The fallout from the spread of the…
Read more The rise of deepfake cyberbullying poses a growing problem for schoolsBENTONVILLE, Ark. — As the number of skilled tradespeople dwindles in the United States, Walmart is trying to build up its own workforce to keep conveyor belts moving,…
Read more Walmart and other US companies want to build a pipeline of skilled tradespeopleNEW YORK — Mega billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, former news anchor Lauren Sánchez Bezos, are awarding $5 million to the founder of a neurodivergent…
Read more Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos are awarding $5 million to a leader in neurodiversity educationSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said Thursday that his administration is partnering with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI to bring artificial intelligence…
Read more El Salvador teams up with Elon Musk’s xAI to bring AI to 5,000 public schoolsMINNEAPOLIS, MN—Lerner Publishing Group, a leading publisher of K-12 educational materials, is proud to announce the launch of Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s groundbreaking Genius and Joy curriculum in Summer…
Read more Lerner Publishing Group Launches Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s Genius and Joy CurriculumGreenville, Wis – December 8, 2025 – School Specialty®, a leading provider of learning environments, supplies and science curriculum to the preK-12 education market, today announced the acquisition…
Read more School Specialty LLC Announces Acquisition of Nasco Education U.S.Key points: The bell rings at 10:00 a.m. A teacher begins explaining quadratic equations. Some students lean forward, pencils ready. Others stare at the clock. A few are…
Read more Teaching might be synchronous, but learning is always happening asynchronouslyThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department are seeking public feedback on how to implement a new federal tax credit scholarship program created under the One Big…
Read more IRS considers plans for major new tax credit for millions