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Thirty-nine MSCS schools will face a new intervention model to boost student performance. But the district is also improving under the new system.

At its Dec. 3 meeting, the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance will preview what their final recommendations for changing control of city schools could be.

While these concerns aren’t new, they come at a particularly turbulent time for colleges and universities.

State grants will only be given to districts that agree to comprehensive investigations if a mass casualty event occurs.

A new report finds that students in juvenile detention often don’t get the special education support they need and struggle to reconnect with school after they’re released.

With only several weeks of the year left, Chicago’s city council is figuring out the city’s 2026 budget. School board members and local community leaders are urging alderpeople to vote for Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal.

Colorado has consistently ranked near the bottom in getting students to complete the FAFSA.

The four-year agreement includes raises and still needs to go to union membership for a vote.

The comment from school board member Michilia Blaise comes weeks after the Chicago Board of Education appeared to have two finalists for CPS’ next CEO.

Students and parents are pushing to relocate the only specialized high school in Queens to a bigger site. The new HBCU Early College school is eyeing it as well.

A new DPSCD board aims to waive a requirement that children must eat meals on-site at school, as well as a provision where at-risk after school care programs can only be eligible if they have “organized, regularly scheduled activities."

Several Colorado university faculty councils say school leaders should adopt a so-called mutual academic defense compact to counter the Trump administration’s push to reshape higher education. The compact originated at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Whatever the problems of higher education, the narrative has raced far ahead of the reality. Let’s unpack the disconnect between the data and the vibes.

Stephen Paulson, a social studies teacher in Greeley, spearheaded a schoolwide service project that proved popular among students and staff.

Teachers unions and left-wing coalitions have long resisted mayoral control of urban school districts. But Chicago and Boston are testing that position, as cities like New York and Indianapolis also explore changing who’s in charge.

The Illinois State Board of Education is changing the state’s school accountability system. But the current plan before the board is drawing skepticism.

Head Start providers have been unsure about the status of their funding grants since the federal government shutdown.

Dual-enrolled high school students have led Colorado community college enrollment gains, but this year shows that more recent high school graduates and older students are seeing two-year schools as an option.

At dozens of schools that took in the largest shares of migrant students in recent years, enrollment fell by 11% over the past year, wiping away years of gains.

"We know from national data that there’s a lot of kids struggling in school right now. The vast majority of those kids are not identified for special ed. ... How are we making determinations about who gets help and how should they get help?"