A week after school was supposed to start, classrooms in Washington state’s Evergreen Public Schools are still closed due to a staff strike

Banana phones and cozy corners: Colorado’s third year of universal preschool gets off the ground. Via @chalkbeat

Podcast: The inside story of how New Orleans rebooted its school system after Hurricane Katrina

Make America Fentanyl Free supports President Trump’s efforts to end the fentanyl crisis.

From AI in the classroom to cellphone bans, here are the top 10 issues the EdNC thinks will frame this school year. Via @educationnc

A new study from the University of Florida and University College London found that daily reading for pleasure has dropped more than 40% among all age groups over the last two decades, “a sustained, steady decline” of about 3% per year. @gtoppo reports

Over 250,000 @LASchools students will be eligible for extra tutoring, summer school and other academic help after the district settled a class-action lawsuit alleging that its remote learning methods during the pandemic were discriminatory. Via @CalMatters

Grok’s response ignited an uproar on Hebrew-language accounts, with accusations of antisemitism and calls for Elon Musk to intervene.

Could on-site Head Start programs transform the student parent experience at community colleges? @MarkSwartz reports

An anti-affirmative action group wants the school to end its policy of giving preference to Native Hawaiians. The school promises a vigorous defense. Via @CivilBeat

ICYMI: A chief architect of NOLA’s reforms, the former state superintendent says its culture of innovation rests on allowing schools to admit weakness

Medical groups warn that new unclear FDA limitations on who can receive the COVID vaccine may make it harder for postpartum people and healthy children to access the vaccine. Via @the19thnews

This year, Iowa, Montana, Ohio and Texas passed laws guaranteeing parents the right to have their children excused during the school day for free, off-campus religious instruction, often called “released time.” Via @states_newsroom. Read more here:

.@LASchools saw an increase in the number of patients, including students and their families, receiving medical, dental and behavioral health services at expanded wellness centers, according to a new @thelatrust report. Via @EdSource

North Carolina’s public schools reached their highest graduation rate in history last year, while students also posted a three-year high on most standardized tests, according to test data presented Wednesday to the State Board of Education. Via @NCNewsline

Opinion: For children and teens in immigrant households, the return to school over the next several weeks will be marked by fear, disruption and uncertainty caused by dramatic increases in immigration arrests in every state. Teachers need to be ready

Kids aren't reading for fun anymore. @gtoppo reports

Two weeks into the new school year, superintendent Alberto Carvalho says immigration dragnets haven’t hit students

A five-year project intends to remove child care barriers for student parents by increasing the number of Head Start programs on community college campuses. Read more here:

What might help?. – Phone bans in schools. – Silent reading time. – Treating reading as public health. – Finding “Great Gatsby moments” that transform kids into readers.Read @gtoppo’s full feature here 👇. 🔗 #EndofReading #BookTok.

One dad’s metaphor:.“Books are the salad. Phones are the chicken nuggets. And kids will always pick nuggets.” 🍗📱📚.

Nearly all bank accounts—99%—are covered by the $250K FDIC cap. Raising it to $20M+ would hand benefits to the top 1%, while taxpayers shoulder risk and banks take bigger gambles. With a Senate Banking hearing ahead, taxpayers deserve answers.

But could social media also be a solution? #BookTok creator daphsreads says young people crave book discussions: "I think a big part of getting people into reading is community." Book sales actually rose 9% in 2021 thanks to BookTok.