���Ĵ�ý

The new law brings sweeping changes, including national school vouchers, revised Medicaid and food assistance policies, and major overhauls to federal student loans and college funding.

The Education Department’s civil rights branch lost nearly half its staff amid mass layoffs in March, raising questions about its ability to address a deep backlog of complaints from students alleging discrimination based on disability, sex or race.

The Supreme Court allowed the Education Department to proceed with mass layoffs while a court fight rages on. But not all the firings were technically reversed.

“The decision to withhold this funding is contrary to President Trump’s goal of returning K12 education to the states,” the GOP senators wrote in a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought obtained by ABC News.

President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package will bring sweeping changes to federal student loans, in part by capping how much money people can borrow from the federal government to pay for college and graduate school.

West Virginia has the highest rate of graduation among public high school students, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics. States with the lowest adjusted cohort graduation rate include Arizona, Alaska and Idaho.

Over the past decade, enrollment at San Diego County public schools has decline by about five percent. That means there are 27,000 fewer students in local schools. State officials warn the decline will worsen, forcing tough decisions for educators. 

A group of parents and advocates have dropped a lawsuit against a proposed Catholic charter school in Oklahoma after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a state ruling blocking the school from operating with public funds. The plaintiffs, represented by national civil liberties groups, declared victory following the Court’s 4-4 split.

Chicago Public Schools announced layoffs of more than 1,400 district workers, including over 400 teachers. A total of 1,458 employees were laid off, a 3.2% increase from 2024's 1,410 layoffs.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most American teens—especially girls—say graduating from college is very important to achieving their life goals. Despite rising tuition costs and student debt, teens remain more optimistic about college than adults, with about 6 in 10 calling it a top priority compared to 4 in 10 adults.

A sweeping U.S. Supreme Court interpretation recognizes a First Amendment right to opt out of classroom lessons that pose a "very real threat of undermining" sincerely held religious beliefs. The ruling has school districts and their attorneys scrambling to review curricula and refine protocols for excusing students from certain material.

Historically, few students could jump ahead, and most who did were from schools with few low-income students. Chicago Public Schools is trying to make the policy more equitable.

A century ago, a Tennessee science teacher's fight to teach evolution ignited national controversy. But battles over school curricula still rage.

ll public schools in Oklahoma must pay for free cafeteria meals for every student and exclude certain dyes and processed foods, the state’s top...

The Education Department dismissed civil rights complaints at such a rapid clip this year that former officials and advocates are concerned about a core agency function amid plans to make deep staffing cuts.

States across the country are missing more than $6 billion in federal funding grants that have not been released by the Trump administration. The freeze leaves states and schools in limbo as they budget for programs for this summer and the upcoming school year.

The multi-year project partners with San Francisco students to design and interpret studies exploring chronic absenteeism—and explore how young people can be part of the solution.

Florida students did better on their state benchmark tests this year. However, the state teachers' union president said these tests are not an accurate indicator of how students are—or aren’t—improving.

In the latest state enrollment data released, California had 230,443 homeless students—a 9.3% increase from the previous year.

Transformation is far from guaranteed. Lawmakers first need to agree on a new school district map before proceeding with other facets of the law.

The grants were part of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a 2022 gun safety bill passed by Congress and signed by then-President Joe Biden after a teen gunman in Uvalde, Texas, killed 19 elementary school students and two teachers and injured 17 others.

Tulsa Public Schools will enforce new consequences for chronic absenteeism—students missing over 16 days may face grade retention, loss of transfers or ineligibility for activities. A new Attendance Review Committee will address excessive absences.

It’s a move with the potential to imperil afterschool programs, teacher training initiatives and education for migrant students. Some education advocacy groups estimate that approximately $5 billion is at stake.

Interim CPS CEO Macqueline King adjusted the district's deficit last week to $734 million, $200 million more than her predecessor Pedro Maritnez estimated. It means deeper cuts or more borrowing for the nation's fourth-largest school system, one already facing financial trouble and staff shortages.

In a 6-3 vote, the court backed the parents' claim that the Montgomery County Board of Education's decision not to allow an opt-out option for their children violated their religious rights under the Constitution's First Amendment, which protects religious expression.

While public school enrollment remained flat in America from 2012-2024, it plummeted by nearly 13% in West Virginia. More than 36,000 students left the public school system during that time.

Educators are largely behind restrictions being put in place. According to the Pew Research Center polling data released in June 2024, 72 percent of high school teachers say phone distractions are a major problem.

The survey shows the complexity of Americans’ attitudes toward religious expression in schools, which varies depending on the kind of expression and sometimes crosses partisan lines.

State legislators say they have put Union on the chopping block because of poor performance. But district leaders believe the real reason is so the state can reap the benefits of the Indiana Digital Learning School, which has grown to 7,500 students and pays the district an estimated $3 million in annual oversight fees.

The U.S. Department of Education missed its June 1 deadline to publish the full Condition of Education report, releasing only a partial version amid growing scrutiny. Due to staffing cuts and canceled contracts, the agency has produced far fewer statistics than in previous years—limiting critical data access for policymakers, researchers and the public.

Maryland’s school board approved changes in state regulations to align with a law that prevents removing books from school libraries without due process. The change will go into effect after a regulatory review process.

A Franklin County judge ruled Tuesday that Ohio’s Education Choice program is unconstitutional. This is the first ruling in the Vouchers Hurt Ohio lawsuit, a group of dozens of public schools and the Coalition for Adequacy and Equity of School funding which challenged Ohio’s EdChoice scholarship program as unconstitutional. Judge Jaiza Page recognized the lawsuit will likely progress through appeals court, so she said although it is unconstitutional, the EdChoice program can continue until a final verdict is reached. Judge Jaiza Page determined that the state took money from public schools to fund the voucher program, unfairly creating a second system of “uncommon private schools” directly funded by the state. The state has allocated more than $1 billion to fund the EdChoice program, particularly after the state removed the income requirement for participation.

Debates over the role of Christianity in public schools are intensifying nationwide, with recent legal and legislative battles in Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana spotlighting the issue. According to Pew Research, Americans remain sharply divided, with 52% supporting and 46% opposing teacher-led Christian prayers in classrooms.

While students of color made up 47% of those diagnosed with disabilities in 2012, about 80% of special education teachers were white—highlighting a racial mismatch between educators and the students they serve, new research says.

Georgia’s new English language arts standards will include an emphasis on handwriting, and particularly cursive. The standards will address handwriting starting in kindergarten and move to cursive in third through fifth grade.