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Dismantling of Education Department puts future of trillions of dollars in student loans in question

The $1.64 trillion financial portfolio is managed separately from the department’s policy apparatus, the latter of which Trump has sought to wind down or reassign to other agencies. President Trump acknowledged that the massive loan balance was a complicating factor in his effort to shutter the agency.

Oklahoma governor rejects plan to ask students about immigration status and slams ‘political drama’ at board of education

Education and immigration advocates questioned whether the proposal was constitutional and said they believed it will make immigrant families feel afraid and unwelcome at public schools.

Private schools, like in Wisconsin shooting, are responsible for their security. Here’s how they try to protect students

Private schools face funding challenges for security measures and often rely on self-funding or grants. Experts advocate for cost-effective protocols like staff training,  emergency preparedness and hiring a chief resource officer.

Lunchables removed from national school lunch program

Kraft Heinz, the company that produces Lunchables, announced that it will remove the meal kits from the National School Lunch Program. The company pulled the product because demand did not reach its targets, but it plans to revisit the idea in the future, according to an emailed statement from Kraft Heinz.

Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official’s classroom Bible mandate

A group of Oklahoma parents of public school students, teachers and ministers filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the state’s top education official from forcing schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students in grades 5 through 12.

What this high school senior wants adults to know about classroom phone bans

Some 72% of public high school teachers in the United States say that cell phone distraction among their students is a major problem, according to a study published by the Pew Research Center. Mary Frances Ruskell, a senior at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia, South Carolina, shares her thoughts on classroom phone bans. 

Apalachee High School students returned to school Tuesday. Here’s what the reopening looks like

Students arrive as Apalachee High School reopened Sept. 24, almost three weeks after a deadly shooting on campus in Winder, Georgia.

All-black outfits, hoodies, Crocs, cell phones and mirrors. Some students are returning to school with new bans in effect

Cell phone bans, dress code changes—in some cases banning hoodies and all-black clothing—and even the removal of mirrors from school bathrooms are among the changes schools across America are making in the name of safety and better student engagement.

West Virginia and Idaho ask Supreme Court to decide whether states can enforce anti-transgender sports bans

The two appeals from GOP-led states mark the first time the high court has been asked to decide the question in a substantive way amid a yearslong legal battle waged by transgender students and their advocates against a slew of such bans enacted in more than two dozen states.

The nation’s largest school district could ban cell phones by January

Phone usage during the school day has not only become a distraction, but an addiction, David Banks, the chancellor of New York City Public Schools, said.

Arizona is sending taxpayer money to religious schools—and billionaires see it as a model for the US

Near the edge of the Phoenix metro’s urban sprawl, surrounded by a wide expanse of saguaro-studded scrubland, Dream City Christian School is in the midst of a major expansion. Just a few miles away, the public Paradise Valley Unified School District is shrinking, not expanding.

Supreme Court refuses to hear case from parents who objected to school’s transgender support plans in DC suburbs

Three parents sued the Montgomery Country school district in Maryland over guidelines adopted in 2020 that allow schools to develop support plans for transgender students and “respect the students’ wishes to keep certain information confidential.”

Consumer Reports says Lunchables ‘should not be allowed on menu’ for schools, petitions USDA for removal

The school cafeteria versions of popular kids’ grocery store snack kit Lunchables is packed with too much sodium, the consumer watchdog group warned on Tuesday.

Former elementary school assistant principal charged after a teacher was shot by 6-year-old student

Ebony Parker, the former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary in Newport News, was indicted and charged with child abuse and disregard for life.

Teachers are using AI to grade essays. But some experts are raising ethical concerns

The emergence of AI is reshaping education, presenting real benefits, such as automating some tasks to free up time for more personalized instruction, but also some big hazards, from issues around accuracy and plagiarism to maintaining integrity.