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A shrinking Alaskan village needs new families to save its school. Thousands responded.

The advertisement that quickly spread on social media promises families willing to relocate: a year with all their expenses paid, a picturesque landscape, a three- or four-bedroom home, and fishing, kayaking and camping adventures.

Mayor Brandon Johnson picks new Chicago Board of Education president, 5 other new members

Mayor Brandon Johnson is replacing all but one member of the Chicago Board of Education, his first major step at bringing in his own allies to oversee the city's public schools.

Breaking down the Blueprint: The challenges school districts face in meeting students’ behavioral health needs

As part of the Blueprint process, education officials in all of Maryland’s 24 school systems must outline how they will fulfill the plan’s fourth “pillar,” or priority: how they will provide resources for all students to be successful.

“A human side’: Jewish community launches seminar on how to teach about the Holocaust

Dozens of teachers from school districts across central Ohio spent a day last month at Congregation Beth Tikvah in Worthington, a Jewish synagogue, where they received hands-on instruction so they could better educate the future generations of children about the Holocaust and the dangers of antisemitism.

Ransomware criminals are dumping kids’ private files online after school hacks

Complete sexual assault case folios containing these details were among more than 300,000 files dumped online in March after the 36,000-student Minneapolis Public Schools refused to pay a $1 million ransom.

Breaking down the Blueprint: The challenges school districts face in meeting students’ behavioral health needs

Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reform plan, officials in all of Maryland’s 24 school systems must outline how they will fulfill the plan’s fourth “pillar": how they will provide resources for all students to be successful.

Netherlands: Phone ban announced to stop school disruptions

There will be some exceptions, including for students with medical needs or a disability, and for classes focused on digital skills, the Dutch government has announced.

Albuquerque Public Schools custodian shot on job

Middle school custodian Paul Tafoya almost lost his life when he showed up for work. Just past 5:30 a.m., he asked a few people to leave after he found them trespassing and that’s when someone him in his back, twice, police say.

Dallas ISD superintendent worries new schools rating system will lead to drop in scores

It will now be more difficult to score well in the metric that assesses how prepared graduates are for college, career or the military. Changes will impact other data points as well, including by weighing scores differently based on campus size.

NYC’s ex-school food chief convicted in bribery case tied to icky chicken tenders

Eric Goldstein was convicted Wednesday in a bribery case that picked apart how chicken tenders riddled with bone and bits of metal were served for months in the nation’s biggest public school system.

Fairfax Co. schools inching closer to adding stop-arm cameras to bus fleet

The initiative, which has been years in the making, is one of several safety measures Fairfax County Public Schools is working to put in place.

Without paid family leave, teachers stockpile sick days and aim for summer babies

According to a survey by the National Council on Teacher Quality, less than one fifth of the nation's largest school districts offer paid parental leave for teachers. And only a handful of states guarantee it, including Delaware, Oregon and Georgia.

Columbus schools auditor quits after board president told her to stop surveying faculty

The driving decision in my departure was my concern with auditor interference when the board president instructed me to stop an audit,” Smith told The Dispatch recently. “It was a directive, which I complied with, and that led me to have concerns of, ‘Is this going to be the norm?’”

Cyberattack exposes sensitive data on NYC public school students, staff

The DOE says documents that were accessed include student evaluations, and exposed data includes social security numbers and birthdates.

HISD approved $2.2 billion budget, plan includes cuts to central office staff

The budget will include spending $8.7 million on expanding leadership density and $19.7 million on implementing the NES program at 29 schools, where teachers will be paid an average of over $80,000 per year, in addition to a $10,000 stipend.