The Federal Student Aid office plans to hire 334 full-time employees by 2027, despite staffing cuts last year and efforts to send the department’s work to other agencies.

Latvia now requires high school students to take national defense classes, including weapons training, as concerns about Russia remain high. Officials say the program is meant to build resilience and responsible citizenship.

The audit, spurred by a June 2021 investigation by Business Insider, looked at the relationship between the Val Verde Unified School District and Pegasus California School, more than 6,000 miles away in Qingdao, China.

Educators fear immigration raids will have long-term consequences similar to the Covid-19 pandemic like increased student absences and anxiety and declining academic performance.

An emergency appeal asks the high court to reinstate a judge’s ruling that allowed parents with religious objections to opt out of the law’s provisions that require public school teachers not to tell parents if a child asks to use different pronouns or adopt a different gender identity.

Florida’s expansion of school choice has left more than $400 million in taxpayer-funded education vouchers sitting unused, exposing major cracks in the state’s booming program.

Critics say issues with accessing federal career and technical education funding could preview bigger problems when the Trump administration starts to outsource more of the Education Department’s responsibilities to other agencies.

Cash-strapped Head Start centers across the country are being forced to close their doors, with more expected to shutter as the shutdown continues.