Starting with incoming freshmen in the class of 2030, all students in Hawai‘i public schools must successfully complete a financial literacy educational opportunity prior to graduation and document completion through their Personal Transition Plan.
Fourteen North Carolina districts have operated without a staff psychologist since 2020, leaving students without consistent mental health support despite contracted evaluations.
Researchers from University of California San Diego report that an expanded, school-based tobacco prevention program in California was associated with significantly lower rates of smoking and vaping among middle and high school students.
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.
A federal judge ended a long-running desegregation case in Louisiana’s DeSoto Parish at the request of state and Justice Department officials. Civil rights groups argue such orders remain necessary to address lasting effects of segregation.
With youth mental health at historic highs, a Rutgers researcher is calling for expanded, context-driven trauma and grief counseling in schools. The push comes as states consider legislation to better address the complex roots of childhood trauma.
The move came after officials at Roosevelt High School said armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.
The state’s largest teachers union is arguing that investigations into teachers’ social media posts about Charlie Kirk violate free speech and have a chilling effect on educators.
New research from Stony Brook Medicine shows most parents support smartphone bans in schools, even as students spend more than an hour a day on their phones during school hours, raising concerns about learning and social time.
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.
In 2026, the federal government will curb access to billions of dollars in student loans, reconfigure how borrowers repay their debt and provide new grant money for short-term career training programs.
While the state works on a uniform playbook for AI in K12 schools, districts are making their own calls on everything from lesson plan use to cheating—creating a fast-evolving, erratic AI landscape across Connecticut schools.
Research suggests the country is missing its biggest opportunity to prevent youth homelessness—by intervening well before a young person reaches a shelter and years before they are chronically homeless.
Schools are facing a growing problem of students using artificial intelligence to transform innocent images of classmates into sexually explicit deepfakes.
The Student Wellness Act would allow school districts to count mental health days as excused absences, with policies setting limits, definitions and referral guidelines for student support services.
The School Committee voted to close Another Course to College, Community Academy of Science and Health and Lee Academy Pilot School. The upper and lower schools of the Henderson K12 Inclusion School will be merged into one school serving students in pre-K to eighth grade.
Rural school districts are losing mental health and enrichment programs after the Trump administration cut federal education grants. With limited funding alternatives, many say the losses will have lasting effects on students.
When it comes to the fight over public education, some of the most significant dustups are happening on the local level, with school boards around the country.
President Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee threatens California’s ability to fill critical teacher shortages in special education and bilingual programs.
Transgender students in Maine public schools faced over twice the threats and bullying of their peers this year, state data show, a disparity advocates link to escalating political attacks on LGBTQ-inclusive policies.
Mental health diagnoses among kids fell by about 43% after schools reopened, a new study shows. Researchers say the data underscores how strongly students rely on in-person school for connection and stability.
The commissioner plans to replace each district’s school board with a state-selected board of managers. A conservator will also be appointed, holding governing authority over district and campus leaders during the transition, which typically lasts several months.
Many principals described a “climate of distress”, the report found, with 70.4% reporting that students from immigrant families have “expressed concerns about their well-being or the well-being of their families."
The new school performance scoring system will take into account students' SOL test results, learning growth in reading and math, measures on readiness such as chronic absenteeism and participation in advanced coursework, and high school graduation rates.
The Maryland State Board of Education is considering changes to its current school rating system, that critics say does not show student growth—but a rollout may not happen for another two years.
Thousands of high school seniors are filling out their federal financial aid form or FAFSA. Numbers show a record increase in applications despite confidence in higher ed being at a low.
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