2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (718+ words) The Chicago school board is weighing a resolution to explore offering full-day preschool to all 3-year-olds and shifting how it provides services for young children with disabilities. “When we invest early in our students, that sets them up for success…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (627+ words) Seven new after-school sites will open across Detroit this school year using $2.2 million in city funding, Mayor Mary Sheffield announced Thursday. As part of Sheffield’s initiative to improve life for the city’s youth, the funding will allow the existing after-school…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1102+ words) The school year started Thursday with a new policy restricting artificial intelligence and screen time for New York City’s youngest students, and many parents feel relieved. They welcome the limits, not only for what they mean in the classroom but…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (743+ words) To mark America’s bicentennial in 1976, the names of 816 children were sealed in a time capsule in Philadelphia. On Wednesday, at the visitor center for the city’s storied Independence Hall, a new crop of elementary school students opened that capsule. In…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1005+ words) As Pennsylvania’s growing measles outbreak gets closer to her community on the west side of the state, Amanda Clear is taking actions to assess the risks to her son Dylan. One of her first stops: A new state website that…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (817+ words) Has Memphis-Shelby County Schools quietly ended a yearslong policy of giving every student their own personal laptop or tablet? Parents and educators at Memphis’ White Station High School were taken by surprise last month when school began without students receiving…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (699+ words) Newark Public Schools Superintendent Roger León started the first day of classes with a tour of elementary schools across the city, beginning at Elliott Street Elementary School. León’s top priority for the day? It’s making sure students are coming to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1229+ words) After months of waiting, Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday released the outlines of New York City’s approach to dealing with artificial intelligence and screen time in schools next year. But just eight days before the start of the school year,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (544+ words) Memphis-Shelby County Schools is under state and local pressure to boost student achievement as the battle over district control continues to play out in federal court. People advocating to establish a state-appointed oversight board for MSCS cite years of academic…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1041+ words) Roughly half of the 45 candidates running for the Chicago school board have signed a pledge to adopt a three-year ban on artificial intelligence use by CPS students and educators. Crafted by a local nonprofit, the pledge also calls for eliminating…...