3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (902+ words) New York City and Los Angeles—the two largest school districts in the country—each announced last week that they are banning student use of generative artificial intelligence. New York’s ban applies to elementary and middle schools, while Los Angeles…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1081+ words) The Trump administration is pressing forward with efforts to relocate U.S. Department of Education staffers, offload agency funding, and scale back the federal role in education—even as it touts a new initiative to help state education agencies measure policy outcomes....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (236+ words) The nation's second-largest district is pausing student use of generative artificial intelligence....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1044+ words) The U.S. Department of Education’s research arm has nearly a quarter of its annual budget left to spend with only a month before those funds expire, the department revealed in a court filing last week. These figures emerged as part of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (528+ words) New federal guidance threatens to upend decades of progress in high school transition planning, which helps students with disabilities prepare for college, the workforce, and living independently, advocates and researchers say. In 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Olmstead v. L.C. that states…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (945+ words) The Trump administration is proposing to give itself greater authority to cut off education grants and reduce the size of multiyear awards after its efforts to end in-progress grants have repeatedly run into legal trouble. The U.S. Department of Education issued…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (304+ words) The nation’s education data agency needs major changes to meet rapidly changing information needs, but years of staff and budget cuts have left the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics too unstable to adapt on its own....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (134+ words) Education Week How Is an IEP Different From a 504 Plan? At-a-Glance Guide Ensuring proper support in school can make or break a student’s educational experience. For students with disabilities, one of the most important steps to establishing those supports—and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (415+ words) Decades of research show that students who speak a language other than English develop English-language proficiency best by also building on their home language. That is why researchers look to dual-language immersion programs—where instruction happens in both English and…...