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How can schools launch sustainable drone programs?
Connecting drone usage to real-world scenarios and making curricula engaging beyond the first year are key, experts say.
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Advanced manufacturing expansion opens CTE opportunities for rural schools
Industry partnerships and career education are crucial to prepare rural students for work in this growing field, a recent report says.
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6 ways administrators are handling cellphone bans in the new school year
School and district leaders say stakeholder input, consistent enforcement of rules and lessons in digital usage have helped their policies succeed.
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Severe weather eroding school finances and learning
An NWEA report estimates that students lose 3.6 days of learning for every day of school missed due to severe weather.
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Charter school expansion slows amid closures, low enrollment, report says
A recent report alleges stagnating enrollment, underperformance and waste are among challenges the sector faces.
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EEOC seeks to enforce subpoenas against school district that sued agency over bias probe
The news comes weeks after New Mexico’s Gallup-McKinley County Schools sued the commission, alleging its investigation exceeded EEOC’s authority.
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How are education leaders combating chronic absenteeism?
Making school attendance a state-level priority and building school-family relationships are among strategies showing results.
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3 questions for K-12 leaders to consider amid the AI tutoring boom
While artificial intelligence tutors appear to gain traction in schools, little research exists on the efficacy of these tools for students.
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Week In Review: OCR staffers to return amid changing Title IX enforcement
We’re rounding up last week’s news, from music education’s impact on literacy to the latest Education Department changes.
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Should schools be the centerpiece of heat resilience action?
Advocates say local governments must set a model for climate-smart leadership with enforceable standards and resources to protect children.
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Education Department plans return of laid-off OCR staffers
More than 260 civil rights staff cut as part of a March reduction in force will return in waves through November, according to court documents.
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Proposal would remove federal data collection for special education racial disparities
Even if the federal collection was eliminated, states would still need to collect and interpret data for significant disproportionality, experts say.
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American Lung Association urges school radon testing
HVAC systems must be functioning properly, with clean filters, for the tests to accurately identify levels of the radioactive gas, the organization says.
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5 Northern Virginia districts put on high-risk status for Title IX violations
The U.S. Department of Education said the districts must now process a collective $50 million through reimbursements.
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Education Department rescinds EL equal access guidance
The guidance helped districts and states serve English learners, but isn’t aligned with Trump administration priorities, a department spokesperson said.
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POP QUIZTest yourself on the past week’s K-12 news
From the rescission of long-standing federal guidance to public opinion on the Education Department’s closure, what did you learn from our recent stories?
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Deep DiveNew York City workplace shooting exposes building security weaknesses
The mass shooting in July underscores how access controls fail, but facility managers can get better security out of the technology, specialists say.
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Where do states stand on college and career readiness metrics?
While most states have adopted at least one indicator in their accountability systems, there’s no uniform approach, an All4Ed report found.
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Video games can foster student engagement in the classroom
Game-based learning can provide additional inroads for building skills such as narrative storytelling, says Purdue University’s William Watson.
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Education Department uses Skrmetti case to bolster Title IX policy
Though the Supreme Court decision doesn’t directly involve education civil rights law, it’s being cited to exclude trans students from athletics and facilities.
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More parents want to use public funds for private or religious schools
Support for public schools appears to be waning, but most adults don’t want the U.S. Department of Education to close, a PDK International poll found.
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How to protect students’ mental health during active shooter drills
Researchers suggest using trauma-informed practices and banning hyper-realistic simulations.
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Financial turmoil roils state universal school meal programs
Schools in Colorado and Michigan are entering the new academic year unsure of how long they’ll be able to continue serving free meals to all students.
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Federal judge halts Education Department’s anti-DEI measures
The ruling puts a stop to efforts to withhold federal funding from schools that maintained race-based programming.
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3 risk factors making states vulnerable to federal funding cuts
The fiscal uncertainty is due to states' reliance on federal money and their proportions of high-need districts and students living in poverty, ERS says.
