As the new academic year approaches, Terri Bresnahan was busy on Tuesday preparing to welcome students for their first day. Her tasks include ensuring that teachers have necessary resources, summer projects are completed, and buildings are clean for the start on Aug. 26. Bresnahan began her 31st year in public education recently, now serving as […]
Charlotte Gomez for NPR highlights the challenges educators like Armaghan Khan face with new screen time regulations in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). This year, the district has implemented a strict policy to ban screen time for younger students and impose significant limits for older ones. Changes in Classroom Technology Use Armaghan Khan, […]
Last month, a federal appeals court struck down Florida’s Stop WOKE Act as applied to colleges and universities. Meanwhile, an Ohio state senator introduced a bill granting state-created civics centers control over curriculum and faculty appointments. These actions highlight the threats to academic freedom as institutions strive to maintain control over faculty hiring, research, curriculum, […]
A North Carolina father, Brandon Matthews, is taking legal action against the school district where his children are enrolled. He has raised concerns about the school’s restroom policies. Matthews seeks clarity on whether biological males can use the same restrooms as his daughter, who is a fourth grader. His son is a senior at Mount […]
The Justice Department has accused Duke University’s law school of unlawfully considering race in admissions. This charge is part of ongoing actions by the Trump administration targeting higher education institutions. The department stated in a findings letter that Duke’s declared race-neutral admissions policies mask the use of race-related factors, such as personal essays and first-generation […]
The federal student loan landscape has undergone significant changes in recent months, impacting repayment options, especially for borrowers pursuing Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Understanding eligibility for PSLF is crucial as policies shift. This article examines how borrowers can qualify for loan forgiveness in 2026. Public Service Loan Forgiveness Requirements PSLF allows eligible borrowers to […]
The Hechinger Report highlights issues related to education inequality and innovation, aiming to demonstrate the significance of educational improvement. Alan Mather shares insights based on his experience as an assistant principal in Chicago. In the late 1990s, posting a job opening for a physics teacher would typically attract around 20 applications. English teacher positions often […]
The class-action lawsuit involving student loan forgiveness has stretched over the terms of three U.S. presidential administrations and has involved three different education secretaries. Initially identified as Sweet v. DeVos in 2019, it became Sweet v. Cardona during Biden’s presidency and is now Sweet v. McMahon with Linda McMahon as Trump’s education secretary. This lawsuit […]
Students of Indian Prairie School District 204 will soon return to classrooms featuring notable changes. These transformations come after a referendum passed in 2024, permitting the district to sell up to $420 million in bonds to revamp facilities district-wide. The funding for these bonds stems from the extension of an existing 37-cent property tax per […]
Members of the Chicago Teachers Union-aligned school board are contemplating a budget amendment to boost assumed state revenue and counteract school-level funding cuts. CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Macquline King, criticized this approach in a detailed statement on Wednesday. She warned that it might leave CPS financially unstable later in the year, stating the district […]