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The union representing school leaders said it has negotiated the district’s first ever collective bargaining agreement, pending approval by its membership and the school board.
The Newark Board of Education will discuss extending Superintendent Roger León’s contract in two weeks, following county approval.
The school board has kept the details of the settlement with ex-school board member Dawn Haynes and her daughter confidential, as well as the reasons for Haynes’ departure.
Some hoped Schwinn, a former state schools chief, would lend expertise to Trump’s efforts to give states more power over education. But cultural conservatives in Tennessee opposed her nomination.
Summer Boismier told her students about digital library cards. That put her teaching career and livelihood on hold.
A new law requires NJ public schools to provide parents with a written statement of items to be discussed at an annual Individualized Education Program meeting before it takes place.
The Trump administration withheld $6.8 billion in education funds while it reviewed the programs for signs they were advancing a “left-wing agenda.” Officials warned states not to use money ...
President Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget would combine funding for 18 education programs into one smaller block grant. School liaisons say homeless students need dedicated funding.
The idea of block grants has been popular in conservative states under the second Trump administration. Indiana’s plan to gain much more flexibility over federal K-12 funding is similar to ...
The funding delay had schools scrambling to figure out how they might fill an unexpected budget gap, and some after-school programs abruptly closed.
All NYC schools, from elementary to high school, will now have to use city-approved reading programs to help struggling readers.
Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration is “abandoning their responsibility to our students” by withholding $7 billion in federal funding for schools.