Education

President Biden announced the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, fulfilling a long-time goal of school shooting survivors.

Educators say state laws that limit teaching about race, gender identity, and sexuality are vague, with little help from state departments.

The Biden administration has not taken the final step to adopt long-awaited Title IX changes that would explicitly protect LGBTQ+ students.

The answer in a recent state court case wasn't exactly a

A U.S. Department of Education document led to confusion among school administrators about funding for archery and hunting programs.

Families want more options for their children. That doesn’t mean they dislike their local schools.

In an era characterized by leaps in technology, the concept of virtual worlds has emerged, holding the potential to reshape the way we interact, learn, and connect.

In today’s world where so many different elements of the news and of our culture are competing for students’ attention, one of the hardest things to do in grades 6 to 12 science education is to show young people the impact of what they are learning and why it matters. For a teacher, it’s a true gift to make space in your classroom – and in your curriculum – for letting students see how what they are learning can impact society in a truly positive way.

Here's what back to school looks like in classrooms around the globe.

California elementary and middle school students could soon see a renewed commitment to teaching cursive writing.

District leaders say frustration is mounting as they try to enforce new education laws regarding gender issues, sex, library books, and race.

Students at one private school earn

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on

A change in how schools will be graded has prompted legal action from about a dozen school districts in Texas.

The coach waged a seven-year legal battle to be rehired.

Public education can encompass several approaches and can be organized in many different ways.

In an MTSS framework, educators are guided to provide whole child supports with an initial focus on addressing any Tier 1 needs present in the district, school, grade, or class.

A federal appeals panel upheld qualified immunity for the SRO and rejected the student's disability-discrimination and civil rights claims.

Schools may lose more than $1,200 per student as enrollment falls and federal COVID relief funds expire next year.

For nearly 100 years, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has been an academic staple of our culture.

The lawsuit challenges the Chino Valley district's policy requiring schools to notify parents about requests for gender changes.

Among the highlights: take on the teachers' unions, scrap the Education Department, and boost reading.

Republican presidential candidates also used the first primary election debate to call for expanded school choice.

Fulton County DA Fani Willis, who filed charges against the former president, was a lead prosecutor in the Atlanta school cheating scandal.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has struggled to gain traction in the GOP presidential primary with education as a major part of his platform.

A California lawsuit has raised questions about researchers' access to education data.

As Republicans and Democrats fight over private school choice, charter schools are left in the middle.

It's far too tempting to treat education research like medical experiments.

States are stepping in where federal COVID-relief aid dropped off.

Since 2022, the Florida department of education has generated a flurry of headlines around controversial policy decisions.