Michigan's literacy crisis: Two gubernatorial candidates, two plans to fix itMost Michigan third graders aren’t meeting reading proficiency standards. John James and Jocelyn Benson agree something needs to change. But they have different ideas about how to make it happen.WDIV ClickOnDetroit2d agoWhole story →EducationJohn Jamesmichigan gubernatorial election
UVM grant helps special educators support studentsA new federal grant will help the University of Vermont train special educators to support students with disabilities.Burlington Free Press2d agoWhole story →Educationuvm special education grant
Parker: Education freedom is on midterm ballotLast year, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill/Working Families Tax Cuts Act into law, providing the largest national expansion of K-12 education freedom in U.S. history.The Boston Herald2d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomyDonald Trumpeducation freedom tax credit rollout
Fifth Circuit slams AI rulings in school diversity policy caseCiting errors that appeared to be the result of AI hallucinations, the appeals panel overturned a Mississippi federal judge's preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a state law banning DEI at public schools and universities.Courthouse News Service2d agoWhole story →TechnologyEducationfifth circuit dei ruling
Business schools are broken and need reinvention: ProfessorChris Marquis says business schools failed to recalibrate after the Enron bankruptcy scandal and the Great Recession.NewsNation2d agoWhole story →Education
Mayor Sheffield launches 'State of Youth' school tour at Detroit Edison Public School AcademyMayor Mary Sheffield kicked off a 24-school “State of the Youth” tour at Detroit Edison Public School Academy, bringing city leaders face-to-face with Detroit teens to hear their concerns and expand youth programming year-round.WDIV ClickOnDetroit1d agoWhole story →EducationMary Sheffield
Detroit expands year-round engagement in effort to prevent youth violenceMayor Mary Sheffield kicked off a 24-school tour Friday, aimed at hearing directly from students across the city.CBS News1d agoWhole story →EducationMary Sheffield
ICE agents tackle and injure US citizen student with disabilities, local officials sayFederal immigration agents violently detained a 20-year-old U.S. citizen and Santa Maria, California, High School student with special needs on Wednesday morning, according to school and city officials. The student, who has limited verbal communication and is on an individualized education program, was walking to school when agents tackled him,…Spokane Spokesman-Review1d agoSources (2)Whole story →EducationJustice
Column: There’s a big surprise in the federal school voucher programSome 31 states — covering 59% of the nation’s public school population — have decided to accept the federal vouchers, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Mary Ellen Klas writes.Norfolk Virginian-Pilot1d agoWhole story →Education
10/23: CBS Evening NewsThis dad stopped the Oregon school shooting; Officer who fatally shot 1-year-old resigns.CBS News1d agoWhole story →JusticeEducation
Escambia school board members must testify on book removalsA federal appeals court ruled Escambia County school board members can be questioned under oath about book removals.Gainesville Sun5d agoWhole story →JusticeEducation
Record high: Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year“Book bans impede the freedom to read, cutting students’ access to a diversity of views, voices, perspectives, and literature they deserve to encounter," the PEN report states.NewsNation19d agoWhole story →EducationCultureschool book bans surge
State Department appeals board, now with limited authority, gains new membersThe Trump administration recently limited the board’s authority to challenge employee removals and other adverse personnel actions, asserting that the secretary of state has final say on these decisions.Government Executive22d agoWhole story →Governmentstate department appeals board update
Democratic candidates ask Supreme Court to leave in place appeals court ruling in political ad rate disputeSCOTUSblog14d agoWhole story →GovernmentCulturesupreme court appeal ruling
The Supreme Court’s blessing of third-country removalsSCOTUSblog18d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentsupreme court ruling
All 7 Georgia school board members suspended. Here's whyA unanimous state recommendation led Gov. Brian Kemp to suspend all seven Dublin City school board members amid a financial crisis.Athens Banner-Herald2mo agoWhole story →EducationGovernmentBrian Kempgeorgia school board suspension
An Immigration Ruling With Teeth—If It Holds UpSometimes a consequential immigration decision turns not on a new act of Congress or a ruling by the Supreme Court, but on whether an agency finally gives existing statutory language its full effect. That is the promise of Matter of A-V-O-, a Sept. 17 ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals. The board concluded that...The Daily Signal3d agoWhole story →Justice
VA says union contract ‘no longer applies’ after appeals court rulingThe American Federation of Government Employees is pushing back, arguing that the ruling does not give VA permission to re-terminate the agreement.Federal News Network9d agoWhole story →SecurityGovernmentva union contract dispute
