The Senate has not confirmed Trump's surgeon general pick, but the office released an advisory on screen time without her.

Read my story about schools (including large high schools) that use AI platforms to pronounce students' names at graduation. Here's why they do it and why graduates and communities push back. www.edweek.org/leadership/a...

Some high schools now use AI to pronounce student names at graduation. Is it a tool to be sure a flubbed name reading doesn't ruin a grad's big moment? Or is it an impersonal use of tech at an event meant to evoke pomp and circumstance? Depends who you ask. www.edweek.org/leadership/a...

Six people are injured, including several who were stabbed, in an altercation at a Washington state high school, authorities say.

probably makes them sticky, i'm guessing

New: On Capitol Hill today, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said she still wants to relocate special education programs to other agencies: "“We have not made that determination yet.” www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Concerned about threats to cut McKinney-Vento funding for homeless students, some legislatures have written federal protections into their states' codes. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The latest in my archive analysis series: Murphy Brown, Dan Quayle, and the latest push to teach the "success sequence" in schools. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

Artists, filmmakers and singers once championed Chavez as a hero. Now, they must rethink how to tell his story. "It's just been gut-wrenching," one muralist says. n.pr/4v9nTIr

I wonder how visuals like this play with folks who want less tech and screen time in schools.

“A lot of schools are going to have to have some really interesting and really difficult conversations about what it means to publicly commemorate the past." www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

There are at least 86 public schools named for César Chavez. They face tough, unexpected conversations about changing their names after and investigation surfaced new allegations about the labor leader. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

My heart goes out to the hard working folks at the Washington Post today.

A Waymo recently hit a student as she ran across the street to her school. In Austin and Atlanta, the robotaxis have been cited for illegally passing stopped school buses. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

Informal discipline practices raise equity concerns because schools cannot monitor their use to ensure they don't echo racial and ethnic disparities common in formal discipline, according to recent research in AERA Open, via @edweek.org @evieblad.bsky.social: www.edweek.org/leadership/i...

While most schools deem students chronically absent after they miss at least 10% of school days, poor attendance habits may affect academic achievement well before they reach that threshold, a new study finds. www.edweek.org/leadership/a...

New: Congress is on the verge of (largely) rebuking President Trump's budget proposal for education. No major funding cuts, no block grants...but also no explicit block on ED efforts to shift program staff elsewhere. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

President Trump took office one year ago today. Since then, his administration has disrupted at least $12 billion in federal funding for education (and likely much more). I did my best to tabulate the damage for @edweek.org: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under‑16s took effect, the country’s internet regulator says.

With little explanation, the Trump admin abruptly terminated popular student mental health grants created in response to school shootings. After an outcry, officials restored them the next day. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...

My 5th-grade class had a pet tarantula, so I was excited to read this story. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

Federal grants for community schools help expand instructional time for children and stand up social services like health care and meals in low-income communities. The Trump administration just cut tens of millions of dollars in grants for these programs: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The second statue of an advocate for school desegregation installed in the Capitol in recent years. The other is Daisy Bates.

Check out Education Week's choice for word of the year and go ahead and argue about it if you'd like. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

We know the components of structured literacy, but we know a lot less about the 'recipe'. Two teachers share how they weave together the pieces: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Rod Paige, Nation's First African American Secretary of Education, Dies at 92: Under Paige’s leadership, the Department of Education rolled out the landmark No Child Left Behind law.

Education officials told NYC principals last week that students must be automatically arrested if they were found with weapons including scalpels and switchblades That is not true - but the DOE has yet to inform principals their policy guidance was wrong www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

Does 6-7 have a purpose other than driving adults nuts? Researchers say it's an example of "childlore," which can play an important developmental role for children. www.edweek.org/leadership/d...

AI can be a lifeline for new career and technical education teachers, many of whom come from industry instead of traditional educator prep programs. Read on for more on the opportunities and challenges AI creates for CTE teachers: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... #edusky #CTE #AIineducation #edtech

"All of our education laws are like a woven fabric. When we start pulling on a string, it is going to start falling apart. At the very least, it’s going to weaken." www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

JUST IN: Compare 2025 school performance scores for New Orleans charters The NOLA Public Schools district earned its first B letter grade since the schools seized from the city after Hurricane Katrina — run for years by the state — returned to the district in 2018. thelensnola.org/2025/11/20/c...

The U.S. Department of Education appears poised to move much of its portfolio to other federal agencies, according to several people invited to a flurry of meetings with department and White House officials and told about some of the changes Tuesday. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Christian law firm’s search for test case led to religious public school in Colorado, emails suggest: www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...

This is a really important issue, and my coworker @evieblad.bsky.social explains it perfectly: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... #EDUsky #EduSkyAI #edtech #AIineducation #SPED #SpecEd #SpecialEducation

New: The number of teachers who say they use AI to help write IEPs is rising quickly, raising legal and ethical concerns. Researchers see promise if the tools are used responsibly. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

A teenage boy who was wounded during a Colorado high school shooting last month was released from the hospital, authorities say.

As secretary, Hegseth has railed against “woke garbage” and purged materials of any mention of diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a masters student, he advocated for creation of a high school that would “emphasize equity” and prioritize a “diverse student body.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

During Ryan Walters' last meeting with the Oklahoma State Board of Education today, he continued to refuse to let the board vote on teachers facing disciplinary action www.oklahoman.com/story/news/s...

Careless rhetoric fuels a stigma that harms students with autism and can make it difficult for educators to build crucial trust with their families, educators said. And efforts to identify a singular cause may heap blame and guilt on parents who need support. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

The family of a 12-year-old girl critically wounded during the deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church says she is making remarkable progress.

By criticizing school mental health screenings, McMahon and Kennedy contradicted recommendations from a school safety commission assembled by Trump in his first administration. School psychologists say the screenings are a helpful tool for identifying students who need additional support.

When an online mob accused a N.J. district of employing "Phillies Karen," leaders defused the misinformation with a joke. www.edweek.org/leadership/p...

Among the many reasons not to start posting your takes yet is that we literally have no idea what happened or why

now would be a good time to shut off video autoplay on your social media platforms.

"The confusion and chaos for education funding is going to continue no matter what Congress provides." www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The kids perpetuating the Labubu craze don't know about the fall of Beanie Babies.

Ukrainian students welcomed the new school year on Monday from classrooms in basements. Learning underground has become the norm in Ukraine as Russia has intensified its assaults in recent months amid stalled peace talks. Follow the latest news on the Russia-Ukraine war: nyti.ms/3UVYqRK

Many ordinary New Orleans educators' careers have overlapped two decades of transformation in the city since Katrina hit in 2005. I wrote about one of them. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...