Supreme Court cases could pave way for larger role for religion in public schools

The Supreme Court over the next two weeks will hear two cases that have the potential to erode the separation of church and state and create a seismic shift in public education. Mahmoud v. ...

Posted 2025-04-19 05:00:00

Posted 2025-04-17 14:00:00

States try to tackle child care shortages — by lowering standards

When this year’s legislative session launched in Idaho, early childhood experts and advocates were hopeful that the state, which has a shortage of child care, would invest more in early ...

Posted 2025-04-17 05:00:00

College Uncovered: The Demographic Cliff

Most Americans would probably rather forget the Great Recession that began in 2007. But as long ago as it may seem, it triggered something that is about to become a big problem: Americans started ...

Posted 2025-04-17 05:00:00

College Uncovered: Tag, You’re In!

What if colleges started applying to you instead of the other way around? The anxiety-inducing college admissions game is changing. With declining birth rates and growing skepticism about the ...

Posted 2025-04-17 05:01:00

After the wildfires, Beverly Hills shut out students whose school burned

LOS ANGELES — After the Palisades Fire destroyed her son’s high school, Shoshanha Essakhar found herself among the thousands of Los Angeles County parents wondering what to do. “I was ...

Posted 2025-04-10 05:00:00

A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In a corner of Huffman High School, the sounds of popping nail guns and whirring table saws fill the architecture and construction classroom. Down the hall, culinary students ...

Posted 2025-04-09 05:00:00

Schools relying on digital surveillance find security still takes a human touch

The Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, is investigating the unintended consequences of AI-powered surveillance at schools. Members of the Collaborative are AL.com, ...

Posted 2025-04-09 10:00:00

Knitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like in one school district

SPOKANE, Wash. — During lunch on a Thursday, five dozen students rummaged through fishing lines and hooks, spreading reels and rods across desks in a science lab at Ferris High School for their ...

Posted 2025-04-08 05:00:00

As colleges lose enrollment, some turn to one market that’s growing: Hispanic students

RIVER FOREST, Ill. — When she began to check out colleges as a high school student, Jacqueline Quintero noticed something many seemed to have in common. “I don’t like saying it, but they ...

Posted 2025-04-08 09:00:00