Ashe County, North Carolina, and thousands of other school districts are preparing to lose some federal public school funding after a freeze on nearly $7 billion over the summer.

Its been 15 years since Michael Pearson was put behind bars for a crime he says he didn’t commit. As evidence continues to mount that he has been telling the truth all along, a judge went to Clarendon...

AmeriCorps, once a promising pathway to jobs for young adults, is under threat as the Trump administration calls for shuttering the agency.

In a time when respectful debate seems impossible, high school speech and debate clubs have persevered. Debate team members and sponsors see the activity as even more important in a fracturing society...

The Education Department is refusing to release billions of dollars for public schools. See the impact by school system and congressional district.

The administration has revoked executive orders encouraging the hiring of tradeswomen and signaled it will not prioritize investigating their discrimination claims.

A new Alabama law will allow high school students to replace upper level math and science classes, such as Algebra 2 or chemistry, with career and technical education courses, like cosmetology or arch...

Nearly six months after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina, some child care centers remain closed and young kids are still reeling from the disruptions

The president has said he wants to eliminate the Department of Education while fighting ‘woke’ ideology in schools. A week-by-week look at what he’s done

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The president has said he wants to eliminate the Department of Education while fighting ‘woke’ ideology in schools. A week-by-week look at what he’s done

Even as Trump tries to ‘unleash’ fossil fuels, coal is declining fast. Schools are doing little to prepare

Many of the state’s middle schoolers still struggle with math and reading skills.

While some states are investing more in child care, others are loosening child care regulations to cut costs and add spots — in ways that could stress underpaid educators and harm young children.

McDowell County schools, in western North Carolina, helped to blunt the community impact from Hurricane Helene in late September. Following the storm, medical company Baxter International and official...

Child care centers are struggling to maintain liability insurance amid rising costs and dropped policies. The insurance, which protects centers from lawsuits related to accidents or injuries, is requi...

Child care centers are struggling to maintain liability insurance amid rising costs and dropped policies. The insurance, which protects centers from lawsuits related to accidents or injuries, is requi...

The Trump administration has promised big changes, but he can’t make them alone.

This story was produced by Chalkbeat and reprinted with permission. Former professional wrestling executive and billionaire Linda McMahon is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education, an agency Trump has pledged to dismantle. McMahon would come to the post with sparse education experience. She led the Small Business Administration in Trump’s first administration and also led a pro-Trump spending group and think tank before serving as transition team co-chair.

Something dramatic is happening to the college application process, for the first time in decades: It’s becoming easier to get in.