New Jersey's 2027 budget sends districts a record $12.4 billion in state aid, but leaders say it will not cover soaring health-insurance premiums and other rising costs. Many are again facing staff and program cuts weeks before school starts.
Mary Johnson
The cost of covering employee healthcare has risen astronomically for Georgia school systems over 16 years, from about $2,000 per worker a year in 2010 to more than $23,000 now. Districts say it is forcing tradeoffs that reach students.
Mary Johnson
Utah has revoked the license of Provo Canyon School's Springville campus, a residential treatment facility where Paris Hilton has said she was abused as a teenager, saying it failed to provide adequate health and safety services. All services must end by Aug. 6.
Mary Johnson
A Katy ISD residency check drew scrutiny after a district official and a police officer entered a family's home and a child's bedroom while the boy was home alone. The district calls it routine; the mother says she was never notified.
Mary Johnson
Texas advertised up to $30,000 a year in private-school vouchers for students with disabilities. State records show that out of about 28,700 approved students, fewer than 25 got the full amount, and most were awarded less than $20,000.
Mary Johnson
Under a new state law, Maryland's 24 school districts must adopt classroom AI policies by this fall, guided by recommendations the state education department just released. Some districts are already piloting tools.
Mary Johnson
Florida released its 2025-26 school grades, with 76% of schools statewide earning an A or B and failing schools continuing to decline. Palm Beach, Martin, Indian River and St. Lucie counties all earned A district grades; Okeechobee earned a C.
Mary Johnson
A Georgia English teacher who said she was pushed out of her job over a private social media post about Charlie Kirk has reached a confidential settlement with the Oglethorpe County School District, ending a federal free-speech lawsuit.
Mary Johnson
A former counselor at Orange High School in Hillsborough, North Carolina, turned herself in and was charged with sex crimes involving students, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. She has not entered a plea.
Mary Johnson
A fire gutted the 109-year-old Lincoln Avenue School on Milwaukee's south side. With the school year two months away, the district has to find a home for about 500 students and dozens of staff.
Mary Johnson
The nation's second-largest school district approved strict new limits on classroom screen time, banning it for early grades and capping it for everyone else. The rules phase in from August 2026 through January 2027.
Mary Johnson
FuturEdge Charter Academy in North Las Vegas may lose its charter after defaulting on the bond it used to buy its building. Here is what is happening to its 318 families, and what every charter-school parent should take from it.
Mary Johnson
