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Los Angeles schools superintendent resigns after FBI search and months on paid leave

The superintendent of Los Angeles public schools has resigned four months after he was put on paid leave during a federal investigation.

 

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Los vales para escuelas privadas dejan atrás a muchos estudiantes de escuelas públicas

Los contribuyentes financian la educación privada. A menudo, el dinero va a estudiantes que ya estaban en escuelas privadas o educados en casa.

 

Private school choice vouchers leave behind many kids in public school

Taxpayers are funding kids’ private education. Often, money goes to kids already in private or home schools.

 

In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families

For many immigrant families in Minnesota, sending a child to school each day requires faith that one of the thousands of federal immigration officers deployed around the state won’t detain them.

 

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Minneapolis schools offer remote learning as tensions rise over federal immigration enforcement

The Minneapolis school system will offer families the option of remote learning for a month. Officials made the announcement Friday in response to concerns that children might feel unsafe venturing out in the city.

 

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Immigrant student enrollment is dwindling at schools across the US amid immigration crackdowns

Schools across the U.S. are seeing a big drop in enrollment from immigrant families. Many parents have been deported or returned to their home countries due to immigration crackdowns.

 

Takeaways from AP’s story on the links between eviction and school

When families are evicted, it can lead to major disruptions to their children’s schooling. Federal laws call for provisions to help homeless and evicted kids stay at their schools, but families don’t always know about them — and schools don’t always share information.

 

PHOTO ESSAY: One single mom’s quest to find housing after an eviction

ATLANTA (AP) — Last year, Sechita McNair and her three kids were evicted from their apartment in a rapidly gentrifying Atlanta neighborhood.

 

Getting the story: How an AP reporter chronicled a sensitive story about school and eviction

AP reporter Bianca Vázquez Toness has heard teachers worry that the most pernicious challenges their students face, like poverty or housing insecurity, are beyond the realm of what schools can fix.

 

She wanted to keep her son in his school district. It was more challenging than it seemed

When families are evicted, kids’ schooling is often disrupted. Many evicted families go from living in a school district that spends more money on students to one that spends less.

 

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Takeaways from AP’s investigation into online school for incarcerated teens

Florida has moved the education of students in juvenile detention online, despite evidence that many students struggled with online school during the pandemic.

 

For these incarcerated students, online school has been a disaster

Florida shifted to virtual learning for youth in juvenile detention — and parents and students say it’s been a disaster.

 

More than 20 states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer funding

More than 20 states have sued President Donald Trump’s administration over billions of dollars in frozen funding for after-school care, summer programs and more.

 

Some education grants in limbo were used for ‘leftwing agenda,’ Trump administration says

The Trump administration has accused states and schools of using federal education grants to help fund “a radical leftwing agenda.”

 

Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs and more

The Trump administration is withholding more than $6 billion in federal grants for after-school and summer programs, English language instruction, adult literacy and more.

 

Career pathways in the US dim for international students as Trump cracks down on visas

Many international students come to the U.S. with hopes of gaining work experience, either before returning to their home countries or pursuing a longer-term career in the U.S.

 

Harvard stands to lose $2.2 billion in federal funding. Researchers fear science will suffer

In a high-stakes standoff, President Donald Trump’s administration says it will freeze $2.2 billion in federal research grants for Harvard University, which is pushing back on demands for changes to campus policy.

 

Trump has ordered the dismantling of the US Education Department. Here’s what that means

President Donald Trump’s order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department has complex implications.

 

The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities.

 

Schools around the US confront anxiety over Trump’s actions on immigration

President Donald Trump’s immigration policies already are affecting schools across the country. Officials have found themselves responding to rising anxiety among parents and their children, including those who are here legally.

 

DOGE cuts $900 million from agency that tracks American students’ academic progress

A federal research office that tracks the progress of America’s students is being hit with almost $900 million in cuts after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency found no need for much of its work.

 

Musk team’s access to student loan systems raises alarm over borrowers’ personal information

Democrats are opposing Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as it turns its attention to the Education Department, with lawmakers raising questions about DOGE’s access to internal systems containing personal information on tens of millions of Americans.

 

Trump is targeting antisemitism in schools. Experts fear other civil rights will be ignored

The federal office that enforces civil rights at school across the nation has been ordered to prioritize complaints of antisemitism above all else as it molds to President Donald Trump’s agenda, raising fears that other rights violations will go unpunished.

 

Trump is preparing an order to close the Education Department. Congress may not go along

President Donald Trump is preparing to gut the U.S. Education Department to the full extent of his power, directing his administration to slash spending while pressuring employees to quit.

 

Trump won’t ban immigration arrests at school. Some families are now weighing school attendance

As President Donald Trump cracks down on immigrants in the U.S. illegally, some families are wondering if it is safe to send their children to school.

 

Some elite US universities favor wealthy students in admissions decisions, lawsuit alleges

New filings in a 2022 class-action lawsuit contend that children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities.

 

US agencies should use advanced technology to identify mysterious drones, Schumer says

After weeks of fear and bewilderment about drones buzzing over the Northeast, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is urging the government to deploy better drone-tracking technology.

 

Schools are bracing for upheaval over fear of mass deportations

Regardless of whether President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to deport millions of immigrants, educators around the U.S. are bracing for upheaval.

 

They came for better lives and schools. Immigrants now see America’s divisions hurting their kids

The school system in Aurora, Colorado, is striving to accommodate more than 3,000 new students mostly from Venezuela and Colombia.

 

One migrant woman’s job hunt: Repeated rejection, and a brush with sex trafficking

Nearly 900,000 women and girls tried to cross the U.S. southern border last year. Finding a job and an affordable place to stay has been anything but easy.

 

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