Many Texas school districts haven't hired armed security officers at every campus, as required by a new state law, because of a lack of funding, writes Axios' Fiza Kuzhiyil.

New laws in at least 14 states are forcing teachers to rethink how they teach history when it comes to race in particular. For the last day of this Black History Month, one education leader on why having more Black teachers, and leaning into Black teaching traditions, can help all students get a better handle on American history.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools last week directed principals to stop sending home permission slips for students to participate in school-related events, following public backlash over one school's decision to seek permission for a Black History Month event.

A majority of U.S. students now arrive at school in private cars, per a Washington Post analysis of U.S. government data. The long-term rise in parental school runs has been compounded since the pandemic by a shortage of bus routes and drivers.

Many districts say they're still struggling to make ends meet as $1.3 billion in federal pandemic relief funding expires, and other costs, like health insurance premiums, soar.

Colorado Springs Schools District 11 this year is working with HopSkipDrive, a child transportation provider for kids, to test out its new AI offering called "Strategic Routing."

Students are still recouping essential learning lost from pandemic school closings, which worsened already-wide learning gaps between students from wealthy and low-income communities.

University of Kansas professor Misty Heggeness has created a Taylor Swift curriculum—Swiftynomics 101—to help high school and college teachers convey economics lessons by analyzing the 34-year-old pop star's effect on the NFL's business.