As part of budget cuts and a shift away from the small-schools model, Cleveland’s MC2STEM High School is being dissolved and converted into a STEM program housed at a high school in the city’s poorest neighborhood.

A parent coalition in Los Angeles is pressuring the district to scale back device use, saying school-issued iPads are fueling distraction and behavior issues, with some children falling behind academically or becoming overstimulated during mandated screen time.

Massachusetts urban districts are converting spaces like banks and churches to expand and modernize schools. Leaders say these creative fixes are vital while they await state building aid.

Data collected last spring show the percentage of students who say they feel sad or hopeless for two or more weeks in a row dropped from 35% in 2023 to 28% in 2025.

Much of the Education Department’s work will shift to four other federal agencies. Trump sees it as a step toward closing the department and giving states more control, though many states say it will complicate their role between local schools and Washington.

U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia wrote that "displaying the Ten Commandments on the wall of a public-school classroom as set forth in S.B. 10 violates the Establishment Clause."

Immigrant student enrollment is falling nationwide as fewer families arrive and others leave amid stricter immigration enforcement. Schools say the drop is straining budgets and shrinking vital newcomer programs.

It's called Alpha School for grades K8, and it's the most expensive private school in Texas. Alpha School leaders claim their model fixes faults in traditional education and the technology does things humans can't.