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NYC Blocks YouTube on School Devices and Pauses Student-Facing AI for a Year

The city says the measures are meant to cut screen time, limit unproven educational tech and strengthen oversight of school devices.

Seattle Council Delays Universal School Meals and Proposes Alternate Funding Plan

City Council Sends $10,000 Paraprofessional Stipend Bill to Mayor's Desk

Chicago Public Schools Proposes Hundreds of Layoffs, Five Furlough Days to Close $732 Million Gap

Philadelphia Council Approves Hearings on Elected School Board After Closures Vote

Philadelphia School Board Delays Vote on Plan to Close 17 Schools to April 30

Philadelphia School Board Sets Thursday Vote on Scaled-Back School Closures Plan

Boston School Committee Approves $1.7 Billion Budget With 300–400 Staff Cuts

Philadelphia Scales Back School Closure Plan to 18 as Board Weighs Revised Overhaul

Philadelphia Council Presses School Leaders Over $2.8 Billion Facilities Overhaul

Boston School Committee Approves Closing 3 Schools, Reconfiguring Henderson in 6-1 Vote

Indianapolis Panel Backs New Mayor-Appointed Schools Authority, Sends Plan to Statehouse

Malibu, Santa Monica Leaders Approve Plan to Split Unified School District

NYC Education Panel Approves Three-Year Extension of School Bus Contracts

Philadelphia Schools Delay Facilities Plan and Launch Survey as Closures Loom

Stacy Davis Gates Elected Illinois Federation of Teachers President in Uncontested Vote

NYC Officials and Advocates Rally for Release of Detained Brooklyn Student

Chicago Public Schools Lays Off 161 Staff to Address $730 Million Budget Gap