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Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk speaks during a campaign rally, Oct. 24, 2024, in Las Vegas.
Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk speaks during a campaign rally, Oct. 24, 2024, in Las Vegas. Following Kirk's assassination, Republican leaders are propelling Turning Point USA into K-12 schools.
John Locher/AP
States How Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA Is Expanding Its Reach to K-12 Schools
The organization has more than 1,000 chapters in high schools across the country.
Brooke Schultz, September 25, 2025
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6 min read
Civics teacher Aedrin Albright stands before her class at Chatham Central High School in Bear Creek, N.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019.
Civics teacher Aedrin Albright stands before her class at Chatham Central High School in Bear Creek, N.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Educators are working to understand the best ways to teach civics as the U.S. Department of Education emphasizes plans for "patriotic education."
Allen G. Breed/AP
Social Studies How Educators Can Teach Civics in Today's Political Climate
Experts share tips on ways to approach civics education with civility and critical thinking.
Jennifer Vilcarino, September 24, 2025
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4 min read
Marisshia Sigala secures her son Mateo in his car seat after picking him up after work from the Koala Children's Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March 20, 2024. Like most other New Mexico families, Sigala and her husband qualify for subsidized child care in New Mexico, providing them more flexibility to see more clients as they build their careers.
Marisshia Sigala secures her son Mateo in his car seat after picking him up after work from the Koala Children's Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March 20, 2024. Like most other New Mexico families, Sigala and her husband qualify for subsidized child care in New Mexico, providing them more flexibility to see more clients as they build their careers.
Susan Montoya Bryan/AP
Early Childhood Q&A This State Is the First to Offer Universal Child Care. Here's How It Works
Hear from the head of New Mexico's early childhood department on why universal child care is so important.
Jennifer Vilcarino, September 24, 2025
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6 min read
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Artificial Intelligence Tracker Which States Require Schools to Have AI Policies?
Education Week is tracking which states are mandating that schools adopt AI policies.
Kevin Bushweller, September 23, 2025
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The United States Capitol building as a bookcase filled with red, white, and blue policy books in a Washington DC landscape.
Luca D'Urbino for Education Week
School Choice & Charters Opinion How Can Education Savings Accounts Serve Students With Special Needs?
The state that pioneered the ESA is overseeing more than 10,000 requests daily from families for education expenses.
Rick Hess, September 23, 2025
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8 min read
Diana Oviedo-Holguin teaches a first grade English learner class at Heritage Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 3, 2025.
Diana Oviedo-Holguin teaches a first grade English learner class at Heritage Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 3, 2025.
Noah Devereaux for Education Week
Special Report How Educators Are Boosting Outcomes for English Learners Amid Challenges
Explore how schools and states are trying to support English learners with programs, literacy strategies, and teacher training.
September 22, 2025
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Egl臈 Plytnikait臈 for Education Week
English Learners The Critical Role States Play in English Learners鈥� Education
States set guidance for schools working with English learners. That role is key now, experts say.
Ileana Najarro, September 22, 2025
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7 min read
Photo of girl sitting alone in courtyard.
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Student Well-Being & Movement RFK Jr., McMahon Say School Mental Health Screenings Turn Students Into Patients
The cabinet secretaries recently called for a focus on nutrition, exercise, and cellphone use to boost students' mental health.
Evie Blad, September 19, 2025
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9 min read
Left: Republican Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman, chair of the West Virginia Senate Health and Human Resources Committee, holds a map of the U.S. on the Senate floor depicting the states, including West Virginia, that do not allow religious or philosophical exemptions for required school vaccinations on Feb. 21, 2025 in Charleston, West Virginia. Right: West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey speaks during a news conference at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington on April 22, 2025.
Left: A U.S. map of states without religious or philosophical vaccine exemptions. Right: Republican West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey speaks at a news conference in Washington on April 22, 2025. West Virginia is at the center of the ongoing debate over school vaccine mandates after Morrisey this year issued an executive order requiring religious exemptions.
Left: Will Price/West Virginia Legislature; Right: Jose Luis Magana/AP
Law & Courts With Childhood Vaccination Rates Falling, Debate on Religious Exemptions Grows
There is growing pressure from parents and the Trump administration for exemptions to be expanded. The U.S. Supreme Court could decide.
Mark Walsh, September 17, 2025
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10 min read
Art teacher Lindsay Johnson, second from left, teaches students how to use AI to ask Canva for help during a summer class at Roosevelt Middle School on June 25, 2025, in River Forest, Ill.
Art teacher Lindsay Johnson, second from left, teaches students how to use AI to ask Canva for help during a summer class at Roosevelt Middle School on June 25, 2025, in River Forest, Ill. Dealing with artificial intelligence issues in education is the top priority for state education leaders for the first time, according to an annual survey.
Nam Y. Huh/AP
Artificial Intelligence We鈥檙e Entering a New Phase of AI in Schools. How Are States Responding?
Artificial intelligence topped the list of state technology officials鈥� priorities for the first time in an annual survey.
Alyson Klein, September 10, 2025
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2 min read
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Privacy & Security Cyberattacks Are a Big Problem. Can Schools Manage Without Federal Help?
The Trump administration has rolled back federal resources to prevent, and respond to, attacks.
Alyson Klein, September 9, 2025
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5 min read
A teacher at Audrey H. Lawson Middle School in Houston, Texas, marks a grade on a class worksheet on Sept. 6, 2023.
A teacher at Audrey H. Lawson Middle School in Houston marks a grade on a worksheet on Sept. 6, 2023. Texas lawmakers have passed a bill that would drop the state's once-a-year STAAR test in favor of a model in which students are tested three times a year.
Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP
States The Future of Annual State Testing Is in the Trump Admin.鈥檚 Hands
The Ed. Dept. has invited states to request waivers from accountability requirements.
Brooke Schultz, September 8, 2025
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7 min read
Anna Hicks prepares a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Andrews County Health Department, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas.
Florida's governor and surgeon general have announced plans to end the state's vaccine mandates. In this photo, a measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is prepared at the Andrews County Health Department in Andrews, Texas, on April 8, 2025.
Annie Rice/AP
Student Well-Being & Movement Florida Moves to End School Vaccine Mandates. Will Other States Follow?
Florida state leaders announced plans to get rid of all vaccine mandates, including for schools, making it the first state to do so.
Arianna Prothero, September 3, 2025
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5 min read
A LifeWise Academy bus drops off students.
A LifeWise Academy bus drops off students.
LifeWise Academy
States More States Guarantee Students the Right to Religious Instruction Off Campus
At least 12 states require school districts to offer "released time" religious schooling upon parental request.
Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org, September 3, 2025
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