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2 weeks ago | edsurge.com | Jewél Jackson

Health leaders, educators and farmers throughout the country are growing increasingly concerned about the impact to children’s nutrition after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut two programs — totaling more than $600 million in funding — that helped to put fresh farm food in schools.

2 weeks ago | edsurge.com | Rebecca Koenig

Since generative artificial intelligence burst onto the scene a few years ago, schools and educators have grappled with how to approach the powerful-but-experimental technology. Ban it? Embrace it? A new executive order plants the White House firmly in the latter camp. On April 23, President Donald Trump signed Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth.

3 weeks ago | edsurge.com | Tom Darling

From the time we’re kids, we’re asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a big question — one that many students struggle to answer. Without real exposure to different career paths or learning about careers they may never have heard of, students often make choices based on limited information, missing out on opportunities that align with their skills and interests.

3 weeks ago | edsurge.com | Daniel Mollenkamp

When the Eaton and Palisades fires raged through Los Angeles, home of the second-largest school district in the country, they took lives and turned thousands of homes to ash, causing billions of dollars in damage. Much of the devastation was immediate and visible. But some scars will emerge slowly and last for years to come. A subtly pernicious one? Fear. The fires further frustrated student learning when schools are still struggling to recover from the pandemic.

3 weeks ago | edsurge.com | Nadra Nittle

Students in schools run by the Department of Defense have staged multiple walkouts in recent months to protest the agency’s decision to pull books that may not align with President Donald Trump’s executive orders on race and gender. Now, a dozen students from six families are suing the department for sidelining books, curriculum and cultural awareness events that conflict with the president’s goal of excising “gender ideology” and diversity, equity and inclusion from public life.