K-12 Dive

1 week ago | k12dive.com | Naaz Modan

Despite massive layoffs that left the U.S. Department of Education with a skeleton crew in charge of administering and analyzing the Nation's Report Card, the agency said on Thursday the assessment will continue as planned next year. "The Department will ensure that NAEP [the National Assessment of Educational Progress] continues to provide invaluable data on learning across the U.S," said U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in a statement on Thursday.

1 week ago | k12dive.com | Naaz Modan

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a civil lawsuit Wednesday against the Maine Department of Education, seeking to stop a policy allowing transgender students to compete on women and girls' sports teams. The department is also reviewing the state’s federal funding and may retroactively pull all funding the state has received for not complying with Title IX in the past.

1 week ago | k12dive.com | Kara Arundel

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. "Dramatic, unreasoned, and unlawful actions" taken by the Trump administration to significantly downsize the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences are making it impossible to carry out education research, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the American Educational Research Association and the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness.

1 week ago | k12dive.com | Lauren Barack

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Physical education classes offer an opportunity to draw out students who may not naturally feel as confident or outgoing as some of their peers, ultimately helping to build leadership skills along with improving children's motor skills and enhancing their well-being.

1 week ago | k12dive.com | Naaz Modan

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. After a relatively light education docket last year, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to play a heavy role in K-12 this year. So far in 2025, the court has already heard a case that could alter the future of the popular E-rate program, which provides internet services to schools and libraries at a discounted rate.