Schools

More than 10,000 schools nationwide lack air conditioning, according to the Center for Climate Integrity. And with soaring temps across the midwest and East Coast, some schools are releasing students early or closing altogether this week.

A new federal program is beginning to send electric school buses to schools across the country, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Early adopting districts weigh in on how the new buses are working so far.

Labour, the main opposition party in the United Kingdom, wants to undo a tax exemption private schools have enjoyed for decades.

In a Rand survey, 80% of superintendents call their jobs stressful, largely because of the intrusion of political issues into schooling.

About one in three students are chronically absent, double the number before the pandemic.

A new report finds that funding has stagnated in the last two decades. Some states are trying to buck the trend.

Instructors are investing their cash, along with their skill and passion, in their students' education.

Since the chatbot launched, schools have sought tools to inform teachers when students try to pass off AI-generated writing as their own.

Shortages and unavailable goods mean schools can't always serve what's listed on their menus.

School districts, flush with cash from federal Covid relief funds, are looking to hire, and new teachers are figuring out how schools must adapt in the wake of a pandemic.