Education

'It's deeply disturbing.' What a new report says about risks Google's AI search features pose to kids

By Hannah Grabenstein

Common Sense Media found that across more than 2,600 test interactions, Google’s two built-in AI search functions routinely failed to recognize risky and harmful behavior.

How local innovations are fueling Native American graduation gains at federally funded schools

By Savannah Peters, Associated Press

The U.S. agency that oversees dozens of schools serving Native Americans is reporting more on-time high school graduations than ever.

Innovation, data fixes fuel Native American graduation gains at federally funded schools

By Savannah Peters, Associated Pres

In 2015, just over half of high schoolers at Bureau of Indian Education schools graduated within four years. That number soared to a record high of 79% by 2025.

Trump's actions signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn

By Annie Ma, Associated Press

For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities — rights that some fear could be losing ground under the Trump administration.

Required Bible stories for Texas students challenge separation of church and state

By William Brangham, Jackson Hudgins

Passages from the Bible will now become required reading for public school students in Texas. The Republican-controlled state board of education approved the mandatory reading list on Friday, the first of its kind in the country. William Brangham discussed the…

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Texas education board approves Bible stories as required reading in public schools

By Jamie Stengle, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

The Texas education board on Friday approved a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes Bible passages, widening conservative efforts to push Christian teachings in U.S. classrooms.

Families of kids with disabilities warn Education Department changes could break a flawed system

By Heather Hollingsworth, Annie Ma, Moriah Balingit, Associated Press

Now that the Education Department is offloading civil rights enforcement and special education, some parents and advocates warn a process that has largely been stalled since President Donald Trump took office will see only more chaos and roadblocks.

The private school choice boom leaves behind many kids in public school

By Bianca Vázquez Toness, Sharon Lurye, Associated Press

Soon, half of all American schoolkids will live in states that offer public money for a private education. Texas is the latest to join in, budgeting $1 billion to spend this fall on private school scholarships or homeschooling expenses.

Indiana becomes the latest state to receive flexibility from Trump on federal education spending

By Annie Ma, Associated Press

The Trump administration is giving Indiana more flexibility over how it decides to spend its federal grant money, the third state to receive such exemptions from the Education Department as it seeks to “return education to the states.”…

Trump moves special education and civil rights oversight out of Education Department

By Annie Ma, Associated Press

President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.