Sandra Martinez Roe, with her son, is a leader of a Los Angeles parents’ group pushing the district to audit its technology contracts and limit the use of tech in schools.

Demonstrators rallied in April against the use of generative artificial intelligence in New York City schools.

Club America members from Stratford High School in Houston found themselves caught between concerned parents on the left and Texas’ most powerful politicians on the right.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named Kamar Samuels as New York City’s schools chancellor. He starts on Thursday.

Kenneth and Amelia Smith hold hands with their child at home in Katy, Texas. The day before summer break ended, Mr. and Mrs. Smith learned their child would not be addressed at school by her preferred name.

More than 1.3 million students in the United States have been identified as homeless, according to the most recent data. That is widely considered to be a significant undercount.

Families wait as school buses arrive at a unification site following a shooting at the Antioch High School in Nashville.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has vowed to push a “patriotic” curriculum.

Coleman Hughes in Queens, N.Y., on Tuesday. Mr. Hughes has emerged as something of a rarity in the tense national conversation over how race should factor into public policy.

A jury sided with Sarah Hernandez, but the damages she received were nominal. She hopes to run for office again.

This spring, Mayor Eric Adams has to convince state lawmakers to extend his control over the nation’s largest school system.

Kristy Neumeister was among 39 teachers this summer who took part in a four-day training that aimed to expose educators to the basics of climate change.