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Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It

By: Coral Davenport —
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.

A teacher at a Head Start program run by Easterseals South Florida instructing students on reading and writing. Head Start has served over 30 million children since it was created.

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In Backlash Against Tech in Schools, Parents Are Winning Rollbacks

By: Natasha Singer —
From Salt Lake City to New York City, parents are demanding more sway over the digital tools that schools give children.

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.

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A.I.-Themed High School Is Put on Hold After Parental Backlash

By: Matthew Haag —
Families in New York City expressed concerns about the rapid adoption of the technology. The schools chancellor also canceled a plan to close two Upper West Side schools.

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

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Los Angeles Schools Strike Narrowly Averted in Last-Minute Deal

By: Shawn Hubler and Jill Cowan —
The strike would have shut down classes on Tuesday for hundreds of thousands of students in the nation’s second-largest school district.

Students in Los Angeles walk to class in a photo from 2025.

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As Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Pushes Into High Schools, Dissension Follows

By: Pooja Salhotra —
Since Mr. Kirk’s death, chapters of his organization’s affiliate for teenagers have more than doubled in number, aided by politicians who have said they won’t tolerate opposition.

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.

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Mamdani Reverses Call to End Mayoral Control of NYC Public Schools

By: Troy Closson —
The mayor-elect’s turnaround came as he selected Kamar Samuels to lead New York City’s school system at a precarious moment.

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

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Texas L.G.B.T.Q. Teenagers and Families Navigate a Public School Clampdown

By: Pooja Salhotra —
Under a new state law, public schools can no longer sponsor gay and gender clubs or “assist” with transitioning, but implementation appears to be varying by the politics of the districts.

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.

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140,000 N.Y.C. Students Are Homeless. Can the Next Mayor Change That?

By: Troy Closson —
The city’s housing crisis has contributed to an education crisis, with more children than ever living in temporary housing. They face dismal outcomes.

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.

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Partisan Language Inserted Into Education Dept. Workers’ Automated Emails

By: Eileen Sullivan and Michael C. Bender —
The out-of-office responses from the accounts of employees on furlough cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats.

The Department of Education in Washington on Tuesday. Employees are currently on furlough.

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Republicans Demand Information From the College Board and Firms That Help Set College Prices

By: Ron Lieber —
In letters to consultants and the College Board, House and Senate Judiciary leaders invoked antitrust law and asked how student data feeds pricing algorithms.

Representative Jim Jordan, rear row, right, is among the leaders requesting that college consulting firms share information about their pricing algorithms, among other issues.

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Should the Autism Spectrum Be Split Apart?

By: Azeen Ghorayshi —
Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause.

Jodie Singer, 28, is severely autistic, speaking only in short, repetitive phrases and requiring round-the-clock care.

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‘Rampant’ Book Bans Are Now Taken for Granted, Free Speech Group Warns

By: Elizabeth A. Harris —
A new report from PEN America tracks restrictions on school books across 45 states.
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They Had Come to Graduate. Their Minds Were on a Student Held by ICE.

By: Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Todd Heisler —
Dylan Lopez Contreras was arrested by immigration authorities. This week, he was remembered during the commencement for a school devoted to immigrants.

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Negotiation or Capitulation? How Columbia Got Off Trump’s Hot Seat.

By: Sharon Otterman —
The university has largely complied with the administration’s demands, but has adjusted them in meaningful ways. One department offers a window into that effort.

Top academics in the Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Department at Columbia University, including Professors Timothy Mitchell and Gil Hochberg, the department’s chair, say the school is committed to the program’s autonomy.

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Trump Officials Unveil Budget Cuts to Aid for Health, Housing and Research

By: Tony Romm —
The new blueprint shows that a vast array of education, health, housing and labor programs would be hit, including aid for college and cancer research.

President Trump’s budget proposes deep reductions for nearly ever major federal agency, reserving its steepest cuts for foreign aid, medical research, tax enforcement and a slew of anti-poverty programs.

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Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Threats to Cut Funding

By: Stephanie Saul —
Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.

The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.

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Trump Gave Us a Piece of His Mind

By: Gail Collins and Bret Stephens —
The official and unofficial languages of the White House, decoded.

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2 Dead in Antioch High School Shooting, Nashville Police Say

By: Remy Tumin and Emily Cochrane —
A student opened fire inside Antioch High School, shooting two other students and then himself, the authorities said. A female student and the shooter were killed, officials said.

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

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Why Public School Curriculum Is Resistant to Political Pressure

By: Dana Goldstein —
Politicians on both the left and the right have sought to change or limit what teachers can do inside classrooms. Teachers often ignore them.

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

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