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Responding to the complaint, a Department of Labor spokesperson said, “It appears a small group of employees would rather protest their detail to Labor than do their actual jobs and deliver for the American people.” Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images Education Department employees sent to the Labor Department are working in offices that are “unsafe and in disrepair,” according to the union representing the ED staff, which filed a complaint this week with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration over the working conditions. The employees started working out of the Labor Department after ED outsourced career and technical education and…

When the School of the Art Institute of Chicago laid off 20 employees in November, citing financial strain, Joe Behen, dean of student wellness, was among them. He’d worked at the institute for more than 30 years. Though he’s made peace with losing his job—“I’m moving on,” he said—one question lingered: What will happen to his daughter’s tuition-exchange scholarship? Chloe Behen is a sophomore at the University of Southern California, and she can’t imagine going anywhere else. “USC has been the best school ever,” she said. “And I’m not just saying that. I’ve met the best people, I have the…

On a recent evening in suburban Chicago, a group of parents, teachers and administrators gathered to talk about something that, until recently, rarely drew this level of public scrutiny: the role of technology in their schools.The meeting was part of a three-session tech and learning focus group organized by Mary Jane (MJ) Warden, chief technology officer of Community Consolidated School District 15, in conjunction with the Teaching, Learning and Assessments Department. The district, which serves 11,000 preK-8 students, spent the past several years — like so many others — adding digital tools. Now, with budgets tightening and concerns about screen…

SAN DIEGO, April 1, 2026 — After intervention by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a California school district expunged its suspension of a high school junior for putting up a pro-ICE poster. On Feb. 6, hundreds of students at Torrey Pines High School peacefully staged a mid-school- day walkout to protest ICE and U.S. immigration enforcement policy. They held posters displaying statements including, “If You’re an I.C.E. Agent Ya Mom’s a Hoe!!,” “FUCK ICE,” and “ICE is KKK spelled differently.” Yet, two weeks later, the school suspended a student for posting pro-ICE flyers reading “We ❤️ I.C.E. – Real Americans.” The…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Community members packed a high school auditorium in Chelsea, Massachusetts, last month to oppose the school board’s plan to cut 70 positions, including reading coaches, special education staff and counselors.  “These support systems are what students really rely on,” one girl told the board. “As someone who struggles a lot with being overwhelmed and anxious, sometimes I just need someone to talk to.” The layoffs will help reduce an $8.6 million budget deficit, due in part to the loss of 350 students.  Sarah Neville, a…

Key points: When Senator Bill Cassidy recently questioned whether K–12 systems are adequately preparing students for college-level math, he touched a nerve in the national conversation. We see the symptoms everywhere: rising remediation rates, struggling freshmen, and a growing “readiness gap”–the chasm between student skills and college expectations. However, if we only look at the gap through the lens of higher education, we are looking at the wrong end of the pipeline. The readiness gap isn’t a failure of student ability; it is a predictable outcome of K–12 systems that aren’t intentionally designed around how students actually learn. Solving this…

Among my works, the one I like best is the Home that I have had built in Milan for accom­mo­dat­ing old singers not favored by for­tune, or who, when they were young did not pos­sess the virtue of sav­ing. Poor and dear com­pan­ions of my life!  —Giuseppe Ver­di Is there a rem­e­dy for the iso­la­tion of old age? What about the jol­ly fra­ter­ni­ty and com­pet­i­tive­ness of an art col­lege dorm, as envi­sioned by opera com­pos­er Giuseppe Ver­di? Short­ly before his death, the com­pos­er donat­ed all roy­al­ties from his operas to the con­struc­tion and admin­is­tra­tion of a lux­u­ri­ous retreat for retired…

On Oct. 13, about a month after a Texas law went into effect prohibiting “harmful,” “indecent” or “profane” school library books, New Braunfels Independent School District’s Board of Trustees shut down its secondary school libraries “effective immediately.”  The district’s temporary suspension of middle and high school library services — which it reversed after public outcry — came as part of a comprehensive review of materials that included more than 195,000 books and resources.  “NBISD administration is allocating resources to expedite the review process and ensure secondary libraries are accessible to students again as quickly as possible,” the board said in…

When it comes to training, there’s a familiar problem many companies face. People are constantly taking courses, yet managers still feel their teams are missing key skills. In other words, the issue isn’t training. It’s skills clarity. The numbers make this clear. According to the TalentLMS 2026 Annual L&D Benchmark Report, 83% of employees say they receive enough training. Yet 42% of HR managers still report a skills gap. Companies are checking the box for training. But it’s not translating into skills teams can actually use or measure. Even though 79% of organizations are trying to move toward a skills-based…

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a measure into law Tuesday that will require the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to review the state’s public colleges and recommend ways to put them on better financial footing.  As part of the review, the commission must review each institution’s academic programming, research, student body and educational model in relation to its mission. It must also deliver recommendations for the state’s colleges to collaborate, restructure or integrate.  A preliminary report is due on Oct. 1 and a…