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New York City Public Schools released results of its redesigned 2026 annual school survey, which shortened and reworded questions and added new items on student vaping, bathroom access by gender identity, and inclusion.
The Detroit College Access Network and the Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Foundation opened the first Graduate 313 college and career hub on Detroit's west side, part of a $3.5 million neighborhood college access initiative.
The Chicago Board of Education voted at a special meeting to place two nonbinding advisory referendums on the November 2026 ballot, one asking voters about a statewide millionaires tax for education and one asking about a financial penalty on owners of vacant city land to fund Chicago Public Schools.
Indiana's third grade IREAD reading proficiency rose to 88.7 percent for 2025-26, surpassing the pre-pandemic 2019 rate for the first time in a fifth consecutive year of gains.
Indiana released 2026 ILEARN results showing about 42% of students proficient in English and about 43% in math, and the State Board of Education approved new ILEARN passing scores.
Marion County voting records show IPS District 4 board candidate Lindsey Cornett voted in only one Indiana Democratic primary, short of the two required to list herself as a Democrat on the November ballot.
A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a fund to abate harms its platforms caused to the state's youth.
New York's preliminary 2025-26 state exams show grades 3-8 reading proficiency fell to 48 percent statewide, with New York City reading scores dropping sharply, including a nearly 14 point decline among third graders.
At its July 23, 2026 meeting the Philadelphia Board of Education renewed Universal Audenried Charter High School's charter and voted to begin nonrenewal of Philadelphia Montessori Charter School, as board members called for greater scrutiny of Renaissance charter school enrollment.
The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation board unanimously approved Karega Rausch as its executive director, following a recommendation from Mayor Joe Hogsett.
Teachers and the Chicago Teachers Union urged the Chicago Board of Education to reject the district's $9.88 billion budget proposal, which includes all-staff furloughs and a mid-year spending freeze, at a required budget hearing.
The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation board announced six finalists for its executive director position.
