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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.
Chicago Public Schools proposed permanent staff savings, temporary furloughs, and a larger city tax request as it works through a $732.5 million deficit.
The New York City Council voted 49 to 0 to approve a one-time $10,000 workforce stabilization payment to most public school paraprofessionals.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels announced a $67.5 million investment to expand the Nest, Horizon, AIMS, Path and ACES special education programs into pre-K across 14 of the city's 32 school districts.
Gallup and the Lumina Foundation released a poll finding that 38 percent of U.S. adults have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in higher education, down from 42 percent in 2025.
