Evie Blad

Critics say technology's use is too impersonal for events steeped with tradition A small but growing number of high schools are using artificial intelligence to solve a very real problem at commencement

By Evie Blad — May 21, 2026 6 min read Save to favorites A small number of schools have agreed to test a novel approach to safety: swarming school shooters with remotely piloted drones.

The strength of teachers' unions varies widely across states, a new analysis concludes . And unions face challengers for policy influence as new state-level organizations emerge, adding additional voices to education debates.

There's no single, silver bullet intervention for improving student attendance, a new large-scale study finds . But some seem to be more promising

Education Week Assistant Editor Alyson Klein and the media organization's visuals team won an award from the Education Writers Association this week

The heightened tensions that school boards navigated both among members and with their communities during the COVID-19 era haven't fully abated in the time since, new research finds.

Superintendents of three large school districts assured members of the U.S. House education committee in an often-contentious hearing Wednesday that

Federal officials have not yet released precise rules for how a new education tax credit will work. But that's not stopping school leaders in Gwinnett County, Ga., from preparing to participate.