Districts will have to meet new academic, teacher pay and student support standards before shortening the school week.

Public schools across America are facing a crisis that many leaders still seem reluctant to discuss honestly: fewer students walking through their doors. But it's a demographic reality that school ...

Today's crises are consuming HHS leaders' attention. A new HHS 2030 series explores how states can turn constant disruption ...

America’s lead over China in the AI race is now at the mercy of zoning boards. Three structural fixes would convert most ...

States are responding to federal dysfunction by designing their own fragmented policies. America needs one federal ...

A new stream of leftist candidates for local office is vowing to lower the cost of living for everyone. How much runway will ...

A new survey underscores how housing costs and the cost of living are emerging as workforce and economic development ...

The longtime college aid program is expanding to cover short-term vocational and technical training. To realize its full ...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping campaigns at every level of government while emerging as a defining issue for candidates ...

Growing electricity demand and ambitious clean energy goals are prompting lawmakers to revisit one of the nation's strictest ...

The state has extended a program credited with filling 60,000 government jobs, but New York City is choosing a different ...