In this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor speak with K-12 education reporter Jaden Edison and early learning advocate David Feigen about the shortage of affordable child care in Texas.

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is considering what titles to add to a required reading list for grades K-12.

Ohio plans a swift appeal of a decision declaring the state's private school voucher system unconstitutional.

Research shows cellphones interfere with students' ability to focus in class. Texas would join at least nine other states that ban students from using their phones during the school day.

As part of his plan to reform education, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he wants to ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at K-12 public schools.

In 2023, Texas passed a DEI ban at the state’s public universities. Now Abbott wants the state to stop funding diversity programs in K-12 schools.

National Republicans are poised to take up a platform next week that includes “universal school choice.”.

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About 7 in 10 AAPI adults approve of K-12 public schools teaching about the history of slavery, racism and segregation.

Jill Biden says “enough is enough” on the issue of children being killed by firearms.

More than 1,150 guns were seized in K-12 campuses nationwide last school year, according to an investigation by The Washington Post. That’s more than six guns each day, on average.

Last year, Lily Thomas, a then-10th-grade student from San Antonio, won the contest.

South Carolina Republicans are one step closer to restricting how race gets taught in K-12 classrooms.

Missouri K-12 teachers would be banned from talking about being gay with students without first getting parents' permission under a pending bill.

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp says he wants Georgia to provide grants to school districts to help students catch up on what they didn’t learn because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Starting high school can understandably create nervousness among parents and kids.

Utah’s governor says the state has no plans to renew a mask order for K-12 schools next fall.

CNN With just a few months to plan for a school year that will look very different from any before, education leaders are pleading for billions more in federal aid for K-12 schools because of the coronavirus pandemic. About $13 billion of that went to K-12 schools, and is just beginning to trickle down to districts. Congress divided on new fundingHouse Democrats approved a new, sweeping spending bill in May called the HEROES Act, which included about $90 billion for K-12 schools and colleges. More than 1-in-5 charter school students and roughly 1-in-8 district school students attend schools in areas with low access to the internet, a report from the group found. But it advises local education agencies to choose a model that "best fits the needs of their students and families," and to consider other options.