The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress shows discouraging trends in how well fourth and eighth graders read and do math, Harvard education professor Martin West says in NCSL’s “Hot Topics in Education” virtual...

States are granted plenary authority on matters of education by the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. State and local governments typically provide about 90% of revenues for elementary and secondary education and account for over 40% of...

President Trump issued an executive order on March 20 directing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to take steps within her authority to facilitate the closure of the U.S. Department of Education.

Economist Christopher Thornberg says the current churn in the economy under the new administration comes on top of a strong economy that was already facing some challenges.

March is National Procurement Month, a time to recognize the state government officials who annually enter into hundreds of contracts with suppliers for everything from office supplies to construction to complex IT projects.

States are taking steps to deploy broadband in areas currently lacking access using federal grant money through the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program, known as BEAD.