Majority-Black school districts face funding gaps for their buildings 05:30. Cracked walls, mold, sewage backups, even the risk of electric shock. That's what students at Druid Hills High School ...

High-poverty school districts are struggling to fill more open positions than higher-income districts, but those areas have had staffing shortages for at least a decade.

School districts have a lot of responsibilities to manage. Some are adding housing to the list. More and more districts across the country are building housing complexes to rent to teachers and ...

NPR's A Martinez talks to Molly McGee-Hewitt, CEO and executive director of the National Association for Pupil Transportation, about the bus driver shortage many school districts are experiencing.

A growing number of schools in rural communities are switching to four-day school weeks to attract and retain high-quality teachers amid funding challenges and a nationwide teacher shortage.

More schools switching to 4-day week 01:53. When the school bell rings in Independence, Missouri, this year, 14,000 students are trying something new: a four-day week, with Mondays off.

Gov. Phil Murphy is calling for New Jersey schools to ban cellphones in classrooms. But many districts already have policies in place cracking down on phone use to varying degrees. Some of New ...