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Planning Smarter, Not Cutting Deeper: AI and the Future of School Budgets

For decades, when school budgets shrank, the same pattern repeated: cut teachers, delay technology upgrades, and eliminate electives. As explored…

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The Phone-Free Push: How ‘Bell-to-Bell’ Cellphone Limits Are Changing School Culture

Cellphones have gone from luxury devices to near-universal companions in just over a decade. By 2025, 95% of U.S. teens…

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When the Cloud Goes Dark: How the AWS Outage Tested Schools’ Digital Resilience

Just after 10 a.m. ET on October 20, millions of users across the United States began seeing “service unavailable” errors…

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Turning Down the Volume: Protecting Student Hearing in Schools

October marks National Protect Your Hearing Month, a timely reminder that hearing is one of our most precious—and most vulnerable—senses.…

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Riding Safely Together: National School Bus Safety Week (Oct 20–24, 2025)

Each day, millions of students step aboard the familiar yellow school bus—the safest vehicle on the road for getting children…

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The Stories That Matter, edCircuit’s Weekly Roundup, Issue 5

In this week’s edition of The Stories That Matter, edCircuit explores how funding, innovation, and preparedness continue to shape K–12…

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High School Student Depression: What Principals, Counselors, & Educators Must Know

High school students today are navigating a complex, pressure-filled world. Between social media comparison, academic demands, future uncertainty, and part-time…

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The Cost of Cuts: How Budget Decisions Reshape the Classroom Experience

School boards and district leaders are facing some of the hardest fiscal realities in decades. With pandemic-era relief funds gone,…

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When the Wi-Fi Goes Dark: How Schools Can Prepare for Emergency Communications Without Technology

Technology has transformed how schools communicate during emergencies. Push notifications, mobile apps, mass text alerts, and panic buttons all promise…

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AI as a Classroom Teaching Assistant

On a Sunday evening in Raleigh, North Carolina, English teacher Jennifer Moore used to spend three or more hours writing…

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