Effective July 1, 2025, a new Florida law will broadly prohibit nonprofits from receiving or soliciting funds from individuals and entities associated with certain foreign countries.
The Supreme Court effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4. The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court decision concerning the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School.
Private school fees in the UK rose 22.6% in January compared to a year earlier, driven by the new 20% VAT (Value Added Tax) introduced on tuition.
HR leaders now face increased pressure to demonstrate ROI, with many organizations hesitant to hire amid demands for greater measurable outcomes.
Congress's new tax bill, which is still going through the approval process and has not yet reached the Senate, has several components that could impact independent schools.
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An intentionally small, financially accessible school, Meridian has launched creative and cost-effective faculty support programs to retain faculty, including a housing assistance grant.
New research from Deloitte found that CEO’s are primarily responsible for driving ethical leadership, yet only about one-third of boards actively monitor ethical trends.
A recent survey of companies found that the top quarters of those most invested in AI see performance levels 3.8x that of the bottom half of companies, up from 2.7x in 2021.
Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee voted to include in the developing tax bill a federal school voucher program, worth $20 billion over four years.
House Republicans are proposing to give the Trump administration the power to revoke nonprofits' tax exempt status as well as a steep tax increase on endowment income at the nation’s wealthiest colleges.
On May 1, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued a field assistance bulletin providing guidance on determining employee or independent contractor status under the FLSA.
President Trump’s budget proposal would shrink the Education Department by 15% or $12 billion. The most significant chunk of that reduction, about $4.5 billion, would come from K-12 schools.
27 states now mandate a personal finance class to graduate. Teachers, however, have by and large not taken personal finance, and many want to know more.
Catholic schools across Texas are working to expand capacity to enroll about 20,000 new students when the ESA program launches in 2026–2027.
Some schools are making early purchases to avoid price hikes, while others are pausing or canceling projects.
A new book by a journalist who covered school closures during the COVID pandemic argues that top officials who urged the prolonged closing of schools did so despite overwhelming evidence that schools could be opened safely.
Security cameras play a vital role in campus safety, but without regular maintenance, their effectiveness declines.
A draft executive order from the Trump administration proposes integrating artificial intelligence into K-12 education.
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John Gulla, executive director of the Edward E. Ford Foundation, shares insights from a remarkable career that has taken him to more than 750 independent schools.
Five years after the pandemic, afterschool programs are still struggling to meet demand, according to a new survey.
