School board news everyone can use.

Students, parents, teachers and voters all read SchoolBoardNews. We aim for WCAG 2.2 Level AA on the website and the iPhone app, and we fix what readers tell us gets in their way.

In the iPhone app

You can follow your state and topics, read and save stories, and change your settings using any of these:

VoiceOver

Every button, story and setting has a spoken name. Story cards read the headline first, then the outlet, date and places.

Voice Control

Spoken names start with the words you see, so you can say “Tap Save for later” or “Tap” and a headline.

Larger Text

Text follows the size you choose in Settings → Display & Brightness → Text Size, and nothing is cut off at the largest sizes.

Dark Mode

The app follows your iPhone's Light or Dark appearance.

Sufficient contrast

Text meets WCAG AA contrast (at least 4.5 to 1) in both light and dark appearance.

Not by color alone

Selected topics and states show a check mark and are announced as checked; saved stories say “Saved ✓”.

Reduce Motion

With Reduce Motion on, screens fade in instead of sliding.

The app has no video or audio of its own, so captions and audio descriptions don't apply to it.

On the website

• Pages use headings, landmarks and labeled form fields, so screen readers and keyboards can move through them.
• Links that leave SchoolBoardNews say so, including the “(opens in a new tab)” note on every “Read at” link.
• Text follows your browser's text size and zoom. The website has a light appearance only; the app also has a dark one.
• The audio briefing reads the day's top stories aloud, and lists each story it reads on the same page.

Publisher sites and ads

Full articles open on each publisher's own site, and we can't control how accessible those sites are. Ads come from Google, which sets their content. Every ad is labeled “Advertisement”.

Tell us what isn't working

If something on SchoolBoardNews is hard to use with your setup, email hello@schoolboardnews.app. Tell us the page or screen, your device and any assistive technology you use, and we'll tell you what we'll change.