--- title: Meta expands Instagram’s School Partnership Program in... description: Meta is expanding Instagram's School Partnership Program in the US, adding Channels for administrator-only announcements, School Stories and Notes visible only... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-expands-instagram-s-school-partnership-program-in-the-us-d0di0wtsq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta expands Instagram’s School Partnership Program in the US | daily.dev og:description: Meta is expanding Instagram's School Partnership Program in the US, adding Channels for administrator-only announcements, School Stories and Notes visible only... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-expands-instagram-s-school-partnership-program-in-the-us-d0di0wtsq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/d0DI0WTSq.png og:image:alt: Meta expands Instagram’s School Partnership Program in the US og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meta expands Instagram’s School Partnership Program in the US **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta is expanding Instagram's School Partnership Program in the US, adding Channels for administrator-only announcements, School Stories and Notes visible only to verified students, and a club/team directory. Verified students, checked via UNiDAYS, can also browse classmate lists and add a school banner to their profile, with parental notifications through Family Center. Nearly 17,000 US schools have joined the program, which launched last year with ISTE and ASCD to let educators report bullying directly to Instagram. The expansion follows Meta's recent settlement with 52 attorneys general over youth addiction claims, under which it agreed to pay up to $18bn over 10 years and add teen time limits. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new features did Instagram add to its School Partnership Program? Instagram added Channels, where only school administrators can post updates for parents and the community, plus School Stories and Notes visible only to verified students at that school. Students also get a directory of clubs and teams for events, a classmate list, and an optional school banner on their profile. Verification runs through UNiDAYS, and parents get notified via Family Center when a teen joins or leaves a school. _Anyone tracking how platforms handle teen safety features can follow policy shifts like this on daily.dev._ ### How many US schools have joined Instagram's School Partnership Program? Nearly 17,000 US schools have signed up for Instagram's School Partnership Program, which launched with education groups ISTE and ASCD to let educators report bullying and safety problems directly to Instagram, with those reports placed at the front of the review queue and schools notified once action is taken. _Developers building trust-and-safety or reporting tools can watch adoption trends like this on daily.dev._ ### What did Meta agree to in its settlement over Instagram and Facebook youth addiction claims? Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion over 10 years and add daily time limits for teens, as part of a settlement with 52 attorneys general over claims it designed Instagram and Facebook to addict children. The school program expansion followed about a month after this settlement was reached. _Those building or auditing consumer platforms can track regulatory settlements like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Meta takes its 13\+ teen content settings global across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-takes-its-13-teen-content-settings-global-across-instagram-facebook-and-messenger-kgvehz2zc) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Meta agrees to $18 billion settlement over teen social media harms](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-agrees-to-18-billion-settlement-over-teen-social-media-harms-xdpbsnqlk) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Instagram tracked growing usage while targeting teens, lawyers argue](https://daily.dev/posts/instagram-tracked-growing-usage-while-targeting-teens-lawyers-argue-vminv3gvw) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media), [#instagram](https://daily.dev/tags/instagram) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-expands-instagram-s-school-partnership-program-in-the-us-d0di0wtsq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Meta expands Instagram’s School Partnership Program in the US","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-expands-instagram-s-school-partnership-program-in-the-us-d0di0wtsq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-expands-instagram-s-school-partnership-program-in-the-us-d0di0wtsq"},"datePublished":"2026-09-30T07:55:26.620Z","dateModified":"2026-09-30T07:55:47.343Z","description":"Meta is expanding Instagram's School Partnership Program in the US, adding Channels for administrator-only announcements, School Stories and Notes visible only...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/05b201e6b353ed8f835ddd771303ff7b?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/05b201e6b353ed8f835ddd771303ff7b?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-expands-instagram-s-school-partnership-program-in-the-us-d0di0wtsq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"social-media,instagram","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Meta expands Instagram’s School Partnership Program in the US"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/meta-expands-instagram-s-school-partnership-program-in-the-us-d0di0wtsq#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What new features did Instagram add to its School Partnership Program?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Instagram added Channels, where only school administrators can post updates for parents and the community, plus School Stories and Notes visible only to verified students at that school. 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