Highlights
Further Negative Projections for Higher Ed in 2026 - Inside Higher Ed - 5 December 2025
Superintendents Think a Lot About Money, But Few Say It’s One of Their Strengths - Education Week (subscription model) - 5 December 2025
Why student success needs a new definition - Axios - 5 December 2025
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U.S. Department of Education
Fate of Accountability for Undergraduate Certificates Likely to Loom Over ED Talks - Inside Higher Ed - 5 December 2025
Education Dept. asks hundreds of fired employees to temporarily return - USA Today (subscription model) - 6 December 2025
Education Department workers targeted in layoffs are returning to tackle civil rights backlog - Associated Press - 5 December 2025
Court blocks Trump administration effort to halt school mental health worker grants - The Hill - 5 December 2025
K-12 Education
Some districts reverse school closures despite declining enrollment - K-12 Dive - 5 December 2025
Higher Education
Year In Review: The Leading Higher Education Stories For 2025 - Forbes (subscription model) - 7 December 2025
New Jersey Initiative Has Re-Enrolled 13,500 Adults Back In College - WRAT - 4 December 2025
New Jersey leverages platform to help adults go back to school - Route Fifty - 5 December 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
One city’s big bet on finding badly needed early educators — and getting them to stay - The Hechinger Report - 5 December 2025
Utah companies championing women advancement lag on child care benefits, study finds - Utah News Dispatch - 8 December 2025
Cost of childcare in Ohio is skyrocketing. What can be done about it? - Columbus Dispatch (subscription model) - 7 December 2025
‘I feel like I’m drowning over here’ The skyrocketing cost of childcare puts a strain on holiday spirit - The Boston Globe (subscription model) - 6 December 2025
Educator Workforce
3,000 California Teachers, School Staffers Strike While 7 Unions Declare Impasse - The 74 - 5 December 2025
Tennessee House speaker wants to fund student teacher stipend amid teacher shortage - Chalkbeat Tennessee - 5 December 2025
California’s ‘Teacher Village’ Model Spreads as Housing Costs Soar - The Wall Street Journal (subscription model) - 6 December 2025
Work Flexibility, Leader Stability Keys to High Teacher Morale - Education Week (subscription model) - 5 December 2025
School Choice
Meet the billionaire pushing taxpayer-funded school vouchers - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 5 December 2025
After Deadlocked Supreme Court Case, More States Jump on Religious Charter Bandwagon - The 74 - 5 December 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
Students in need were paid $500 a month to stay in school. It worked. - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 5 December 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
15 Top Colleges For Launching Your Career - Forbes (subscription model) - 7 December 2025
We Asked Executives What Skills Young Workers Are Missing. Here’s What They Said - Education Week (subscription model) - 5 December 2025
AI & EdTech
KCCD debuts mobile virtual reality classroom - Bakersfield.com - 4 December 2025
Mobile VR Classroom Entices Students at Kern Community College District - Government Technology - 5 December 2025
🎧 Are students and workers ready for AI? - The Current by Brookings - 5 December 2025
State & Local News
Alabama | Alabama representative plans bill to protect professional degree classifications - Alabama Reflector - 8 December 2025
Connecticut | Connecticut launches new guidance to help school districts support students learning English - CT Insider (subscription model) - 8 December 2025
Hawaii | Hawaii ranks fifth nationally in early FAFSA filing - Honolulu Star-Advertiser (subscription model) - 5 December 2025
Texas | First-generation college applications are surging in Texas. Here’s why. - Fort Worth Star-Telegram (subscription model) - 8 December 2025
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Also Reading
As colleges clamp down on the teaching of gender, advocates say professors taking the hit - The Hill - 7 December 2025
Do federal privacy laws require schools to protect — or reveal — students’ LGBTQ+ identity? - K-12 Dive - 5 December 2025