Highlights
The Education Department's efforts to fire staff cost over $28 million, watchdog says - NPR - 2 February 2026
Caught between ICE enforcement and fraud allegations, child care industry gasps for air - The Hill - 1 February 2026
Rising Demand for Career Education Prompts College Board to Expand Its Footprint - Education Week (subscription model) - 30 January 2026
LAUSD teachers union members authorize strike, ratcheting up pressure on contract talks - Los Angeles Times (subscription model) - 31 January 2026
Federal Policy & Politics
New National Poll Shows Strong Bipartisan Support for Federal Child Care Programs - First Five Years Fund - 28 January 2026
K-12 Education
The Nation's Top 5 Teachers in 2026 Focus on Community, Place-Based Education - Education Week (subscription model) - 30 January 2026
What the Best Career and Technical Programs Have in Common - Education Week (subscription model) - 30 January 2026
Kids need to catch up on missed special education hours. Schools want to make it fun - NPR - 1 February 2026
Why Boys Are Behind in Reading at Every Age - The New York Times (subscription model) - 30 January 2026
Amplifying Student Success: Systemic Issues In High School Counseling - Forbes (subscription model) - 29 January 2026
Higher Education
New Data Offers Portrait of Self-Supported Transfer Students - Inside Higher Ed - 2 February 2026
Opinion: Replicating Affluence Is Not the Path to Equity - Inside Higher Ed - 26 January 2026
Four-year community college degrees can address unmet needs for students, employers - Iowa Capital Dispatch - 30 January 2026
Early Learning & Child Care
More than care: How early education providers are stepping up to supply the community - New Hampshire Bulletin - 2 February 2026
Early Learning Sites Could Close Soon In Hawaiʻi Amid Federal Funding Chaos - Honolulu Civil Beat - 30 January 2026
Child care in California was already hard to find — the immigration crackdown has made it worse - CalMatters - 2 February 2026
Educator Talent & Staffing
Principals Can Make or Break Schools. How Districts Find the Right Fit - Education Week (subscription model) - 30 January 2026
Technology & AI
States turn to predictive tech to improve student performance - Route Fifty - 29 January 2026
AI Trailblazer Google Doesn’t Want Schools to ‘Bypass the Human’ - The 74 - 2 February 2026
Carnegie Mellon, Gates Foundation fund AI-powered learning platform - EdScoop - 29 January 2026
Opinion: The worst AI strategy in higher ed is no strategy at all - University Business - 30 January 2026
Student Health, Safety & Nutrition
How this school chef is building healthy habits one vegetable at a time - Chalkbeat Indiana - 26 January 2026
Workforce & Career Pathways
Economists say Ohio's education system doesn't match employer demands - Ohio Capital Journal - 2 February 2026
School Choice
Senate bill seeks to give West Virginia private schools ‘freedom from government oversight - West Virginia Watch - 2 February 2026
State & Local News
Hawaii | Hawaiʻi Could See Nation's Highest Drop In High School Graduates - Honolulu Civil Beat - 29 January 2026
Kentucky | Kentucky GOP senators make public education a cornerstone of their priority bills - Kentucky Lantern - 2 February 2026
Louisiana | Louisiana schools will add cameras in special education classrooms. Who’s monitoring them? - Louisiana Illuminator - 30 January 2026
Nevada | Nevada school budget heyday was short-lived. Why several districts are now in dire straits - The Nevada Independent - 1 February 2026
New Mexico | New Mexico Senate unanimously advances K-12 math and literacy bills - Source New Mexico - 29 January 2026
Philadelphia | Philadelphia school closure plan would move hundreds of students to lower-performing schools - Pennsylvania Capital-Star - 2 February 2026
San Francisco | S.F. teachers overwhelmingly authorize their first strike in a half-century - San Francisco Chronicle (subscription model)- 31 January 2026
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Also Reading
Nonprofits Are The Real Social Safety Net - Forbes (subscription model) - 28 January 2026
Black History Month centennial channels angst over anti-DEI climate into education, free resources - Boston Herald (subscription model) - 2 February 2026
Americans Are Learning Korean Because of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ - The New York Times (subscription model) - 31 January 2026