Highlights
Trump’s Next Plan for the U.S. Education System: Lots and Lots of Rules - Politico - 4 January 2026
Congressional Republicans Look to Build on 2025 Higher Ed Reforms - Inside Higher Ed - 5 January 2026
Families can soon apply for Texas’ $1 billion school voucher program. Here’s how it works - Houston Public Media - 4 January 2026
🎧 Child care providers face intense scrutiny amid funding cuts and allegations of fraud - NPR - 4 January 2026
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U.S. Department of Education
With Washington Stepping Back, States Must Step Up - RealClear Education - 24 December 2025
K-12 Education
Classroom Phone Bans Work. So Why Don’t All Schools Do It? - The Wall Street Journal (subscription model) - 27 December 2025
Tracking the Supreme Court’s impact on K-12 schools - K-12 Dive - 5 January 2026
How to Get More Students Into Computer Science Classes in the Age of AI - Education Week (subscription model) - 16 December 2025
The Kinds of CTE Courses Students Are Demanding From Their Schools - Education Week (subscription model) - 18 December 2025
AP report: Rise of deepfake cyberbullying poses a growing problem for schools - PBS News - 2 January 2026
Schools are closing across rural America. Here’s how a battle over small districts is playing out in one state - The Hechinger Report - 5 January 2026
Higher Education
The Biggest Developments in Higher Education Policy in 2025 - US News & World Report (subscription model) - 2 January 2026
How Student Loans and Financial Aid Are Changing in 2026 - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 2 January 2026
Six Higher Education Issues To Watch In State Legislatures This Year - Forbes (subscription model) - 4 January 2026
In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel - The New York Times (subscription model) - 24 December 2025
Commentary: The College Enrollment Cliff Is Not as Steep as It Seems - US News & World Report (subscription model) - 17 December 2025
🎧 Episode 232: Empowering Service Members Through Personalized Learning - Modern Campus - 18 December 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
What to know about Trump administration freezing federal child care funds - Associated Press - 2 January 2026
States invest in child care more than ever to help parents with rising costs - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 26 December 2025
1 in 3 Pre-K Teachers Uses Generative AI at School - EdSurge - 5 January 2026
Educator Workforce
Teacher Salaries Fall Despite Dramatic Jumps in Per-Pupil Spending - Education Next - 2 January 2026
The teachers working winter break jobs to make ends meet - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 31 December 2025
School Choice
Most Tennessee students don’t use ESA vouchers to exit low-performing schools, comptroller finds - Chalkbeat Tennessee - 5 January 2026
Florida’s school choice headache: Millions of unused dollars - Politico - 5 January 2026
Learner Health & Well-Being
New science points to 4 distinct types of autism - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 26 December 2025
Barring None: Students with incarcerated parents need a robust support system - AAC&U - December 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
Community Colleges Are Training the Next Generation of Manufacturing Workers - Higher Ed Dive - 22 December 2025
Making the jobs market more human again - Washington Examiner - 2 January 2026
Rebuild the College-to-Work Pipeline, Connect the Systems That Already Exist - RealClear Education - 19 December 2025
Charting a Better Collegiate & Workforce Education Course - The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal - 14 December 2025
AI & EdTech
K-12 World Reacts to Trump’s Executive Order to Block State AI Regulations - Education Week (subscription model) - 18 December 2025
Education Companies That Upped Their AI Game In 2025 - Forbes (subscription model) - 27 December 2025
Soft skills in the AI era - Fast Company (subscription model) - 26 December 2025
Student tech teams at Gateway, Duquesne learn life skills while setting up iPads - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (subscription model) - 24 December 2025
Sheridan County school district talks AI in education - Wyoming Tribune Eagle - 29 December 2025
Computer science education can't exclude AI, research warns - District Administration - 15 December 2025
🎧 Year-End Special Part 1: Reviewing 2025 + 2026 AI & EdTech Predictions from Reach Capital, HMH, Brisk & More! - EdTech Insiders - 24 December 2025
State & Local News
California | Commentary: How district leaders can get math education right for California’s English learners - EdSource - 4 January 2026
Maine | In Maine, a new initiative is helping students connect math with the real world - NPR - 2 January 2026
Chicago | City Colleges’ partnership drives enrollment and student success - The Chicago Crusader - 24 December 2025
New York City | Zohran Mamdani Reverses Course on Mayoral Control Over NYC Schools - Education Week (subscription model) - 2 January 2026
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Hope in a Time of Cynicism - The New York Times (subscription model) - 1 January 2026