Highlights
Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones - The New York Times (subscription model) - 29 March 2026
A Year After Deep Cuts, Can the Institute for Education Sciences Remake Itself? - The 74 - 27 March 2026
On-demand-college counseling, courtesy of AI - The Hechinger Report - 27 March 2026
ESSER pandemic spending is over. What will its legacy be? - K-12 Dive - 30 March 2026
W/A Webinar
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Federal Policy & Politics
Education Department directs student loan borrowers in SAVE plan to prepare for repayment - Associated Press - 27 March 2026
Trump Admin. Makes Workforce Training a Focus in College-Access Program - Education Week (subscription model) - 27 March 2026
AACC supports a boost for Basic Needs Grant program - Community College Daily - 26 March 2026
Want to Major in Theater? Don’t Expect a Student Loan - WTOP News - 25 March 2026
K-12 Education
Many Parents Value Grades Over Test Scores, Missing Signals To Intervene - The 74 - 30 March 2026
Keeping English Learners in Science and Social Studies Classrooms - Harvard Graduate School of Education - 27 March 2026
Higher Education
Why College Graduates Feel Betrayed - The New York Times (subscription model) - 27 March 2026
Commentary: Stop Treating College Admission As a Proxy for Exclusion - US News & World Report - 30 March 2026
Course redesign: Four ways to build successful eight-week terms - University Business - 27 March 2026
Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis Explains How Benedict College Beat the National Graduation Average for Pell Students - The EDU Ledger - 25 March 2026
Early Learning & Child Care
This Colorado school district is losing students. Will new preschool options help? - Colorado Public Radio - 27 March 2026
Educator Talent & Staffing
New York promised to center phonics in reading instruction, but new course for teachers sidelines science of reading - The Hechinger Report - 29 March 2026
Lawmakers strike deal on lower, $2,000 teacher pay raise. Educators say they ‘desperately need’ more - Mississippi Today - 27 March 2026
Technology & AI
Computer Science Education Will Look Different in the Age of AI, Says Code.org's New CEO - EdWeek Market Brief (subscription model) - 26 March 2026
NYC releases guidelines for AI in schools. Some say it raises more questions than it answers - The 74 - 27 March 2026
Maximize AI ROI: Invest In The People Who Use It - Forbes (subscription model) - 27 March 2026
🎧 BONUS: Live at SXSW EDU with Ashley Beckner - Enrollify - 24 March 2026
Student Health, Safety & Nutrition
How VR is helping Marylanders with autism and Down syndrome master life skills - The Baltimore Sun (subscription model) - 30 March 2026
States Push AI Weapons Detection as Part of School Safety - Education Week (subscription model) - 26 March 2026
Workforce & Career Pathways
Workforce-ready students start with workforce-ready educators - District Administration - 27 March 2026
New Mexico’s paid summer internships for high school students offer real work experience - KUNM - 25 March 2026
Bowie State University Selected for Lumina Foundation-Backed From Campus to Career Program - The EDU Ledger - 29 March 2026
Pay-for-performance: A new frontier for apprenticeship funding - Community College Daily - 29 March 2026
School Choice
U.S. Education Secretary McMahon says Michigan should join Trump’s school tax-credit plan - Michigan Advance - 27 March 2026
Colorado bill would make sure charter schools are considered in local construction ballot measures - Colorado Public Radio - 30 March 2026
State & Local News
Florida | Florida bans sociology from core curriculum at state universities - Miami Herald (subscription model) - 26 March 2026
Kansas | Kansas school cellphone ban leans on legislators, rather than learning - Kansas Reflector - 27 March 2026
Missouri | ‘A complete joke’: Higher education funding overhaul finds few takers in Missouri Senate - Missouri Independent - 26 March 2026
Nebraska | Nebraska lawmakers narrowly advance bill providing more support for struggling 3rd grade readers - Nebraska Examiner - 26 March 2026
North Carolina | Gov. Stein outlines education priorities to crowd of educators, policymakers - The 74 - 28 March 2026
North Carolina | State leaders explore an education system based on student competency instead of seat time - Education NC - 26 March 2026
Oklahoma | New social studies standards pass Oklahoma State Board of Education vote - Oklahoma Voice - 26 March 2026
Wisconsin | Evers vetoes GOP proposal for new limit on Wisconsin school referendum requests - Wisconsin Examiner - 27 March 2026
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