Highlights
Special Ed Enrollment Tops 8 Million Nationwide - Disability Scoop - 6 March 2026
Real-Time Data Shows Exactly How Students Use AI on School Technology - Education Week (subscription model) - 9 March 2026
Trump set a target of 1 million apprenticeships. Here's how that's going - NPR - 8 March 2026
Federal Policy & Politics
Special education advocates warn against future program transfers - K-12 Dive - 6 March 2026
DOGE tore down the Education Department’s research and statistical agency. Now some in the Trump administration are pushing to rebuild it - The Hechinger Report - 9 March 2026
K-12 Education
Screen-Free Schools? Some Legislators Push for a New Normal - EdSurge - 9 March 2026
State Courts Interpret the Meaning of Public Education - State Court Report - 5 March 2026
Superintendents have a message for ICE - K-12 Dive - 9 March 2026
A New National Effort Aims to Spread Learning Beyond School Walls - Education Week (subscription model) - 5 March 2026
The time has come for K-12’s “Great Modernization” - California School Boards Association - 9 March 2026
Higher Education
Online college courses used to be an exception. Now, they’re an expectation. - The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription model) - 7 March 2026
A Vexing Problem for College Students: Course Availability - The New York Times (subscription model) - 6 March 2026
Early Learning & Child Care
America’s Babies Get a Tiny Slice of the Federal Budget - The 74 - 9 March 2026
Here's why childcare is getting more unaffordable and forcing families to make 'heartbreaking choices' - Fortune (subscription model) - 8 March 2026
Thousands of 4-Year-Olds Couldn’t Apply to Universal Pre-K Last School Year - New York Focus - 9 March 2026
Educator Talent & Staffing
This Principal Puts Relationships Ahead of Content. Here’s How - Education Week (subscription model)- 6 March 2026
Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon - KPBS - 5 March 2026
Technology & AI
AI in education requires national strategy - Fast Company (subscription model) - 5 March 2026
Virtual tutoring studies offer hope for early literacy outcomes - K-12 Dive - 6 March 2026
Student Health, Safety & Nutrition
Childhood obesity at a record high as MAHA presses for changes to kids’ diets - The Hill - 8 March 2026
Workforce & Career Pathways
Gen Z graduates who majored in ‘AI-proof’ careers like pharmacy, biology, and education are making less than $50,000 after graduation - Fortune (subscription model) - 6 March 2026
School Choice
Lombardo says traditional education is not working. His answer? Expand school choice. - The Nevada Independent - 9 March 2026
Nebraska braces for latest private school funding, vouchers fight, now eyeing $3.5M - Nebraska Examiner - 9 March 2026
State & Local News
Arizona | Judge gives Arizona 8 months to fix unconstitutional school funding system - AZ Mirror - 5 March 2026
Arizona | Arizona joins Complete College America Alliance - Arizona Board of Regents - 5 March 2026
California | Report Urges California to Improve College Access - Inside Higher Ed - 6 March 2026
Colorado | Educators, lawmakers unveil bill that would untie education funding from TABOR rules - Colorado Public Radio - 5 March 2026
Connecticut | Most agree CT schools should restrict cellphones. But how — and how much? - CT Mirror - 8 March 2026
Mississippi | A law helped boost Mississippi's reading scores. A decade later, state leaders are focusing on math - Mississippi Today - 5 March 2026
Wyoming | Governor signs literacy bill that advocates declare ‘a win for Wyoming children’- WyoFile - 6 March 2025
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Also Reading
History Makers - The New York Times (subscription model) - 9 March 2026