Highlights
Talks to end US shutdown look promising, Senate majority leader says - Reuters (subscription model) - 8 November 2025
What Students Are Saying About the Decline in High School Reading Skills - The New York Times (subscription model) - 6 November 2025
From shifting loans to double majors, the economy is changing how students approach college - The Hill - 8 November 2025
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Deeper Dive: Government Shutdown
🎧 Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto talks about efforts to end the government shutdown - NPR - 10 November 2025
K-12 Education
California wants to overhaul high school learning. This school is leading the way - Associated Press - 28 October 2025
States, districts grapple with declining enrollment - K-12 Dive - 7 November 2025
Opinion: Student Learning Losses Over the Past Decade Could Cost America $90 Trillion - The 74 - 10 November 2025
Opinion: Turning Math Anxiety Into Curiosity: A Teacher’s Take on Game-Based Learning - The 74 - 9 November 2025
Higher Education
The broken narrative of higher education bears little resemblance to students’ real lives - Fortune (subscription model) - 8 November 2025
Survey: A Third of College Students Aren’t Getting Involved - Inside Higher Ed - 10 November 2025
October Brought Deep Cuts at Multiple Campuses - Inside Higher Ed - 7 November 2025
As College Wanes, Most Paying Out-Pocket in the Booming Credentials Market - The 74 - 7 November 2025
Opinion: Too many college graduates are stranded before their careers can even begin. We can’t let that happen - The Hechinger Report - 10 November 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
Map Reveals States With Most Expensive Childcare - Newsweek - 8 November 2025
Child-care providers are speaking - Arkansas Democrat Gazette - 9 November 2025
Zohran Mamdani wants to make universal child care a reality in NYC. Here's a look at the costs, and the savings - CBS News - 7 November 2025
Black student parents can thrive with access to this critical federal program - Florida Courier - 7 November 2025
Opinion: Why Oklahoma needs a Department of Early Childhood - The Oklahoman - 7 November 2025
U.S. Department of Education
Advocates warn of risks to higher ed data if Education Department is shuttered - The Hechinger Report - 10 November 2025
Minority health researchers walk tightrope amid NIH funding cuts - The Hill - 8 November 2025
Trump’s Ed. Dept. Slashed Civil Rights Enforcement. How States Are Responding - Education Week (subscription model) - 7 November 2025
Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment - NPR - 8 November 2025
Educator Workforce
Federal policies risk worsening an already dire rural teacher shortage - The Hechinger Report - 7 November 2025
New York City Could Easily Double Teacher Pay. Why Doesn’t It? - Education Next - 10 November 2025
States face different special education staffing challenges that require targeted responses - Brookings Education - 10 November 2025
School Choice
IPS and charters are preparing for big changes. A new school rating system could be one of them - Chalkbeat - 10 November 2025
Des Moines charter school to expand to K-12 at Franklin Junior High - Des Moines Register - 10 November 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
Some states now require public schools to teach kids about gun safety - Associated Press - 8 November 2025
States are pushing for more scrutiny of antisemitism in schools - Associated Press - 9 November 2025
ICE arrests could hurt student test scores, study says — and not just for immigrants - Chalkbeat - 10 November 2025
Female students struggling more to recover since pandemic - The Hill - 9 November 2025
Opinion: 'Am I Doing Enough?' Chicago Teachers Share Their Heartache Over ICE Raids - Education Week (subscription model) - 7 November 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
Class of 2025 says they see the effects of a tough job market - Higher Ed Dive - 7 November 2025
Tracking Employment in the Dark: Beyond the Missing Jobs Report - Society for Human Resource Management - 7 November 2025
Opinion: This Is What a Good Job Looks Like - The New York Times (subscription model) - 10 November 2025
AI & EdTech
Breaking Up With Edtech Is Hard to Do - EdSurge - 7 November 2025
Schools Turn to AI Translation Tools to Support English Learners - EdSurge - 10 November 2025
AI use at Texas colleges has become a 'minefield' of rules, cheating and confusion - Houston Chronicle (subscription model) - 9 November 2025
Is there an AI bubble? - Brookings Education - 7 November 2025
His students suddenly started getting A’s. Did a Google AI tool go too far? - CalMatters - 10 November 2025
State & Local News
Alabama | Legislators approve $21.7 million in contracts for Alabama State Department of Education - Alabama Reflector - 10 November 2025
Iowa | University of Iowa instructors feel strain of growing class sizes while supporting students - Iowa Capital Dispatch - 7 November 2025
Maine | States, donors and schools scramble to keep Head Start centers open — for now - Maine Morning Star - 10 November 2025
Mississippi | Student enrollment is up for most of Mississippi’s public universities, including Delta State and The W - Mississippi Today - 7 November 2025
Texas | TEA finds Houston ISD did not implement special education plans at Benbrook Elementary School - Houston Chronicle (subscription model) - 7 November 2025
Wisconsin | FoodShare delays highlight problem at Wisconsin colleges: Students struggling to afford food- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 10 November 2025
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