Highlights
How Universities Are Responding to Trump’s Compact - Inside Higher Ed - 24 October 2025
Trump administration uses shutdown to push Education Department elimination - The Hill - 24 October 2025
Many District Leaders Fail to Think Strategically About Spending. What Gets in Their Way? - Education Week (subscription model) - 24 October 2025
Cities could dramatically cut childhood poverty with new tax credits, research finds - Stateline - 24 October 2025
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Deep Dive: Government Shutdown
6 ways the shutdown is about to get worse - Politico - 27 October 2025
Government shutdown could further disrupt Head Start services in November - USA Today (subscription model) - 24 October 2025
‘No Idea How Long People Can Hold Out’: Federal Workers Feel Brunt of Shutdown - The New York Times (subscription model) - 26 October 2025
Upcoming federal food assistance pause intensifies shutdown fight - News from the States - 27 October 2025
K-12 Education
10 ways to strengthen family-school partnerships and support learning - K-12 Dive - 24 October 2025
Educators push for virtual schooling in response to ICE raids - K-12 Dive - 24 October 2025
Why one reading expert says ‘just-right’ books are all wrong - The Hechinger Report - 27 October 2025
Were school COVID-19 closures worth it? Not really, University of Washington study finds - Oregon Public Broadcasting - 27 October 2025
Higher Education
70% of Americans say feds shouldn’t control admissions, curriculum - Higher Ed Dive - 24 October 2025
Trump’s DEI Crackdown Closes 120 TRIO Programs - Inside Higher Ed - 27 October 2025
More first-generation students in Texas are applying for college - The Hechinger Report - 27 October 2025
Opinion: Why millions are failing college math — and how to fix it - The Hill - 23 October 2025
OPINION: Student-parents belong on college campuses. So do their children - The Hechinger Report - 27 October 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
Map Shows States With the Highest—and Lowest—Child Care Costs - Newsweek (subscription model) - 27 October 2025
Long waitlists for subsidized child care taking economic toll on families - VPM - 24 October 2025
Amid cuts, Indiana child care providers mobilize - Indiana Capital Chronicle - 27 October 2025
U.S. Department of Education
Opinion: Giving States Waivers From Accountability Is a Dangerous Step Backward for Kids - The 74 - 27 October 2025
Educator Workforce
Teachers unions leverage contracts to fight climate change - The Hechinger Report - 26 October 2025
School Choice
Why ‘School Choice’ Doesn’t Feel Empowering to Many Families - EdSurge - 24 October 2025
How Odyssey rose from tech startup to manager of Texas' $1B school voucher program - Houston Chronicle (subscription model) - 24 October 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
Doctors Muffled as Florida Moves To End Decades of Childhood Vaccination Mandates - KFF Health News - 27 October 2025
Survey: Students Share Feelings of Belonging on Campuses - Inside Higher Ed - 27 October 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
Stop blaming Gen Z: the workforce system is broken. Here's how leaders can step up - Fortune (subscription model) - 26 October 2025
Opinion: Today’s American workforce isn’t sustainable - The Washington Times (subscription model) - 22 October 2025
AI & EdTech
Big Tech Makes Cal State Its A.I. Training Ground - The New York Times (subscription model) - 26 October 2025
State & Local News
California | California wants to overhaul high school learning. This school is leading the way - CalMatters - 27 October 2025
California | Statewide Initiative Aims to Integrate Career and College Readiness - Public Policy Institute of California - 27 October 2025
Oklahoma | Report: Enrollment up at Oklahoma colleges and universities - Oklahoma Voice - 27 October 2025
Pennsylvania | School districts forced to cut programs, take out loans as Pa. budget impasse continues - Spotlight PA - 27 October 2025
Texas | Texas higher education enrollment reaches all-time high - Texas Tribune - 24 October 2025
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Also Reading
Opinion: This Halloween, Teach Your Students Ghost Stories and Urban Legends - Education Week (subscription model) - 24 October 2025