Highlights
Months After Deep Cuts, Education Researchers See Reason for Cautious Optimism - The 74 - 6 October 2025
ED Pushes Workforce Readiness as a Priority - Inside Higher Ed - 6 October 2025
Already facing a student loan ‘financial reckoning,’ Trump’s changes to graduate students loans could make Gen Z’s diplomas a pricier gamble - Fortune (subscription model) - 3 October 2025
Understanding Disconnection Among American Youth - Rand - 1 October 2025
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🔎 Deeper Dive: Government Shutdown
The federal shutdown puts nutrition aid for millions of new parents at risk - NPR - 2 October 2025
How the Federal Government Shutdown Is Affecting Schools: A Tracker - Education Week (subscription model) - 3 October 2025
Shutdown cancels sports games and dances for students at military-base schools - NBC News - 4 October 2025
Government shutdown delays jobs report. What data economists are tracking instead - USA Today (subscription model) - 3 October 2025
Federal worker union sues over Education Department shutdown emails - The Hill - 4 October 2025
K-12 Education
Trump gave the Labor Department more control over career-technical education. Will students benefit? - Chalkbeat - 3 October 2025
Book bans becoming the new norm for districts, report says - K-12 Dive - 3 October 2025
Beyond Foundational Skills: How To Close the Literacy Gap for Older Students - EdWeek Market Brief (subscription model) - 3 October 2025
Higher Education
Higher Ed Sounds Off on Proposed Compact - Inside Higher Ed - 6 October 2025
Poverty—not income—is the most important factor in determining college success - District Administration - 2 October 2025
Why the Simplified FAFSA may finally prove its worth this year - University Business - 6 October, 2025
🎧Getting Back to College | Our American States: Episode 248 - NCSL - 5 October 2025
Opinion: Why transfer is higher education’s unrealized promise - University Business - 6 October 2025
Report: These States Have the Most Affordable Colleges - Best Colleges - 2 October 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
The Next Chapter: Universal childcare reduces stressors - The Business Journals - 3 October 2025
Educator Workforce
A Growing Number of Superintendents Say the Job Stress Isn’t Worth It - Education Week (subscription model) - 3 October 2025
NEA Salary Report: The Latest On Educator Pay - National Education Association - 6 October 2025
School Choice
Homeschooling Is Gaining Popularity. Here’s What Homeschoolers And Education Experts Wish Parents Knew. - HuffPost - 3 October 2025
Lawmakers want to expand ‘school choice’ in Mississippi. Here’s what it looks like in neighboring states - News From The States - 6 October 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
Gen Z Is Being Crushed by Anxiety. One Teen Is on a Mission to Help Them Cope - Rolling Stone (subscription model) - 28 September 2025
Peer support is a mental health lifeline for students. Why aren’t more colleges using it? - University Business - 2 October 2025
‘Can I just be a kid?’ Students shaken by immigration raids seek help from school counselors - CalMatters - 3 October 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
Skills-Based Hiring Is Catching On. Outdated Laws Are Holding It Back - Government Technology - 3 October 2025
Empowering Students Through Career Readiness Initiatives - Higher Education Digest - 29 September 2025
AI & EdTech
Exclusive: AI tutors coming to California Community Colleges - Axios San Fransisco - 6 October 2025
Research, curriculum and grading: new data sheds light on how professors are using AI - NPR - 2 October 2025
This school district asked students to draft its AI policy - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 5 October 2025
To Address Literacy Gaps, Ignite Reading Acquires AI Startup - Government Technology - 3 October 2025
How Technology Could Transform Higher Education’s Accreditation System - Forbes (subscription model) - 6 October 2025
State & Local News
Arizona | In their own words: Superintendents cite school districts’ biggest needs - Arizona Luminaria - 6 October 2025
Massachusetts | Massachusetts needs an education blueprint - Commonwealth Beacon - 6 October 2025
Missouri | Missouri education departments release recommendations for career-technical education - Missouri Independent - 3 October 2025
Virginia | Va. school divisions repay nearly $30 million in misused special ed funds; one division disputes - Virginia Mercury - 6 October 2025
Virginia | Education helped fuel Youngkin’s win. How will it affect this year’s election? - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 5 October 2025
Miami-Dade | ***Ken Griffin and Bezos Foundation back math learning in Miami-Dade - Philanthropy News Digest - 30 September 2025
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