From the W/A Team
SETDA, in partnership with Whiteboard Advisors, will host a briefing on the findings of the 2025 State of EdTech Trends Report. Now in its fourth year, the report captures the priorities and challenges facing state and territorial educational technology leaders, based on survey responses from 47 states and spotlights on emerging strategies.
This webinar will highlight:
AI as a rising priority: For the first time, artificial intelligence is ranked as the top edtech priority and initiative across states.
Funding challenges: With ESSER funds expired, states are navigating sustainability and long-term investment in infrastructure, professional learning, and modernization.
Device use and student well-being: State approaches to balancing restrictions with digital citizenship and healthy technology use.
Professional learning needs: Ongoing demand for support in effective and safe use of technology, particularly AI.
Cybersecurity concerns: Continued emphasis on infrastructure and preparedness, even as AI gains attention.
Highlights
Week In Review: NAEP results underwhelm again as lawmakers propose Title I cuts - K-12 Dive - 15 September 2025
Trump administration boosts HBCU funding after cutting grants for Hispanic-serving colleges - Associated Press - 15 September 2025
Homeschool regulations take center stage after uptick in practice since pandemic - The Hill - 12 September 2025
Professors think students are prepared for the workforce—nearly half of students disagree and feel unready even for entry-level roles in their field - Fortune (subscription model) - 15 September 2025
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K-12 Education
Exclusive: Superintendent Churn Is Up, But More Districts Choose Women Leaders - The 74 - 15 September 2025
Early Math Intervention Builds Momentum in 2025 - New America - 15 September 2025
Schools spend millions on pouches to keep phones out of students' hands - NBC News - 12 September 2025
Higher Education
How open and accessible should American college campuses be? - NPR - 13 September 2025
Coming Soon to the Wild West of Noncredit Certificates — Accreditation - The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription model) - 12 September 2025
Trump Administration Withholds $660M for College Access Programs - Inside Higher Ed - 12 September 2025
Democratic mayors are backing colleges even ‘if we're going to get our a—es handed to us’ - Politico - 14 September 2025
Waves of fake threats to colleges are putting students on edge and testing dispatchers - Associated Press - 13 September 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
How Old Should a Kindergartner Be? Parents and Districts Clash Over Cutoff Dates - Education Week (subscription model) - 12 September 2025
How much does daycare really cost? Moms across the U.S. share the shocking range - Motherly - 12 September 2025
Report finds issues with early childhood care program implementation - Source NM - 15 September 2025
U.S. Department of Education
Trump Redirects Millions to Historically Black Colleges, Charter Schools - The New York Times (subscription model) - 15 September 2025
Education Department terminates some grants for deafblind students - K-12 Dive - 12 September 2025
Educator Workforce
Signing Bonuses Draw 151 Special Education Teachers to Oklahoma Schools - The 74 - 13 September 2025
How Much Freedom Do Teachers Have in the Classroom? In 2025, It’s Complicated. - EdSurge - 15 September 2025
How Learner-Centered Environments Are Keeping Educators in the Field - Getting Smart - 15 September 2025
School Choice
📺 From Passion to P&L: How a Microloan Program Is Helping Build Sustainable Microschools - The Future of Education - 15 September 2025
Voucher Push Is Reshaping Private School Education, Study Finds - The New York Times (subscription model) - 12 September 2025
Opinion: The push to expand school choice is reshaping the landscape of American education, but leaving behind fundamental democratic values - The Hechinger Report - 15 September 2025
Rulemaking Must Resolve Ambiguities in Federal School Choice Law—and Fast - Education Next - 15 September 2025
Is school choice fair? School board member wants to fight Alabama’s CHOOSE Act in court - AL.com - 15 September 2025
Homeschooling in Ohio is Seeing Another Recent Surge After Spiking During the Pandemic - The 74 - 13 September 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
Beyond therapy: New ways mental health care is expanding - University Business - 15 September 2025
Opinion: Children’s mental and physical health go hand in hand - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 15 September 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
From classrooms to careers: Building future-ready learners in a tech-driven world - K-12 Dive - 15 September 2025
Trump’s Ivy League deals are set to funnel cash to trade schools - Fortune (subscription model) - 14 September 2025
Is AI Making Your Experience Obsolete At Work? - Forbes (subscription model) - 14 September 2025
AI & EdTech
The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating - Associated Press - 12 September 2025
ChatGPT Will Soon Have Parental Controls. How Schools Can Help Parents Use Them - Education Week (subscription model) - 12 September 2025
AI chatbots are harming young people. Regulators are scrambling to keep up. - Fortune (subscription model) - 14 September 2025
We’re past the AI ‘hype,’ and that’s a good thing - District Administration - 15 September 2025
State & Local News
Connecticut | Report: Special education schools fail to provide required services - CT Mirror - 12 September 2025
Oregon | Oregon missed out on $48 million in rural school, community funds since act expired, report finds - Oregon Capital Chronicle - 15 September 2025
New York City | NYC autism school embraces VR to teach social skills and boost learning - Chalkbeat New York - 11 September 2025
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Also Reading
MAHA Is Complicating One of the Hardest Parts of Parenting - The Atlantic (subscription model) - 14 September 2025