Highlights
Millions of U.S. Students Attend Schools Near Environmentally Hazardous Sites - The 74 - 26 February 2026
Can private lenders fill the student loan gap? College presidents say no. - Politico Pro (subscription model) - 26 February 2026
College Students, Grads See Strong Career Value in Degree - Gallup - 24 February 2026
Federal Policy & Politics
The Education Department’s 9 interagency agreements: What is going where - Higher Ed Dive - 25 February 2026
ED’s DEI Guidance Is Dead, but Trump’s Crackdown Isn’t - Inside Higher Ed - 26 February 2026
US Department of Labor announces $81M to support training, employment for formerly incarcerated individuals - U.S. Department of Labor - 25 February 2026
K-12 Education
Can the politics of schools be fixed? - Chalkbeat - 26 February 2026
A Blow to the Phone-Free Classroom - The New York Times (subscription model) - 25 February 2026
Only 33 percent of schools have recovered in either math or reading 6 years after pandemic - The Hill - 26 February 2026
The Case for Reading Tutoring Before 3rd Grade, Not After - Education Week (subscription model) - 26 February 2026
Higher Education
Almost No One Needs College Algebra Anymore - Washington Monthly - 26 February 2026
Unmasking Academe’s Gilded Boys’ Club - The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription model) - 25 February 2026
Early Learning & Child Care
Universal Pre-K Is a Hot Policy Idea. But What About Kindergarten? - EdSurge - 26 February 2026
How Texas School Vouchers Could Make Child Care More Affordable - The New York Times (subscription model) - 26 February 2026
Educator Talent & Staffing
NSF Plans to Boost Staffing, Halve Grant Solicitations - Inside Higher Ed - 26 February 2026
Technology & AI
Agentic AI Can Complete Whole Courses for Students. Now What? - Inside Higher Ed - 26 February 2026
‘First thing I’ve written in 3 years’: Students’ AI habits prompt teacher training, lesson design - K-12 Dive - 25 February 2026
Teens Are Using AI to Research Colleges. Is That a Good Thing? - Education Week (subscription model) - 25 February 2026
Student Health, Safety & Nutrition
Cardona: Student mental health cannot be a ‘red or blue’ issue - K-12 Dive - 26 February 2026
Workforce & Career Pathways
The State of Tech Talent 2026: How organizations can survive and thrive in the AI era - General Assembly - 25 February 2026
State & Local News
California | What California’s planned power outages are costing schools: darkness, disruption and debt - CalMatters - 25 February 2026
Massachusetts | With reading scores slipping, Massachusetts is changing course. Some teachers aren’t happy - The Hechinger Report - 24 February 2026
Texas | Texas’ Bluebonnet Curriculum Faces Scrutiny as State Board of Education Takes Up 4,100 Corrections - Education Week (subscription model) - 26 February 2026
Detroit | Gas cards, bikes, and money for parents considered in Detroit district’s chronic absenteeism fight - Chalkbeat Detroit - 25 February 2026
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Also Reading
These high school students are the caretakers of one of America’s dark chapters - Chalkbeat - 19 February 2026