Highlights
Education Department’s shutdown effort has workers ‘doing the same job’ at another agency - Politico Pro (subscription model) - 5 February 2026
Kindergarten readiness varies widely by income, new data shows. Cities are stepping in to help - Associated Press - 5 February 2026
Charter School Defaults Spike Higher as Enrollment Woes Persist - Bloomberg (subscription model) - 3 February 2026
Federal Policy & Politics
Educators Sue to Keep Immigration Agents From Schools and Bus Stops - The New York Times (subscription model) - 5 February 2026
Major changes to student loan borrowing and repayment are coming. Here's what to know - PBS News - 4 February 2026
The Federal Choice Program Is Here. Will It Help Public School Students, Too? - Education Week (subscription model) - 5 February 2026
K-12 Education
Some schools stress keyboarding skills as students become all thumbs - K-12 Dive - 4 February 2026
How the new dietary guidelines could impact school meals - NPR - 5 February 2026
Opinion: From Tasks to Meaning: How to Make Sure Reading Instruction Goes Deeper - The 74 - 5 February 2026
Higher Education
FAFSA completions for class of 2026 outpacing last year’s - Higher Ed Dive - 5 February 2026
Higher Ed’s Public Funding Has Entered a New Phase of Low Growth - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 4 February 2026
What Keeps Higher Ed Up at Night - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 29 January 2026
Early Learning & Child Care
The People Who Will Actually Make Universal Child Care Happen - The New Yorker (subscription model) - 5 February 2026
Parental stress, raids, and isolation: How immigration enforcement traumatizes even the youngest children - The Hechinger Report - 4 February 2026
Educator Talent & Staffing
Before Trump ban, universities were slowly making faculties more diverse - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 5 February 2026
How the Nation’s Top Teachers Prevent Burnout - Education Week (subscription model) - 5 February 2026
Technology & AI
Ransomware attacks against education sector slow worldwide - K-12 Dive - 5 February 2026
AI and The Ownership of Teacher Work - New America - 5 February 2026
New AAP ‘Screen Time’ Recommendations Focus Less on Screens, More on Family Time - EdSurge - 5 February 2026
Opinion: A More Balanced Conversation About Kids, Screens and Schools - GovTech - 3 February 2026
Workforce & Career Pathways
Why Should a Company Do Skills-First Hiring? It Depends. - Work Shift - 4 February 2026
State & Local News
Georgia | Georgia parents file growing number of special education complaints against school districts - Atlanta News First - 4 February 2026
Florida | Florida education leaders caution students, parents about ICE walkout protests - Fox 13 - 4 February 2026
Kansas | Kansas House committee plunges paring knife into state’s public university budgets - Kansas Reflector - 5 February 2026
Minnesota | ‘An atmosphere of fear’: Minnesota school districts sue over ICE activity - K-12 Dive - 4 February 2026
Texas | Texas warns schools of possible state takeover over student protests, appoints misconduct enforcer - Houston Public Media - 5 February 2026
Job Opportunities
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Also Reading
Stop Meeting Students Where They Are - The Atlantic (subscription model) - 2 February 2026