Highlights
Education Department headquarters will relocate as part of Trump’s dismantling - Associated Press - 26 March 2026
Interagency agreements now number 10. Here are the details. - K-12 Dive - 26 March 2026
W/A Webinar | Making 9th Grade Count: How Districts Are Changing Student Trajectories
Ninth grade is the strongest predictor of whether a student will graduate—but it's also where too many students start to fall off track. Attendance drops, course failures spike, and the window to course-correct narrows fast.
On Thursday, April 16 at 12:30 PM ET, join school and district leaders for a practical conversation on what's actually working to redesign the ninth-grade experience and what it takes to scale it.
Moderated by W/A Vice President Hillary Rinaldi, you'll hear from leaders in Aurora Public Schools (CO), Grandview School District (WA), and George Washington High School (IN) alongside the Center for High School Success on how they've moved from strategy to systemwide implementation.
Federal Policy & Politics
U.S. Senator Launches Inquiry Into Private Equity’s Role in Child-Care Industry - The Wall Street Journal (subscription model) - 24 March 2026
Why the Heritage Foundation Is Targeting Plyler v. Doe - Education Week (subscription model) - 26 March 2026
Education Department Leaves MSI Programs Out of Grant Eligibility Application - Inside Higher Ed - 26 March 2026
Why GOP lawmakers buck Trump over cuts to schools boosting racial minorities - Politico Pro (subscription model) - 26 March 2026
The Trump Feud You Haven’t Heard About - The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription model) - 25 March 2026
Trump Administration Begins Investigations Into Three Medical Schools - The New York Times (subscription model) - 26 March 2026
Opinion: As States Seek Waivers for Education Block Grants, Some Lessons From ESSER - The 74 - 25 March 2026
K-12 Education
This elementary school banned screens in the middle of the year. Will it solve their reading crisis? - Chalkbeat - 25 March 2026
First Florida, Now Alabama: State Education Chiefs Aim to Copy Texas Bluebonnet Curriculum Model, Hit Roadblocks In Legislatures - EdWeek Market Brief (subscription model) - 26 March 2026
As Enrollment Falls, Old Schools Find New Life as Apartments - The 74 - 26 March 2026
Higher Education
Survey Finds a 36-point Gap Between Faculty Needs and Institutional Funding - The EDU Ledger - 26 March 2026
Area Studies, Once Vital, Wither Without Funding - Inside Higher Ed - 26 March 2026
Falling Enrollment and Financial Problems Just Put This Small College’s Accreditation at Risk - The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription model) - 25 March 2026
Law Schools Launch Loan Programs to Fill Graduate Funding Gap - Inside Higher Ed - 26 March 2026
Early Learning & Child Care
Child Care Costs Are Driving the Affordability Debate in 2026 - Politico - 24 March 2026
Governor Ivey expands early childhood education with 35 new classrooms across Alabama - Fox 54 - 24 March 2026
First Five Things To Know About: The SEED Act - First Five Years Fund - 25 March 2026
Educator Talent & Staffing
What did teacher turnover look like during the COVID-19 pandemic? - K-12 Dive - 26 March 2026
Which Education Jobs Are Growing the Fastest? Mostly Non-Classroom Roles. - EdSurge - 26 March 2026
Technology & AI
Ed-Tech Nonprofit Acquires Mainstay for AI-Powered Student Support - GovTech - 25 March 2026
Measuring What Matters: From Blunt Sorting to Human Thriving Powered by Multimodal AI - Getting Smart - 25 March 2026
What History, Evidence and Competing Views Tell Us About AI and Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed - 26 March 2026
AI Chatbots Tend Toward Flattery. Why That’s Bad for Students - Education Week (subscription model) - 26 March 2026
Student Health, Safety & Nutrition
Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in social media harms trial - NPR - 25 March 2026
Study links social media addiction to worse student mental health and points to family as a key buffer - News Medical - 25 March 2026
Workforce & Career Pathways
Adult Learners Need More Help From Colleges - US News & World Report (subscription model) - 25 March 2026
‘Conditions for a labor market crisis’: Rising care costs push women out of workforce - Fox Business - 25 March 2026
NIH grant terminations disproportionately hurt women, early-career researchers - Higher Ed Dive - 25 March 2026
State & Local News
Chicago | Chicago Board of Education’s to consider hiring interim chief Macquline King permanently - Chalkbeat Chicago - 26 March 2026
NYC | Mamdani Now Plans $1.3 Billion in Cuts in Programs That He Favored - The New York Times (subscription model) - 25 March 2026
Philadelphia | How zoning has become part of the fight over Philadelphia’s planned school closures - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - 26 March 2026
Job Opportunities
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Also Reading
Inside Los Angeles Unified’s hidden world of art, archives and artifacts - Ed Source - 25 March 2026
A Phone-Free Childhood? One Irish Village Is Making It Happen. - The New York Times (subscription model) - 25 March 2026
Is hating Duke basketball falling out of style? - The Athletic (subscription model) - 26 March 2026