Highlights
Public Colleges Face Financial Crisis as Federal Cuts, State Budget Pressures Mount - The EDU Ledger - 13 November 2025
As Shutdown Ends, Education Dept. Resumes Efforts to Downsize - The 74 - 13 November 2025
Where the federal school choice program stands - K-12 Dive - 13 November 2025
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Deeper Dive: Government Shutdown
Government shutdown live updates as federal agencies reopen and employees return to work - CBS News - 13 November 2025
The next shutdown threat is around the corner - Politico - 13 November 2025
Opinion: The Shutdown’s Unseen Victims - Bloomberg (subscription model) - 13 November 2025
K-12 Education
New Survey Shows 440,000 More Tutors, Mentors Supporting Students – But It’s Not Enough - The 74 - 13 November 2025
National school bus driver shortage persists, despite recent gains - Missouri Independent - 13 November 2025
How to ask more of students in English Language Arts - SmartBrief - 13 November 2025
Proof Point, Pressure Point: Why Signals Will Make or Break What Comes Next - Getting Smart - 13 November 2025
How young is too young for gifted testing? - The Hechinger Report - 13 November 2025
Higher Education
Will New Graduate Loan Limits Reduce Debt or Just Reduce Access? - Inside Higher Ed - 12 November 2025
Accreditation of Colleges, Once Low Key, Has Gotten Political - Stateline - 13 November 2025
Colleges Expand Basic Needs Support Following SNAP Freeze - Inside Higher Ed - 12 November 2025
MacKenzie Scott makes more ‘life-changing,’ record-breaking gifts to historically Black colleges and universities—totaling more than $400 million - Fortune (subscription model) - 13 November 2025
US Colleges See Fewer Foreign Applicants as India Fuels Decline - Bloomberg (subscription model) - 13 November 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
Ballmer Group grant expands early childhood education for Washington families - Northwest Asian Weekly - 13 November 2025
1,000 new state-funded child care slots will be added in January, Connecticut officials announce - CT Insider (subscription model) - 13 November 2025
U.S. Department of Education
Ed. Dept. Layoffs Are Reversed, But Staff Fear Things Won't Return to Normal - Education Week (subscription model) - 13 November 2025
Education Department Zeroes in on 4-Year Colleges for Expanded IPEDS Collection - Higher Ed Dive - 13 November 2025
ED’s ‘Special Projects’ Grants Spark Concern Over Congressional Intent - Inside Higher Ed - 12 November 2025
Educator Workforce
Will Trump policies exacerbate the special education teacher shortage? - K-12 Dive - 13 November 2025
Rutgers receives new federal grant to train special education leaders amid rising autism rates - Chalkbeat Newark - 13 November 2025
School Choice
A Fairer Framework for Evaluating Choice - Education Next - 13 November 2025
State attorneys defend authority to subsidize private education - Idaho Education News - 13 November 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
Report: More Parents Say Their Kids Under 2 Watch YouTube Than in 2020 - The 74 - 13 November 2025
Research Notes: The Impact of Illegal Child Labor on School Attendance - FutureEd - 13 November 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
Companies focusing on credentials over skills may be left behind - HR Dive - 13 November 2025
🎧 FutureU Podcast Ep. 211: Preparing Students for an AI-Infused Workforce - FutureEd - 13 November 2025
AI & EdTech
Research: AI+Human Tutors Match Quality Of Human-Only Tutors - Forbes (subscription model) - 11 November 2025
State & Local News
Alabama | Lawmakers explore outcome-based funding to boost college performance - Alabama Political Reporter - 13 November 2025
California | Students at California University without 8th grade math skills skyrockets - Newsweek - 11 November 2025
Oklahoma | Education Watch: Increasing Oklahoma’s minimum school year ‘worth a discussion’ - Oklahoma Watch - 13 November 2025
Oregon | Oregon’s new normal: Declining public school enrollment - OPB - 13 November 2025
Tennessee | New report: Tennessee Community Colleges mark decade of progress in student success through developmental education reform - Tennessee Board of Regents - 12 November 2025
West Virginia | West Virginia’s public schools enrollment continues to decline, down 2.5% since last year - West Virginia Watch - 13 November 2025
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