Highlights
Trump moves to block public servants from loan forgiveness based on ideology - The Washington Post (Subscription Model) - 30 October 2025
Head Start programs serving nearly 65,000 kids at risk of closing amid government shutdown - ABC News - 30 October 2025
Despite Hold On Ed Department Layoffs, Special Education Worries Run High - Disability Scoop - 30 October 2025
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Deeper Dive: Government Shutdown
Head Start Programs Are Closing Down as Shutdown Funding Lapses Grow - NOTUS - 29 October 2025
Head Start education program in jaws of US government shutdown - Reuters - 30 October 2025
K-12 Education
How Schools Can Prepare for New Restrictions on Artificial Dyes - Education Week (Subscription Model) - 30 October 2025
Teachers Are Using AI to Help Write IEPs. Advocates Have Concerns - Education Week (subscription model) - 29 October 2025
Social-Emotional Learning Can Boost Student Achievement. New Data Says By How Much. - EdSurge - 30 October 2025
A potential ‘fix’ for special education? - K-12 Dive - 28 October 2025
Higher Education
States Must Step Up as Federal College Aid Crumbles, New Report Warns - Diverse - 30 October 2025
More College Leaders Speak Out Against Compact but Don’t Reject It - Inside Higher Ed - 30 October 2025
An Incubator, But for College Completion Ideas - Higher Education Digest - 29 October 2025
The legal debate over Trump’s Title VI campus crackdown - Higher Ed Dive - 30 October 2025
Do Colleges Penalize Students Who Don’t Submit SAT or ACT Scores? - US News & World Report 30 October 2025
Illinois Launches Effort to Re-Enroll Some College, No Degree Cohort - Inside Higher Ed - 30 October 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
Facing rising costs, families skip child care altogether - Marketplace - 29 October 2025
Losing SNAP could mean more pregnancy complications as food insecurity grows - AZ Mirror - 30 Octoebr 2025
Indiana won't give new child care vouchers until 2027 - Louisville Public Media - 30 October 2025
Fewer kids, higher costs – and parents are finding new solutions - Michigan Public - 29 October 2025
New Poll Shows Bipartisan Support for Child Care Scholarships in New Hampshire - NH Journal - 29 October 2025
Educator Workforce
Teaching on empty: 3 truths about today’s teachers — and a message for school leaders - K-12 Dive - 30 October 2025
Is Spending on Professional Development Keeping Pace? - Education Week (Subscription Model) - 30 October 2025
School Choice
Tax credit for school choice emerges as latest battlefront shaping the education landscape around US - ABC News - 29 October 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
Cell Phone Restrictions in Schools and Student Wellbeing - Education Commission of the States - 30 October 2025
AI & EdTech
A New AI Career Ladder - Stanford Social Innovation Review - 30 October 2025
Mistake-filled legal briefs show the limits of relying on AI tools at work - Associated Press - 30 October 2025
Edmentum Acquires College, Career Readiness Tool; Magma Math Raises $10M - EdWeek Market Brief (Subscription Model) - 30 October 2025
Their Professors Caught Them Cheating. They Used A.I. to Apologize. - The New York Times (Subscription Model) - 30 October 2025
How We Ensure AI Delivers for Students and Educators - The 74 - 30 October 2025
State & Local News
Florida | DeSantis to Florida Universities: ‘Pull the Plug’ on H-1B Visa Workers - Inside Higher Ed - 30 October 2025
Illinois | New ReUp initiative aims to reengage Illinois residents with unfinished degrees - The Telegraph - 29 October 2025
Michigan | ‘Broken’ and inequitable Michigan special education funding needs an overhaul, report says - Chalkbeat Detroit - 30 October 2025
New York | Zohran Mamdani’s youth surge: He’s even won over (some) NYC students at Cuomo’s alma mater - Chalkbeat New York - 30 October 2025
Virginia | Some Virginia colleges and universities celebrating enrollment growth - Cardinal News - 29 October 2025
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