Highlights
What happens to borrowers if government sells student loan debt? - The Hill - 9 October 2025
Newsom signs first-in-nation law to ban ultraprocessed food in school lunches - CalMatters - 9 October 2025
Friendship? Romantic Relationship? High School Students Are Depending on AI in New Ways - Mindshift - 9 October 2025
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K-12 Education
Schools That Are Good at Teaching Math Are Also Good in Reading — and Vice Versa - The 74 - 9 October 2025
Most school leaders report cellphone restrictions, widely seen as beneficial - K-12 Dive - 9 October 2025
Why tutoring is a logistics problem worth solving - District Administration - 8 October 2025
Opinion: A skills crisis in our classrooms - K-12 Dive - 9 October 2025
Opinion: How to Remake IES to Strengthen Research and Fuel Student Success - The 74 - 9 October 2025
Higher Education
Trump administration sends student loan forgiveness notices during government shutdown - CNBC - 9 October 2025
Harvard Seeks Assurances as Talks Restart in Washington - The New York Times (subscription model) - 9 October 2025
New Study Reveals Critical Factors in Indigenous Student Success and Belonging - Diverse - 9 October 2025
Why College Protests Make Better Leaders - TIME (subscription model)- 9 October 2025
OPT Is Something to Emulate, Not End - Inside Higher Ed - 9 October 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
Why This Vermont Child Care Organization Was Designed to Sunset After a Decade - The 74 - 9 October 2025
Early childhood education starting to draw attention — finally, advocates say - Maryland Matters - 8 October 2025
Massachusetts Launches $2.5M Employer Child Care Innovation Fund to Support Working Families - Hoodline - 9 October 2025
U.S. Department of Education
Richey confirmed to lead Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights - Higher Ed Dive - 9 October 2025
Educator Workforce
Team Teaching Benefits Faculty and Students - Inside Higher Ed - 9 October 2025
School Choice
Trump’s School Choice Law Ignites Lobbying Push in Democratic States - Bloomberg - 9 October 2025
First Missouri charter school outside Kansas City, St. Louis metros will focus on workforce training - Missouri Independent - 9 October 2025
The federal push for charter schools just got more expensive - University Business - 9 October 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled - NPR - 9 October 2025
The Therapist Next Door - The New York Times (subscription model) - 9 October 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
Training the New Tech Workers Amid the Data Center Boom - Work Shift - 8 October 2025
The untapped workforce solving industry labor shortages - Fast Company (subscription model) - 8 October 2025
AI & EdTech
How to Talk to K-12 Districts About Your Product’s Cybersecurity - EdWeek Market Brief (subscription model) - 8 October 2025
Why Anthology Unraveled - Inside Higher Ed - 8 October 2025
Future Plans is Supporting the Development of the Rural AI Workforce - Getting Smart - 9 October 2025
Smarter classrooms, real results: How AI is rewriting the rules of education - WTOP News - 9 October 2025
Meet the students who are just saying no to AI - Christian Science Monitor - 9 October 2025
State & Local News
Hawaii | 1 In 4 Hawai‘i Students Are Chronically Absent From School - Honolulu Civil Beat - 9 October 2025
Michigan | New state budget bars Count Day financial incentives, requires curriculum transparency for parents - Michigan Advance - 9 October 2025
Missouri | Missouri public schools, Medicaid need $1 billion more to continue current programs - Missouri Independent - 9 October 2025
Oklahoma | Education Department Releases Student Test Scores: What the Data Show - Oklahoma Watch - 9 October 2025
Oklahoma | Education Watch: Superintendent Fields Establishes Priorities for Next 15 Months - Oklahoma Watch - 9 October 2025
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