Highlights
Public school funding nears $1 trillion, Reason Foundation finds - K-12 Dive - 2 December 2025
College Students Choosing A.I. Majors Over Computer Science - The New York Times (subscription model) - 1 December 2025
No college degree, no problem? Not so fast - The Hechinger Report - 2 December 2025
How to Teach Digital Citizenship Amid the ‘Need to Just Scroll’ - Education Week (subscription model) - 1 December 2025
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U.S. Department of Education
Warren: McMahon unfit, should resign - The Hill - 2 December 2025
McMahon marks IDEA’s 50th anniversary with Virginia school visit - K-12 Dive - 1 December 2025
How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year - The Hechinger Report - 1 December 2025
20 States Push Back as Ed. Dept. Hands Programs to Other Agencies - Education Week (subscription model) - 1 December 2025
Education Department outsourcing is unlawful, amended lawsuit alleges - Higher Ed Dive - 2 December 2025
🎧 Inside the dismantling of the Education Department - USA Today - 2 December 2025
K-12 Education
How to combat misinformation and disinformation in the classroom - K-12 Dive - 26 November 2025
Higher Education
AI may be scoring your college essay. Welcome to the new era of admissions - Associated Press - 2 December 2025
What would education’s omission as a ‘professional degree’ mean? - K-12 Dive - 1 December 2025
Chinese students fueled graduate program growth in US, study finds - Higher Ed Dive - 1 December 2025
New Report: How New Jersey Re-Enrolled Thousands Of Adults In College - Forbes (subscription model) - 2 December 2025
UC San Diego is trying to solve a remedial math problem - KPBS 65- 2 December 2025
Beyond One Size Fits All: Diversifying Rigorous Pathways in U.S. High Schools - The Evolllution - 27 November 2025
Why Immersive Learning Is Becoming Higher Education’s Most Powerful Differentiator - The Evolllution - 1 December 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
With ‘Trump Accounts,’ your baby could qualify for $1,000. Here’s what to know - Associated Press - 2 December 2025
NYC’s child care voucher waitlist swells to 10,000, leaving working parents in the lurch - Chalkbeat New York- 1 December 2025
School Choice
Meet The Founder Who Started A Church To Run Her Microschool - Forbes (subscription model) - 1 December 2025
A Republican homeschooling mom came to love her public schools. Now she’s fighting other conservatives she thinks will destroy them - The Hechinger Report - 1 December 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
Texas Summer Camp Owners Brace for More Mental Health Issues Among Youth - The 74 - 1 December 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
🎧 The Real-World Power of Soft Skills - Inside Higher Ed - 1 December 2025
Opinion: We must help the next generation get from classrooms to careers with real guidance, not guesswork - The Hechinger Report - 2 December 2025
AI & EdTech
Productivity Is About to Slump—and AI Won’t Come to the Rescue - Barron’s (subscription model) - 1 December 2025
Lack of Guidelines and Expertise Prove Challenging for AI Use in Schools - EdSurge - 2 December 2025
📺 How Digital Curriculum Can Scale Career-Connected Learning in K12 - The Future of Education with Michael B. Horn - 1 December 2025
State & Local News
California | Report calls for overhauling how California runs its schools - EdSource - 1 December 2025
New Jersey | Report finds over 13,500 adults re-enrolled through state’s Some College, No Degree initiative - ROI NJ - 2 December 2025
Wisconsin | Wisconsin school districts spent more on special education, now they’ll be reimbursed less - Wisconsin Public Radio - 1 December 2025
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Also Reading
AI’s impact could worsen gaps between world’s rich and poor, a UN report says - Associated Press - 2 December 2025
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