Highlights
McMahon’s first year has decimated the Education Department, but full elimination hovers out of reach - The Hill - 9 December 2025
Vax Rates, ESAs, and Cell Phone Bans: 12 Charts That Defined Education in 2025 - The 74 - 9 December 2025
The record potential for college aid applications - Politico - 8 December 2025
In an AI Economy, Skills Matter More Than Degrees - EdSurge - 8 December 2025
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U.S. Department of Education
Education Department adds ‘lower earnings’ warning to FAFSA - Higher Ed Dive - 8 December 2025
Education Department says FAFSA will warn students looking at schools with low earning outcomes - The Hill - 8 December 2025
K-12 Education
What Parents Want Most From Schools: Clear, Honest Communication - Education Week (subscription model) - 9 December 2025
Education in an Age of Polarization - Democracy Project - 9 December 2025
A more expansive approach to studying what works in education - Brookings - 8 December 2025
Learning curves: Post-COVID learning trajectories by cohort, subject, and state - Brookings - 8 December 2025
What would happen if undocumented children couldn’t attend public schools? - K-12 Dive - 9 December 2025
How to Build a Reading Block: Two Teachers Share Their Approaches - Education Week (subscription model) - 8 December 2025
Opinion: Better Schools Start with Better School Board Elections - The 74 - 8 December 2025
Higher Education
Strategies for Re-Enrolling Adult Learners at Community Colleges - New America - 2 December 2025
The Education Exchange: Community Colleges Are Bearing the Brunt of Postsecondary Enrollment Declines - Education Next - 8 December 2025
OPINION: Students will benefit from systems that make it easier for them to focus on learning, so let’s cut barriers instead of budgets - The Hechinger Report - 8 December 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
More Than Half of Child Care Providers Have Gone Hungry, New Report Finds - EdSurge - 9 December 2025
Here’s what to know about the federal early learning Head Start program - K-12 Dive - 8 December 2025
A system under strain Minnesota parents wait months for child care support - MSR Multimedia - 8 December 2025
🎧Arizona waitlist for child care subsidies is 10,000 kids. It's getting longer - KJZZ - 8 December 2025
Educator Workforce
Week in Review: Superintendents’ job satisfaction and the status of education degrees - K-12 Dive - 8 December 2025
Finance Poses Top Concern for Superintendents This Year, Survey Shows - The 74 - 9 December 2025
California needs thousands of teachers for its preschool program. Here's what it's like to be one - LAist - 9 December 2025
School Choice
How Florida lost track of 30,000 students, a ‘cautionary tale’ for vouchers - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 8 December 2025
Texas voucher timeline discrepancy may box out low-income families, experts say - Houston Chronicle (subscription model) - 9 December 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
A new ‘solution’ to student homelessness: A parking lot where students can sleep safely in their cars - The Hechinger Report - 9 December 2025
70% of high school principals say ICE is taking a toll on their schools - K-12 Dive - 9 December 2025
Youth Mental Health Improved When Schools Reopened, Study Finds - The New York Times (subscription model) - 8 December 2025
Opinion: These State Laws Won’t Get Junk Food Out of Kids’ School Lunches - The New York Times (subscription model) - 8 December 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
I’m a leader in private equity and see a simple fix for America’s job-quality crisis: actually give workers a piece of the business - Fortune (subscription model) - 9 December 2025
Closing Equity Gaps in Career and Technical Education - Inside Higher Ed - 9 December 2025
AI & EdTech
TEACHER VOICE: Students must be taught about the potential harms of AI along with its benefits - The Hechinger Report - 9 December 2025
AI Tool From Maryland Grads Teaches Case Study Responses - Inside Higher Ed - 9 December 2025
State & Local News
Oregon | Some rural, low-income Oregon families struggle to access after-school amid funding uncertainty - Oregon Capital Chronicle - 8 December 2025
New Haven | New Haven teachers are advocating for affordable health care, higher wages in new contract - CT Insider (subscription model) - 9 December 2025
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Also Reading
Is it Possible to Make Learning as Addictive as TikTok? - EdSurge - 8 December 2025
University of Alabama alumni organize fundraiser for suspended student magazines - Alabama Reflector - 9 December 2025