Highlights
Private equity role in soaring child care prices under investigation - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 24 March 2026
America is turning against higher education. Students are still signing up. - Chalkbeat - 24 March 2026
Young Graduates Face the Grimmest Job Market in Years - The New York Times (subscription model) - 24 March 2026
Georgia could become the first state with weapons detection in all public schools - Associated Press - 24 March 2026
Federal Policy & Politics
Education Department ousts Trump-appointed member from key advisory committee - Politico Pro (subscription model) - 24 March 2026
Judge scraps another school admissions policies lawsuit - K-12 Dive - 24 March 2026
Federal funding cuts shift state budgets - Kansas Reflector - 24 March 2026
K-12 Education
Week In Review: Outcomes-based ed tech contracts and K-12 policies in court - K-12 Dive - 23 March 2026
Teachers Say Student Behavior Has Made the Job (Almost) Impossible - Education Week (subscription model) - 24 March 2026
Do Book Bans Protect Students, or Silence Needed Conversations? - Education Week (subscription model) - 23 March 2026
American schools are turning to four-day weeks. Are they happy? - K-12 Dive - 24 March 2026
Higher Education
Transforming Accreditation for Student Success and Institutional Excellence - Higher Education Digest - 24 March 2026
Early Learning & Child Care
Funds for signature pre-K endowment in peril as surplus dwindles - CT Mirror - 24 March 2026
Opinion: An Overlooked Factor of the ‘Southern Surge’: Investments in Early Childhood - The 74 - 24 March 2026
Operation Metro Surge has compounded the child care crisis - Minnesota Reformer - 23 March 2026
🎧 How states and cities are paying to expand free child care - WBUR - 23 March 2026
Educator Talent & Staffing
Oklahoma Has Led the Way on Teacher Pension Funding. Can It Keep It Up? - The 74 - 23 March 2026
Hundreds of N.Y.U. Professors Begin Strike Over Pay and Job Protections - The New York Times (subscription model) - 23 March 2026
Technology & AI
Companies are pouring billions into AI and cutting training budgets. It's a losing strategy - Fortune (subscription model) - 17 March 2026
Screens in Schools: What the New Screen-Time Debate Means for Educators - EdSurge - 24 March 2024
Students Are Worried That AI Will Hurt Their Critical Thinking Skills - Education Week (subscription model) - 23 March 2026
In N.Y.C. Classes, Teachers Can Use A.I. to Plan but Not to Assign Grades - The New York Times (subscription model) - 24 March 2026
Student Health, Safety & Nutrition
National survey of parents identifies barriers to family well-being - EdNC - 23 March 2026
Workforce & Career Pathways
It's a bad time to hunt for new jobs, most US workers say in new Gallup poll - OBP - 24 March 2026
Gen Z is using ChatGPT to practice salary negotiations and tough conversations before they happen - Fortune (subscription model) - 22 March 2026
It’s time to stop talking about ‘tech talent’ - Fast Company (subscription model) - 24 March 2026
State & Local News
Michigan | Michigan Lawmakers Take Aim at Fixing the State’s K-12 School Literacy Crisis - The 74 - 24 March 2026
Michigan | Michigan pits small, big schools for funding. It’s an unfair fight, leaders say - Associated Press - 24 March 2026
Oklahoma | Oklahoma House approves firearm safety training in K-12 schools - Oklahoma Voice - 23 March 2026
Texas | Florida educator tapped to lead Fort Worth schools under Texas takeover - Fort Worth Report - 24 March 2026
NYC | Will NYC school budgets take a hit next year? Education Department officials are mum. - Chalkbeat - 24 March 2026
Philadelphia | Philadelphia mayor increases her proposed rideshare tax to help patch school district’s budget - Pennsylvania Capital-Star - 24 March 2026
Portland | Portland Public Schools shortens school year in budget-cutting agreement with teachers union - OPB - 22 March 2026
San Francisco | San Francisco Killed 8th-Grade Algebra. Now It’s Set to Come Back. - The New York Times (subscription model) - 24 March 2026
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Leaders Underestimate the Value of Employee Joy - Harvard Business Review (subscriptino model) - 24 March 2026