Highlights
States weigh limits, outright bans on ed tech in schools - K-12 Dive - 3 March 2026
Red states are taking control of school districts as Republicans decry poor test scores, student protests - Chalkbeat - 3 March 2026
Two New Reports Urge ‘Human-Centered’ School AI Adoption - The 74 - 3 March 2026
New Higher Education Accountability Rules and Early Education: What We Know So Far - New America - 2 March 2026
Federal Policy & Politics
McMahon: Education Department shutdown is still the goal - K-12 Dive - 3 March 2026
Ed. Dept. Wants to Revamp Assistance Program It Calls 'Duplicative,' 'Confusing' - Education Week (subscription model) - 2 March 2026
Lawmakers urge Trump administration to classify nurses as professional - Politico Pro (subscription model) - 2 March 2026
Student Loan Forgiveness May Be About To Accelerate After Big Legal Update - Forbes (subscription model) - 3 March 2026
What student loan borrowers need to know about judge's ruling on SAVE plan - CNBC - 2 March 2026
K-12 Education
Cursive writing requirement returns to classrooms - USA Today (subscription model) - 2 March 2026
Are microschools a solution to falling public school enrollment? One district thinks so - The Hechinger Report - 2 March 2026
The hidden driver of school stability: a conversation on belonging - K-12 Dive - 2 March 2026
Higher Education
The hidden cost of the textbook tax - Higher Ed Dive - 2 March 2026
How Diversity Gained—and Lost—Its Place in Higher Ed - Inside Higher Ed - 3 March 2026
Middle East U.S. Campuses Shutter; Students Unable to Return - Inside Higher Ed - 2 March 2026
Early Learning & Child Care
Helping low-income families access WIC and free early childhood education - Brookings - 3 March 2026
🎧How ‘universal’ is universal pre-K? - CommonWealth Beacon - 2 March 2026
Good-quality child care? What parents should consider, and how it can be assessed - The Conversation - 2 March 2026
Educator Talent & Staffing
Research Notes: Why Undergraduates (Don’t) Choose to Teach - FutureEd - 2 March 2026
America’s teachers are working two jobs and barely getting by - CNN Business - 2 March 2026
Wave of California teacher strikes ‘is no coincidence’ - Associated Press - 2 March 2026
Technology & AI
College students, professors are making their own AI rules. They don't always agree - NPR - 3 March 2026
Report: No Foolproof Method Exists for Detecting AI-Generated Media - Campus Technology - 25 February 2026
CSU student brings VR bootcamp to Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities - Spectrum News - 2 March 2026
Student Health, Safety & Nutrition
With Teens Comfortable Confiding in AI, Should Schools Embrace It for Mental Health Care? - EdSurge - 3 March 2026
Study Links Increased Broadband Access to Suicide Risk Among Teens - The 74 - 2 March 2026
Autism care startups grapple with payer scrutiny - Modern Healthcare - 3 March 2026
School Choice
Muslim parent sues Texas over exclusion of Islamic private schools in voucher program - The Texas Tribune - 2 March 2026
Vermont's new education reform law faces legal challenge over reduced school choice - Vermont Public - 2 March 2026
Opinion: Polis is right to accept Trump’s tax credit for donors to K-12 scholarship programs - Denver Post (subscription model) - 3 March 2026
State & Local News
Arizona | Arizona classrooms see just .52 cents of every dollar spent on education - Arizona Capitol Times - 3 March 2026
Idaho | New teacher evaluation system aims to treat educators like learners - Idaho Education News - 2 March 2026
Illinois | Lawmakers pass social media bill, cellphone school ban - Chicago Tribune (subscription model) - 2 March 2026
Iowa | As enrollment drops, most Iowa schools on ‘budget guarantee’ - K-12 Dive - 1 March 2026
Iowa | Iowa bill could ban public schools from working with with public libraries - KMTV - 25 February 2026
South Dakota | School cellphone ban fails in South Dakota legislative committee - South Dakota Searchlight - 2 March 2026
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