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White House Takes “Pivotal Step” Toward Dismantling EDWhite House Takes “Pivotal Step” Toward Dismantling ED - Whiteboard Advisors - 18 November 2025
Highlights
Education Department offloads some work to other agencies as Trump presses for its closure - Associated Press - 18 November 2025
Higher ed’s broken bridge: Why college no longer guarantees career success - Higher Ed Dive - 17 November 2025
Sale of student loan portfolio could be next target of Trump Education Department - The Hill - 18 November 2025
Rising costs and red tape force home childcare centers across the country to close - NPR - 18 November 2025
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U.S. Department of Education
Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department - Politico - 18 November 2025
Education Department outsources program management to other agencies - K-12 Dive - 18 November 2025
Trump Takes Major Step Toward Dismantling Education Department - Bloomberg (subscription model)- 18 November 2025
Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept. - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 18 November 2025
K-12 Education
An Alternative to AP and IB: How the Cambridge Program Has Found a U.S. Foothold - Education Week (subscription model) - 17 November 2025
Access to 8th grade algebra divided along socioeconomic, racial lines - K-12 Dive - 18 November 2025
Oakland’s Big Education Bet: Empower Parents, Transform Schools - The 74 - 17 November 2025
Higher Education
Colleges ease the dreaded admissions process as the supply of applicants declines - The Hechinger Report - 18 November 2025
Opinion: ‘We Need to Be Worried’: Three University Leaders on the Fate of Higher Education in the Trump Era - The New York Times (subscription model) - 18 November 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
STATE OF PLAY: Appropriations - First Five Years Fund - 17 November 2025
Some parents paying more for child care than rent: Study - The Hill - 18 November 2025
Surveys point to child child care crisis spiraling out of control for businesses, employees - Delaware Business Now - 17 November 2025
Educator Workforce
Special educator shortages demand tailored solutions, study says - K-12 Dive - 17 November 2025
School Choice
Charter Review Board considers higher hurdles to school openings, denies all-boys school, and more - EdNC - 17 November 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
Research: Belonging Intervention Improves Pass Rates - Inside Higher Ed - 17 November 2025
For Decades, Students of Color Denied Dyslexia Diagnosis and Intervention - The 74 - 17 November 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
Jobs Report: Hiring Flat for 2026 Grads - Inside Higher Ed - 17 November 2025
AI & EdTech
‘What Are You Doing on AI?’: How This District Added It to Career Education - Education Week (subscription model) - 17 November 2025
Concerns Raised As Teachers Increasingly Use AI To Write IEPs - Disability Scoop - 18 November 2025
State & Local News
Alabama | Black and Hispanic students see gains on Alabama report card - Alabama Reflector - 18 November 2025
Texas | Cultivating Hope: New report points to bright spots in Fort Worth schools - Fort Worth Star-Telegram (subscription model) - 17 November 2025
Wyoming | With literacy bill, Wyoming advocates and lawmakers aim to shore up students’ futures - WyoFile - 17 November 2025
Los Angeles | In Los Angeles, 45 Elementary Schools Beat the Odds in Teaching Kids to Read - LA School Report - 18 November 2025
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