Highlights
TEACHER VOICE: My students don’t need to be taught resilience. They demonstrate it every single day - The Hechinger Report - 13 October 2025
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education - NPR - 13 October 2025
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K-12 Education
Disability groups urge against assessment and accountability waivers - K-12 Dive - 14 October 2025
Inside a New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum - The New York Times (subscription model) - 14 October 2025
How districts help students gain real-life skills - K-12 Dive - 10 October 2025
Opinion: Parent-School Partnerships Can Drive Academic Gains. Here’s How - Education Week (subscription model) - 14 October 2025
Higher Education
California high school students are now guaranteed CSU admission under new law - San Francisco Chronicle (subscription model) - 9 October 2025
Why this report ranked RI near the bottom for college affordability - The Providence Journal (subscription model) - 13 October 2025
Building the Online Learning Ecosystem Institutions Need and Students Deserve - The Evolllution - 14 October 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
STATE OF PLAY: Federal Shutdown and Child Care/Early Learning Programs - First Five Years Fund - 14 October 2025
Federal workers struggle to cover childcare costs as shutdown continues - WJLA - 14 October 2025
U.S. Department of Education
Trump Fires More Education Dept. Employees - Inside Higher Ed - 10 October 2025
Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources - ABC News - 13 October 2025
Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT - Bloomberg (subscription model) - 13 October 2025
Educator Workforce
Report: Female Teachers Experience Worse Work-Life Balance Than Male Colleagues - The 74 - 14 October 2025
Advanced Teaching Roles Program Shows Improved Test Scores, but Faces Funding Concerns - The 74 - 12 October 2025
How to Make Faculty Affairs Work at Any Institution - Inside Higher Ed - 14 October 2025
8 AI Tools That Can Help Generate Ideas for Your Classroom - Edutopia - 10 October 2025
School Choice
Applications for $1B Texas school voucher program to launch in February, contract documents show - Houston Chronicle (subscription model) - 14 October 2025
What Public School Leaders Can Learn from School Choice - Education Next - 10 October 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
A Model Approach for School Mental Health Treatment - The 74 - 10 October 2025
Dartmouth Builds Its Own AI Chatbot for Student Well-Being - Inside Higher Ed - 14 October 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
Some of America’s best jobs have a PR problem - Fast Company - 9 October 2025
Boost your career in a tough job market with soft skills, resume upgrades, and smart pivots - Black Enterprise - 10 October 2025
Florida National University Rolls Out Virtual Work-Based Learning Opportunities - Campus Technology - 9 October 2025
AI & EdTech
California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots - Tech Crunch - 13 October 2025
Human-AI Collaboration Is the New Teamwork. Are We Ready? - Information Week - 8 October 2025
Data privacy: 3 important questions to ask edtech providers - District Administration - 9 October 2025
A.I. Can Transform Education Research—If the U.S. Invests Now - Real Clear Education - 9 October 2025
Practice What You Teach: Academic Integrity and AI - Edtech Digest - 10 October 2025
Virtual Field Trips Provide Students with Accessible Excursions - Edtech Magazine - 10 October 2025
Foundations want to curb AI developers’ influence with $500 million aimed at centering human needs - Associated Press - 14 October 2025
The AI Jobs Debate, Simplified: From Doom To Design - Forbes (subscription model) - 14 October 2025
State & Local News
Alabama | Alabama public schools expected to see significant enrollment drop - Alabama Reflector - 10 October 2025
Florida | Childcare industry leaders and educators push to solve childcare crisis at Orlando conference - Tampa Bay 28 - 14 October 2025
Indiana | ‘Harder to keep teachers’: Indiana fiscal policy panel weighs salary gaps, educator shortage - Indiana Capital Chronicle - 14 October 2025
Oklahoma | Educators say Oklahoma’s school cellphone ban has been a ‘game changer’ - Oklahoma Voice - 13 October 2025
West Virginia | International group sues WV health, education officials over state’s new artificial food dye ban - West Virginia Watch - 13 October 2025
Wisconsin | Study: Wisconsin trails most states in college affordability - Wisconsin Watch - 13 October 2025
Detroit | Can Bikes Reduce Chronic Absenteeism for Detroit Students? - The 74 - 13 October 2025
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Also Reading
How a hike through the forest and a lesson on listening build a foundation for middle school - Chalkbeat Indiana - 14 October 2025