Highlights
Here are the colleges rejecting Trump’s funding compact - The Hill - 21 October 2025
Trump Gutted the Institute of Education Sciences. Its Renewal Is in Doubt - Inside Higher Ed - 21 October 2025
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Deep Dive: Government Shutdown
Ongoing Federal Shutdown Threatens Head Start Access for Over 65K Children - The 74 - 20 October 2025
Government shutdown imperils dozens of Head Start preschool programs - Associated Press - 20 October 2025
No Education Department? No Problem, Trump’s Education Secretary Says - The New York Times (subscription model) - 21 October 2025
Opinion: A shuttered government was not the lesson I hoped my Texas students would learn on a trip to Washington, D.C. - The Hechinger Report - 21 October 2025
K-12 Education
A new study confirms a hunch: School cellphone bans can boost test scores - Chalkbeat - 20 October 2025
Higher Education
Higher education’s talent pipeline is clogged with half-finished doctorates - Community College Daily - 20 October 2025
Drop in Pell Funds Hurts Black Students, Southern Colleges - Inside Higher Ed - 21 October 2025
Interest in American M.B.A. Programs Shrinks, but Schools Across Asia Are Booming - The Wall Street Journal (subscription model) - 21 October 2025
Degrees boost earnings — but field of study matters, report finds - Higher Ed Dive - 20 October 2025
Why Are More Retirees Going Back to College? - The New York Times (subscription model) - 20 October 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
Forward Arkansas explores solutions to strengthen early childhood education - 501 Life Magazine - 20 October 2025
Editorial: Head Start is a success story. Why mess with success? - Times Union - 21 October 2025
U.S. Department of Education
‘Nothing less than government control’: Higher ed responds to Trump’s compact - Higher Ed Dive - 20 October 2025
Educator Workforce
$200 Rent, District Supe as Landlord: Affordable Teacher Housing Is on the Rise - The 74 - 20 October 2025
Where are tomorrow’s teachers? Education degrees drop over 2 decades - K-12 Dive - 20 October 2025
How Uncertified Teachers Went From a Stopgap to an Escalating Crisis - Education Week (subscription model) - 20 October 2025
School Choice
Three Waves of School Vouchers: A History of Expansion and Exclusion - Brookings - 21 October 2025
Editorial: Connecticut should seize school-choice opportunity - CT Insider - 20 October 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
How states can tackle absenteeism among worried immigrant families - K-12 Dive - 21 October 2025
Opinion: When the Outside World Feeds Fear, Student Peer Support Becomes a Lifeline - The 74 - 20 October 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
Study Reveals Stark Job Quality Gaps Across U.S. Workforce - The Eduledger - 21 October 2025
AI & EdTech
How K–12 Schools Can Make Smart Ed Tech Choices in Lean Times - EdTech Magazine - 20 October 2025
How to use AI to support learning differences - District Administration - 20 October 2025
How Chatbots Can Help Train Teachers - Education Week (subscription model) - 20 October 2025
Research: Can VR Teach Students Ethics? - Inside Higher Ed - 21 October 2025
Wi-Fi Hot Spot Lending Program Scrapped, Leaving Libraries Scrambling - EdSurge - 21 October 2025
Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking? - Nature - 21 October 2025
State & Local News
Alabama | Alabama public schools lose 5,800 students; largest drop in 40 years, say state officials - Alabama Reflector - 21 October 2025
California | A scholarship for Black California students has to accept white applicants. Here’s why - CalMatters - 20 October 2025
Indiana | Indiana seeks federal waiver to streamline education funding, ‘align’ accountability - Indiana Capital Chronicle - 21 October 2025
Minnesota | Minneapolis School Board signals potential school closures - Minnesota Reformer - 20 October 2025
Missouri | Work groups zero in on proposed changes to Missouri school funding formula - Missouri Independent - 21 October 2025
Oklahoma | Oklahoma’s haphazard approach to fixing public education has failed. Here’s a plan that could help - Oklahoma Voice - 20 October 2025
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Also Reading
Pizza Days and Chicken Wings: A Kitchen Manager’s Recipe for Connecting with Kids - EdSurge - 20 October 2025
Opinion: To Combat Polarization and Political Violence, Let’s Connect Students Nationwide - The 74 - 21 October 2025