Highlights
FAFSA Completion Is Up - Inside Higher Ed - 3 December 2025
Treasury, IRS seek comments on federal school choice program - K-12 Dive - 3 December 2025
Funding Ends for School Mental Health Projects After a ‘Roller Coaster’ Year - Education Week (subscription model) - 2 December 2025
2,739 Ed Tech Tools Later, Where Are the Outcomes? - The 74 - 3 December 2025
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K-12 Education
Schools Want to Make Better Strategic Decisions. What’s Getting in the Way? - Education Week (subscription model) - 3 December 2025
Would more emphasis on high-stakes testing help address America’s learning woes?- Chalkbeat - 2 December 2025
Have Politics Hijacked Education Policy? - Education Week (subscription model) - 2 December 2025
When should students begin learning about AI? - K-12 Dive - 3 December 2025
Higher Education
Why Trump and Harvard Have Not Reached a Deal - The New York Times (subscription model) - 3 December 2025
More 4-year colleges offer 2-year degrees to reach new groups of students - PBS - 2 December 2025
Incarceration to College program gives Bay Area youth a chance at higher education - CBS News - 2 December 2025
Kentucky Study Shows Most Effective Way to Deliver Dual-Enrollment Courses - Inside Higher Ed - 3 December 2025
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance - The New York Times (subscription model) - 3 December 2025
🎧 Building the Future of Degree Management with Student-Centered Design - The Higher Ed Geek - 3 December 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
Child care workers are building a network of resistance against ICE - The Hechinger Report - 3 December 2025
Opinion: Amid Budget Cuts to Child Care, Dedicated Funds Hold Promise - The 74 - 3 December 2025
U.S. Department of Education
Students Will Pay a Heavy Price If Feds Gut Funding for High-Impact Tutoring - The 74 - 2 December 2025
Educator Workforce
Teacher Colleges Aren't Boosting Workforce Diversity, & Some Are Making It Worse - The 74 - 3 December 2025
Alabama teachers’ insurance board may dip into reserves to avoid premium increases - Alabama Reflector - 3 December 2025
School Choice
Revamped Regulations Spur Rhode Island’s Top Charter Results, Report Suggests - The 74 - 2 December 2025
As New Hampshire education freedom accounts double, percentage of low-income recipients drops - New Hampshire Bulletin - 3 December 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
What to know about the administration’s plan to withhold states’ money to manage SNAP food aid - Associated Press - 3 December 2025
West Virginia reinstates school vaccine mandate after religious beliefs ruling - The Hill - 3 December 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
Rebuilding The First Rung Of The Opportunity Ladder - Forbes (subscription model) - 1 December 2025
Small businesses cut 120,000 jobs in November, ADP says - NBC News - 3 December 2025
AI & EdTech
AI Tutors, With a Little Human Help, Offer ‘Reliable’ Instruction, Study Finds - The 74 - 3 December 2025
How This District Got Students, Teachers, Parents, and Leaders to Agree on AI - Education Week (subscription model) - 2 December 2025
State & Local News
Idaho | New report renews concerns about a massive K-12 virtual school - Idaho Ed News - 2 December 2025
Illinois | Illinois State Board of Education extends timeline for public comment on school accountability overhaul - Chalkbeat Chicago - 3 December 2025
Nevada | Program gives high schoolers hands-on teaching experience, with hopes they stay in Nevada - Associated Press - 3 December 2025
Texas | How Texas’ law banning DEI, LGBTQ+ topics in K-12 schools could fare in court - The Texas Tribune - 2 December 2025
Houston | Houston ISD schools with controversial instructional reforms show steeper enrollment drops than other campuses - Houston Public Media - 3 December 2025
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