Highlights
How a tiny nonprofit school became one of America’s largest universities - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 11 February 2026
Despite Lawsuit, 44,000 Low-Income, 1st-Gen Students Lose College Access Help - The 74 - 11 February 2026
Child-Care Crisis Costs U.S. Economy $172 Billion, New Report Finds - Barron’s (subscription model) - 11 February 2026
Without school vaccine mandates, many kids may never see a doctor - The Hechinger Report - 11 February 2026
Federal Policy & Politics
Progress on Chronic Absenteeism Has Slowed. Some Say McMahon Should Speak Up - The 74 - 11 February 2026
Trump team tries to sell skeptical tribal officials on Education Department breakup - Politico Pro (subscription model) - 10 February 2026
Congress Wants to Know What Makes the ‘Science of Reading’ Work - Education Week (subscription model) - 10 February 2026
New Trump Admin. Guidance Says Teachers Can Pray With Students - Education Week (subscription model) - 10 February 2026
Cuts to Childcare Grants Leave Rural Students in Limbo - The Daily Yonder - 11 February 2026
‘We’re now seeing the results’: Education Department officials tout FAFSA progress - Higher Ed Dive - 11 February 2026
Workforce Pell rollout to receive $65M boost from Labor Department grants - Politico Pro (subscription model) - 10 February 2026
K-12 Education
Schools Must Prepare for Jobs of the Future, Superintendents Say - Education Week (subscription model) - 10 February 2026
Gaps persist between impact and opportunity in youth civic participation - K-12 Dive - 11 February 2026
Blueprints Are Not Enough: Building Balanced Assessment Systems for Science of Reading 2.0 - Getting Smart - 11 February 2026
Opinion: Why we need more than technology to solve chronic absenteeism - District Administration - 10 February 2026
Higher Education
Millions of student loan borrowers aren't repaying their loans — and defaults are up - NPR - 10 February 2026
Despite recent efforts to make change, top colleges are still home to mostly wealthy students - Chalkbeat - 10 February 2026
Getting in is getting easier - The Hechinger Report - 11 February 2026
EAB: Higher Ed Facing Confluence of Pressures on Sector - Inside Higher Ed - 11 February 2026
Educator Talent & Staffing
SF schools remain closed due to historic teachers' strike over pay and health care - ABC7 News - 11 February 2026
Opinion: What the LA Wildfires Taught Us About Caring for Child Care Providers - LA School Report - 11 February 2026
Technology & AI
Something big is happening in AI — and most people will be blindsided - Fortune (subscription model) - 11 February 2026
In the workforce, AI is having the opposite effect it was supposed to, UC Berkeley researchers warn - Fortune (subscription model) - 10 February 2026
Opinion: Kids Spend Hours in School on Screens. And for What? - Bloomberg (subscription model) - 11 February 2026
Opinion: Schools Need to Adopt Clear Rules for AI Use. Parents Can Help Make That Happen - The 74 - 10 February 2026
Student Health, Safety & Nutrition
‘The hallways are quiet’: Trauma-informed school model uses calm to prevent conflict in Philly - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - 11 February 2026
Is Student Loneliness the New Normal? - Inside Higher Ed - 11 February 2026
Workforce & Career Pathways
🎧The false promise of a tech job. - NPR - 11 February 2026
School Choice
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Why He’s Taking Trump’s ‘Free Money’ - The 74 - 10 February 2026
Oklahoma rejects application for Jewish public charter school - K-12 Dive - 10 February 2026
Mike Duggan ‘studying’ Trump school choice program for Michigan - Bridge Michigan - 11 February 2026
Several Illinois counties will vote on Trump tax-credit scholarship program in bid to sway Pritzker - Chalkbeat Chicago - 10 February 2026
State & Local News
Delaware | Civics 101: How Delaware pays for new projects — and why early childhood education is a case study - Spotlight Delaware - 11 February 2026
Iowa | Iowa Senate passes 1.75% increase in per-pupil funding for schools - Iowa Capital Dispatch - 10 February 2026
Mississippi | Expanded eligibility for federal student grants could boost Mississippi’s workforce - Open Campus - 10 February 2026
Oklahoma | OKDHS cuts childcare subsidy budget by $50 million - KFOR News - 11 February 2026
South Carolina | ‘A kick in the pants’: SC bill banning minimum grades in schools advances in House - District Administration Magazine - 11 February 2026
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Immigration Judge Says Trump Administration Cannot Deport Tufts Student - The New York Times (subscription model) - 10 February 2026