Highlights
Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI - Associated Press - 25 March 2026
Melania and the Robot - The New York Times (subscription model) - 25 March 2026
Jury Finds Meta Platforms Harm Children. Why School Districts Are Eyeing This Verdict - Education Week (subscription model) - 25 March 2026
Workers around the world are scared. A massive new survey shows just how much - Fortune (subscription model) - 25 March 2026
Federal Policy & Politics
U.S.-Born Students Tell Congress About Lasting Toll of Harrowing ICE Encounters - The 74 - 25 March 2026
Judge extends temporary block on Trump’s admissions data demand - Politico Pro (subscription model) - 24 March 2026
ED Removes NACIQI Member Who Voted Against New Chair - Inside Higher Ed - 25 March 2026
White House urges Congress to protect children on AI platforms - K-12 Dive - 24 March 2026
What Our Students Deserve From New Homeland Security Secretary Mullin - Education Week (subscription model) - 25 March 2025
Opinion: As States Seek for Waivers for Education Block Grants, Some Lessons From ESSER - The 74 - 25 March 2026
K-12 Education
Schools Made Steady Progress Boosting Attendance With This Strategy Change - Education Week (subscription model) - 25 March 2026
Higher Education
Average net tuition down when adjusted for inflation, Brookings data shows - Higher Ed Dive - 25 March 2026
Halfway Through the Fiscal Year, NIH Has Only Obligated 15% of Research Funding - Inside Higher Ed - 25 March 2026
He Had a Full Ride at Duke—Until America Cut Him Off - The Wall Street Journal (subscription model) - 24 March 2026
Early Learning & Child Care
Should you red-shirt your kindergartner? A new analysis suggests it doesn’t help most students. - Chalkbeat - 23 March 2026
States Leading on Child Care Affordability as Trump Administration Tries to Take Funds Away - The Century Foundation - 25 March 2026
Educator Talent & Staffing
Maryland sees return on investment in grow-your-own programs - K-12 Dive - 25 March 2026
Student Health, Safety & Nutrition
21 states sue USDA over funding conditions they say would threaten school meal programs - K-12 Dive - 24 March 2026
Opinion: Trump Axes Student Mental Health Grants and One California Charter Suffers - The 74 - 25 March 2026
Workforce & Career Pathways
Workforce is ‘restless but largely immobile,’ Gallup finds - HR Dive - 24 March 2026
School Choice
Proposal to relax voucher program’s testing mandate advances in Tennessee House - Chalkbeat Tennessee - 24 March 2026
Paxton Calls for Comptroller Hancock’s Firing After Muslim School ESA Program Dispute - The Texan - 25 March 2026
State & Local News
Maryland | Maryland lawmakers pass school cellphone ban - The Baltimore Banner - 24 March 2026
Missouri | In Rural Missouri Classrooms, a New Approach to Reading Is Taking Hold - The 74 - 25 March 2026
Nevada | Declining birth rate and migration trends driving public school enrollment woes - Nevada Current - 25 March 2026
Texas | Stephen Miller Asks Why Texas Pays to Teach Undocumented Children - The New York Times (subscription model) - 24 March 2026
NYC | Mamdani ordered hundreds of millions in cuts to NYC Education Dept. Officials trimmed $58 million so far. - Chalkbeat New York - 25 March 2026
San Francisco | San Francisco Killed 8th-Grade Algebra. Now It’s Set to Come Back. - The New York Times (subscription model) - 24 March 2026
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