Highlights
Administration Must Restore Some Mental Health Grants, Court Says - The New York Times (Subscription Model) - 28 October 2025
Higher ed groups push for colleges to be exempt from $100K H-1B visa fee - Higher Ed Dive - 29 October 2025
RFK Jr. May Oversee Special Education For Students With Disabilities - Forbes (subscription model) - 28 October 2025
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Deeper Dive: Government Shutdown
Families could start losing access to Head Start if shutdown continues - NPR - 29 October 2025
What to know as federal food help and preschool aid will run dry Saturday if shutdown persists - Associated Press - 28 October 2025
Ga. Head Start programs get $8 million lifeline to stay open during shutdown - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription model) - 29 October 2025
K-12 Education
Lockdown drills have become a routine part of the school year. But should they be? - NPR - 29 October 2025
Children with special educational needs are more likely to miss school – it’s sign of a system under strain - The Conversation - 27 October 2025
Higher Education
What College Students Are Worried About Right Now - The New York Times (subscription model) - 29 October 2025
Why Standards and Credentials Matter in Dual Enrollment - EdSurge 29 October 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
State’s early childhood education fund is nearing depletion, report warns - Baton Rouge Business Report - 29 October 2025
Report recommends steps to improve Arkansas child care licensing - Arkansas Advocate - 29 October 2025
U.S. Department of Education
When the Government Stops Defending Civil Rights - The New Yorker (subscription model) - 29 October 2025
Federal Judge Indefinitely Blocks Trump’s Latest Layoffs - Inside Higher Ed - 29 October 2025
Families are 'anxious, frustrated' over federal special education cuts - San Antonio Express News (subscription model) - 26 October 2025
Educator Workforce
What’s the Secret to Managing Today’s Classrooms? Teachers Weigh In - Education Week (subscription model) - 28 October 2025
School Choice
How school choice emergence is shaping the education landscape around US - ABC News - 29 October 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
You May Have Missed This Good News About the Youth Mental Health Crisis - Inc. (subscription model) - 29 October 2025
Most of California's public K-12 students go to school on campuses with virtually no shade - Los Angeles Times (subscription model) - 29 October 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
"No hire, no fire" job market may no longer be a thing as big companies announce mass layoffs - CBS News - 29 October 2025
As Americans lose faith in higher education, Gen Z turns to skills and blue-collar jobs - Fortune (subscription model) - 29 October 2025
Half a million young Californians aren’t in school or work. Most are men - CalMatters - 29 October 2025
AI & EdTech
A.I. Threatens Our Ability to Understand the World - The New York Times (subscription model) - 29 October 2025
State & Local News
California | California’s K-12 facility funding system unconstitutional, students, parents say in lawsuit - K-12 Dive - 29 October 2025
Mississippi | Mississippi Senate focuses on teacher pay, absenteeism as House ponders school choice - Mississippi Today - 29 October 2025
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