Highlights
Districts around the US are mulling school closures as student enrollment falls - Associated Press - 24 September 2025
Which States Require Schools to Have AI Policies? - Education Week (subscription model) - 23 September 2025
Colleges have had a tough year. Confidence in them is rising. - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 24 September 2025
How Gen-Z Is ‘AI-proofing’ Their Careers - Inc. (subscription model) - 24 September 2025
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K-12 Education
Momentum builds in schools for team-based staffing models - K-12 Dive - 24 September 2025
Beyond sight: A clearer path to inclusive learning - SmartBrief - 24 September 2025
What do grades actually mean? - SmartBrief - 23 September 2025
Higher Education
Judge orders Trump administration to restore $500 million in grant funding to UCLA - NPR - 23 September 2025
Just how integral is calculus to college readiness? - Higher Ed Dive - 24 September 2025
College affordability gap widens - Community College Daily - 17 September 2025
Capping the wrong problem: Why Parent PLUS loan limits may miss the mark - Brookings - 24 September 2025
What Trump’s $100,000 Fee for Skilled-Worker Visas Could Mean for Higher Ed - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 22 September 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
Rural Americans rely on Head Start. Federal turmoil has them worried - The Hechinger Report - 24 September 2025
There’s A New Push to Save Child Care on College Campuses - The 74 - 24 September 2025
Red states pushed child tax credits this year, but the broadest plans fizzled - Nebraska Examiner - 24 September 2025
Licensed Child Care Homes Continue to Disappear After End of Stabilization Grants - The 74 - 23 September 2025
U.S. Department of Education
Trump administration push to cut support for English learners turns spotlight on states - Chalkbeat - 23 September 2025
The Other Office for Civil Rights - Inside Higher Ed - 24 September 2025
AAUP Report: Trump Administration 'Weaponizing' Title VI Against Higher Education - The Edu Ledger (subscription model) - 22 September 2025
Educator Workforce
New Study Reveals Critical Resource Gaps Undermining Teacher Job Satisfaction - The Edu Ledger (subscription model) - 24 September 2025
Penny Wise, Pound Foolish: The False Economy Of Underinvesting In Teachers - Forbes (subscription model) - 23 September 2025
School Choice
Clapping Back at Homeschooling’s Perennial Foes and Fallacies - Education Next - 24 September 2025
Universal school choice programs mostly benefit the wealthy unless policymakers act to prevent it - Brookings - 23 September 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
From Screen Time to ‘Green Time’: Going Outside to Support Student Well-Being - The 74 - 24 September 2025
Labor Market & Workforce
🎧Dana Stephenson, Co-Founder and CEO of Riipen: How Colleges and Employers Can Scale Work-Based Learning - Futuro Health - 24 September 2025
AI & EdTech
Phishing Remains Persistent Threat in K-12 Cybersecurity - Government Technology - 23 September 2025
Did This Parent Hire a Lawyer? Schools Face a New Challenge With AI - Education Week (subscription model) - 22 September 2025
State & Local News
California | Does another education bond stand a chance with voters? California colleges hope so - Cal Matters - 24 September 2025
Hawaii | Hawaii to weigh redistricting before consolidating schools - K-12 Dive - 24 September 2025
Missouri | Work groups contemplate changing Missouri schools’ need-based funding - Missouri Independent - 24 September 2025
Oklahoma | Oklahoma’s Ryan Walters announces plan to establish Turning Point chapters at all state high schools - The Hill - 23 September 2025
Texas | Texas teachers, parents fear STAAR overhaul won’t take testing pressure off kids - The Texas Tribune - 24 September 2025
Texas | Texas districts sued for implementing Ten Commandments law - K-12 Dive - 23 September 2025
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