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From Head Start to Civil Rights, 8 Ways Trump Reshaped Education in Just 1 Year

鈥楾he breadth and scope 鈥� was pretty astonishing': Experts predict more 2026 unraveling in areas from special education oversight to immigration.

Linda Jacobson & 社区黑料 Staff
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Why Moving Career Pathways to the Labor Department Is an Opportunity

Brown and Makridis: Shifting CTE to Labor acknowledges that education policy cannot substitute for labor market policy when the objective is work.

Goldy Brown & Christos A. Makridis
Analysis
Analysis

These Schools Are Seeing a January Enrollment Surge

McDonald: Microschools and other new learning models are making it easier for dissatisfied students and families to shift to a new school midyear.

Kerry McDonald
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With the Child Poverty Rate Expected to Climb, New Efforts Emerge to Respond

States, philanthropic organizations and advocacy groups mobilize to address child poverty.

Mark Swartz
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Early Childhood

Head Start Providers Happy But Cautious After Federal Judge Halts DEI Ban

Several already rewrote their grants and aren鈥檛 sure if they can now restore 鈥榖anned鈥� words. Ruling pauses mass firings but doesn鈥檛 undo 2025 layoffs.

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West Virginia

High Court Shows Support for State Bans on Trans Athletes

A decision in the case could affect the 27 states that currently prohibit trans girls from competing on teams consistent with their gender identity.

Linda Jacobson
Author: Linda Jacobson
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In an Era of 鈥楢merica First鈥�, International Baccalaureate Schools Still Thrive

An IB head said the rigorous program 鈥渋s celebrated from Florida to Texas and from Oregon to New York鈥� because its students learn how to learn.

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
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Class Disrupted Podcast

Google DeepMind鈥檚 Learnings in Developing an AI Tutor

Class Disrupted guest Irina Jurenka on large language models in education: 鈥楾he stakes are so much higher in learning than in other use cases.鈥�

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How Zohran Mamdani Bucked the Establishment and Won Election 鈥� in Middle School

The New York City mayor cut his political teeth at the progressive Bank Street School for Children. Classmates and teachers remember him vividly.

Greg Toppo
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Future of High School

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Future of High School

Colorado District Teaches Cutting-Edge Skills Needed for a Changing Workplace

St. Vrain Valley Schools not only pushes students to explore new fields of study, but encourages them to dive deeply into one or more career paths.

Wayne D鈥橭rio
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This Indiana Student Turned a High School Project Into Opportunity 鈥� and a Startup

Flexible, out-of-the-classroom thinking gave Raina Maiga the opportunity to discover her passions with interest-driven classes and internships.

Hannah Askew
Author: Hannah Askew
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School Closures
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Cleveland Abandons Small Schools in Favor of Boosting Larger High Schools

The Cleveland plan to fold 27 small high schools into 14 larger ones is part of a shift away from a popular national strategy.

Patrick O鈥橠onnell
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Ancient Aquifers & Drones: NM Kids Learn to Save Precious Water for the Future

This year, the Rio Grande ran dry in Albuquerque. The conservation techniques students are learning will be key to the region鈥檚 survival.

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Arizona鈥檚 Effort to Futureproof Its High School Graduates 鈥� and Its Economy

Gestson: A new state blueprint commits to redefining what students should achieve by the end of 12th grade to remain competitive.

Chad Gestson
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Why Native American Curriculum Should be Taught Throughout K-12 Education

If students鈥� only in-depth exposure to Native Americans is a 3rd grade history unit, how can they be expected to understand Native people as adults?

Meaghan Townsend
Author: Meaghan Townsend
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After L.A.鈥檚 Wildfires, Reshaping Disaster Response to Address Children鈥檚 Needs

Burke and Meier: The one-year mark of the wildfires should not serve as a memorial to what was lost, but as a reckoning with what must change.

Rita Burke & Henry Meier
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Why Moving Career Pathways to the Labor Department Is an Opportunity

Brown and Makridis: Shifting CTE to Labor acknowledges that education policy cannot substitute for labor market policy when the objective is work.

Goldy Brown & Christos A. Makridis
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The High Cost of Child Care Is Making Mothers Rethink Having Kids

Recent research suggests that the price of child care shapes fertility decisions like whether and when to have children, and how many to have.

Bryce Covert
Author: Bryce Covert
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child care

Community College Student Parents Need Child Care. Here鈥檚 How Colleges Can Help

Child care access impacts community college students鈥� success in school and reduces poverty while exposing children to high-quality early childhood experiences.

Liz Bell, EdNC.org
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child poverty

With the Child Poverty Rate Expected to Climb, New Efforts Emerge to Respond

States, philanthropic organizations and advocacy groups mobilize to address child poverty.

Mark Swartz
Author: Mark Swartz
California
California

California Legislators to Try Again to Make Kindergarten Mandatory

California is one of 32 states that doesn鈥檛 require 5-year-olds to attend school.

Carolyn Jones
Early Childhood
Early Childhood

Head Start Providers Happy But Cautious After Federal Judge Halts DEI Ban

Several already rewrote their grants and aren鈥檛 sure if they can now restore 鈥榖anned鈥� words. Ruling pauses mass firings but doesn鈥檛 undo 2025 layoffs.

Amanda Geduld
Author: Amanda Geduld
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Is Your School Beating the Odds in Reading?

Using new national data from over 40,000 schools, this interactive map identifies the schools beating the odds in teaching kids to read.

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An Eighth-Grader鈥檚 Plea After the Eaton Fire Redefined Disaster Recovery for Girls

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California

Basing K-12 Funding on California School Enrollment Could Bring Problems

Carolyn Jones
Florida

Religious Expression Protection in Florida Schools a Step Closer to Voter Approval

Jay Waagmeester, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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Iowa Teacher Committed Misconduct With His Anti-Kirk Facebook Posts

Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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The 6-7 Craze Offered A Brief Window Into the Hidden World of Children

Rebekah Willett, Amanda Levido & Hyeon-Seon Jeong
New York

NYC Schools Have a Librarian Shortage, New Figures Show

Jessica Shuran Yu, Chalkbeat
Hawaii

Hawaiian Language Schools Grow As DOE Shrinks. There鈥檚 One Big Problem

Megan Tagami, CalMatters
Missouri

Missouri Education Board Lowers St. Louis Public Schools to Provisionally Accredited Status

Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent
Oklahoma

Jewish Charter School Could Land Oklahoma in Another Legal Battle, State Official Says

Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice
West Virginia

SCOTUS to Weigh in Again on Transgender Athletes at School

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New York

Gov. Kathy Hochul Plans to Overhaul Math Instruction in New York

Abigail Kramer, Chalkbeat
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Bellwether: Schools Need to Agree on Math Strategy to Boost Student Performance

Jo Napolitano
Author: Jo Napolitano
Bright Spots

Top 5 Schools in Each State Beating the Odds in 3rd Grade Reading

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
special education

Study: Switching to Charter School Improves Performance for Special Ed Students

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
child care

It Takes $334,000 a Year to Afford Child Care in NYC
Oklahoma

In Rare Move, Oklahoma Charter School Ordered to Close at End of School Year

Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice
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Accountability Is Under Attack, Not Just From Washington, But From the Bottom Up

Morgan Polikoff
Author: Morgan Polikoff
Minnesota

Amid Fed Ramp-up and New Fears, Twin Cities Schools Offer Online Classes

Beth Hawkins
Author: Beth Hawkins
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Superintendent of the Year Finalists Talk AI, Funding Problems and Career Paths

Lauren Wagner
Author: Lauren Wagner
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New Bill Offers Roadmap for Ed Innovations. Here’s What Else It Should Do

Mark Schneider
Author: Mark Schneider
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