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  1. POLICYCTU-backed candidates win three Chicago school board races that were too close to callChalkbeat ·
  2. POLICYPhiladelphia school district delays school selection deadline as wait for state test scores drags onChalkbeat ·
  3. POLICYTeach Consent Early: Schools Can Help Boys Respect BoundariesEducation Week ·
  4. POLICYWhat Happens to Student Achievement When a Charter School Opens Nearby?Education Week ·
  5. POLICYA New Tool Can Help School Districts Predict Teacher TurnoverEducation Week ·
  6. POLICYDid education help power the blue wave? Here’s what the polls sayChalkbeat ·
  7. POLICYIRS Will Go ‘As Broad As We Can’ With Federal K-12 Choice RulesEducation Week ·
  8. POLICYHow Do You Start Your Day With Students?Education Week ·
  9. COURTSChristian school wins Tennessee court case challenging religious charter banChalkbeat ·
  10. POLICYMemphis graduation rate climbs nearly 8 points since 2020, but test scores still trail the stateChalkbeat ·
  11. POLICYGoogle faces calls for AI moratoriums in schools after Gemini pilot backlashArs Technica ·
  12. POLICYIndonesian vice president in high school diploma scandal resignsCourthouse News Service ·
  13. POLICYHarvard Taps 5,000 Studies to Show How AI Helps or Hinders LearningEducation Week ·
  14. POLICYCops for a first grader?: Why NYC schools are still calling 911 on 6-year-oldsChalkbeat ·
  15. POLICYOpinion: Fixing El Paso’s schools starts with showing upEl Paso Matters · · opinion
  16. POLICYWhat is a discriminatory effect? The Montgomery County case and unpacking when schools may try for racial diversity without using raceSCOTUSblog ·
  17. POLICYStudents Have Big Feelings. Can Principals Interpret Them?Education Week ·
  18. POLICYHow we found the instructors making more than $400K at community collegesCalMatters ·
  19. POLICYThese part-time professors make big money teaching dozens of classes online. Are their students learning?CalMatters ·
  20. POLICYK-12 Education: Data Show That Less than Half of Students Were Ready for Kindergarten in Selected StatesGAO · · official
  21. POLICYCollections are coming for millions of student loans in defaultStateline ·
  22. POLICYAt least 23 states considered laws governing ICE and schools this yearNPR ·
  23. POLICYTrump Official Who Cracked Down on DEI to Lead DOJ’s Civil Rights OfficeInside Higher Ed ·
  24. POLICYManhattan Institute Targets Mellon for Funding Left-Leaning Higher Ed GroupsInside Higher Ed ·
  25. POLICYStudent Success Is the Priority. Capacity Is the Challenge.Inside Higher Ed ·
  26. POLICYHouse Education Committee Tackles Gambling Among College StudentsInside Higher Ed ·
  27. POLICYNew AI Learning Matrix Brings Nuance to ‘Wild West’ MomentInside Higher Ed ·
  28. POLICYSurvey: Student Success Leaders Weigh In Ahead of 2027Inside Higher Ed ·
  29. POLICYDOD Ends Partnership Between Brown, Naval War CollegeInside Higher Ed ·
  30. COURTS13 AGs Ask Supreme Court to Uphold Florida’s Stop WOKE ActInside Higher Ed ·
  31. POLICYThe Singularity, Black October and Other Lessons for Higher EducationInside Higher Ed · · opinion
  32. POLICYSold a story: Get ready!The Hechinger Report ·
  33. POLICYSTUDENT VOICE: Schools teach students what to learn, but rarely teach them how to learnThe Hechinger Report · · opinion
  34. POLICYAfter Google warns schools about disabling AI feature, Chicago protesters say ‘we don’t want your Gemini’Chalkbeat ·
  35. POLICYChicago’s Black Student Achievement Committee is meeting for the first timeChalkbeat ·
  36. POLICYColleges report declines in international enrollment amid federal restrictionsHigher Ed Dive ·
  37. POLICY“It’s a shocking outcome. This leaves some school districts with very few options. I’m sure they’re sweating.”Governing ·
  38. POLICYSchool Districts Asked Voters for More Funding. Many Said NoEducation Week ·
  39. POLICYEducation, not operations, are holding back reverse for purchase dealsHousingWire ·
  40. POLICYIn Denver, a 3-school effort to take advantage of the federal tax credit scholarship programChalkbeat ·
  41. POLICYNC children’s advocates push for more funding to improve student mental healthNC Newsline ·
  42. POLICYNewark scores on state tests could increase scrutiny of tutoring and literacy initiativesChalkbeat ·
  43. POLICYItaly evacuates hundreds of schools due to bomb alert, with threats in Scotland and IrelandCourthouse News Service ·
  44. POLICYThe Assessment Trust Crisis: How to Measure Learning in the Age of AIEducation Week ·
  45. POLICYTUSD’s school closure and merger plan, by the numbersArizona Luminaria ·
  46. POLICYCan The Mind Trust succeed outside of Indiana? This state’s charter school sector will find out.Chalkbeat ·
  47. POLICYThousands of schools in Italy, Scotland and Ireland receive bomb threatsFinancial Times ·
  48. POLICYPhiladelphia teachers union pitches plan to repair school buildings not close themChalkbeat ·
  49. POLICYBad news for California school repairs: nearly half of bond measures on track to failCalMatters ·
  50. POLICYA 13-Year-Old Asked AI About Suicide on Her School Laptop. It Didn’t Get Flagged for WeeksWired ·
  51. POLICYStudents Don’t Read for Fun. Here’s How to Change ThatEducation Week ·
  52. POLICYThe Students We Worried About Are Now Our ColleaguesInside Higher Ed · · opinion
  53. POLICYAfter the Election, a Chance to Correct Our CourseInside Higher Ed · · opinion
  54. POLICYLongtime Hispanic Scholarship Now Open to All StudentsInside Higher Ed ·
  55. HILLBill Supporting College Students With Disabilities Passes SenateInside Higher Ed ·
  56. POLICYArson Unit Investigates Burning of 2 Ohio State StudentsInside Higher Ed ·
  57. POLICYRansomware Gang Says It Hacked Vanderbilt UniversityInside Higher Ed ·
  58. POLICYColleges Say OPT Fee Would Cost Tens of MillionsInside Higher Ed ·
  59. POLICYSecond Harvard Union Goes on StrikeInside Higher Ed ·
  60. POLICY3 Lessons on How to Support Student VeteransInside Higher Ed ·
  61. POLICYTeachers Discuss How the Political Climate Has Affected Their Classrooms (Opinion)Education Week · · opinion
  62. POLICYTEACHER VOICE: The future of personalized learning cannot be built on technology aloneThe Hechinger Report · · opinion
  63. POLICYOPINION: That Thanksgiving construction-paper hand turkey on your fridge is actually an education policy failureThe Hechinger Report · · opinion
  64. POLICYH.R. 10965 (IH) - Supporting After-School STEM Educators ActGPO / GovInfo — Congressional Bills · · official
  65. POLICYHispanic professor claims university discriminated against him for proposing a diversity initiativeCourthouse News Service ·
  66. POLICYMemphis parents complained of a school laptop shortage. Now MSCS wants to buy 25,000 more.Chalkbeat ·
  67. POLICYFarewell to the electoral college? Democrats now control enough states to elevate the popular votePBS News ·
  68. POLICYWashington State Sued Over Newly Approved Trans Student-Athlete BanEducation Week ·
  69. POLICYNew Hampshire School Districts Face Tough Choices After Tax Cap VoteGoverning ·
  70. POLICYTemporary pause on Memphis schools state takeover continues until DecemberChalkbeat ·
  71. POLICYPenn State wrestles with $124M budget holeHigher Ed Dive ·
  72. POLICYAlvernia University to acquire Marian UniversityHigher Ed Dive ·
  73. POLICYNorth Carolina challenges public school students to read 10 million books in 2027NC Newsline ·
  74. POLICYSherrill’s school choice dilemma: Funding windfall or private school vouchers?Chalkbeat ·
  75. POLICYVoters adopted transgender sports restrictions in blue states. Officials are pushing back.Chalkbeat ·
  76. POLICYVanderbilt University reels following ransomware attack claimed by BYOD groupCyberScoop ·
  77. POLICY1 in 8 NYC students were homeless last year, advocates findChalkbeat ·
  78. POLICYGina Hinojosa faces a long road to reshape Texas higher educationEl Paso Matters ·
  79. POLICYH. Res. 1652 (IH) - Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on November 9, 2026, as "National School Psychology Week".GPO / GovInfo — Congressional Bills · · official
  80. POLICYStudents Who Turn to AI for Emotional Support Report Worse Mental HealthEducation Week ·
  81. POLICYTakeaways from our report on school closures in the USThe Hechinger Report ·
  82. POLICYStates Make Progress on Outcomes-Based Higher EducationInside Higher Ed ·
  83. POLICYWhat the Blue Wave Could Mean for Future of Tuition Equity LawsInside Higher Ed ·
  84. POLICYWhen AI Becomes a Student’s ConfidantInside Higher Ed ·
  85. POLICYFire Alarm Cuts Colbert, Yo-Yo Ma Talk Short While Harvard Grad Workers StrikeInside Higher Ed ·
  86. POLICYAlvernia University Plans to Acquire Marian U in WisconsinInside Higher Ed ·
  87. POLICYInternational Student Interest in U.S. Surges After MidtermsInside Higher Ed ·
  88. POLICYIs AI Good or Bad for Learning? The Answer Isn't So SimpleEducation Week ·
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