State education officials have long lagged behind tech developments, and now they’re playing catchup on establishing guidelines for AI use in K-12 classrooms. At the same time, polls find declining support for AI in the classroom.
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The Republican Plot to Destroy Education Research
Education of any kind is now a partisan issue. The Trump administration is refusing to publicize data that bear on the needs of marginalized people because American conservatives are now dead set against the very idea of public education of any kind.
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Competing for Crumbs
Increased financial support isn’t a genuine win for HBCUs and tribal colleges.
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Meet the New Conservative Cancel Culture, This Time With Government Informers
Professors who speak wrongthink in class are being summarily fired.
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Judge Rules Ohio’s Voucher System Unconstitutional
The ruling could end the siphoning of funds to private and parochial schools.
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PragerU Wants to Capitalize on PBS Defunding
The right-wing educational resource is available for classrooms in ten states and wants to go ‘toe-to-toe’ with PBS Kids. Will teachers go for what the company has described as indoctrination?
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Illinois Could Downgrade Arts Education
Arts educators worry that education officials will backpedal on the state’s historic commitment to students.
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The Office of Federal Student Aid Is Under Attack
Students will pay the price for gutting a key agency for disbursing federal aid and overseeing private student loan companies.
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Why Is Blue Oregon Trying to Kill Voter-Approved Free Preschool?
The social benefits of preschool extend far beyond the playground. Yet state officials are working on paring back a fledgling Multnomah County early-education program.
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University Unions Stand Up to Trump’s Research Cuts While Administrators Waver
While some universities have capitulated to Trump’s NIH cuts, there are faculty and graduate student union leaders on the frontlines pushing back.