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Is the ‘AI Glow’ Starting to Wear Off? What to Expect in 2026: Artificial intelligence is now integrated into a wide variety of products and services that K-12 schools use, making it almost inescapable.
Is the ‘AI Glow’ Starting to Wear Off? What to Expect in 2026
Artificial intelligence is now integrated into a wide variety of products and services that K-12 schools use, making it almost inescapable.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
School Sports Case Reaches the Supreme Court at a Fraught Time for Trans Rights: The justices will consider state laws that bar transgender girls from participating in female sports.
School Sports Case Reaches the Supreme Court at a Fraught Time for Trans Rights
The justices will consider state laws that bar transgender girls from participating in female sports.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Flu Is Hitting Schools Hard as Community Cases Surge: Some schools have closed buildings as flu cases have surged.
Flu Is Hitting Schools Hard as Community Cases Surge
Some schools have closed buildings as flu cases have surged.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The Three Worst Words You Can Say to a Teacher (Opinion): I’m sick of hearing the same patronizing advice from administrators and professional development trainers.
The Three Worst Words You Can Say to a Teacher (Opinion)
I’m sick of hearing the same patronizing advice from administrators and professional development trainers.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Judge Bars Trump Admin. From Purging DEI Terms From Head Start Funding Requests: The federal judge also prohibited further layoffs of staff from the federal Office of Head Start.
Judge Bars Trump Admin. From Purging DEI Terms From Head Start Funding Requests
The federal judge also prohibited further layoffs of staff from the federal Office of Head Start.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
A Major Democratic Group Thinks This Education Policy Is a Winning Issue: An agenda from center-left Democrats could foreshadow how they discuss education on the campaign trail.
A Major Democratic Group Thinks This Education Policy Is a Winning Issue
An agenda from center-left Democrats could foreshadow how they discuss education on the campaign trail.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Minneapolis Schools Close in Wake of Deadly Shooting, Immigration Enforcement: The districtwide closure marks a departure from schools' responses to ICE presence.
Minneapolis Schools Close in Wake of Deadly Shooting, Immigration Enforcement
The districtwide closure marks a departure from schools' responses to ICE presence.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:16 PM
What Will Scaled-Back Childhood Vaccine Recommendations Mean for Schools?: Schools could encounter new questions about which vaccines are required.
What Will Scaled-Back Childhood Vaccine Recommendations Mean for Schools?
Schools could encounter new questions about which vaccines are required.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The Federal Government Hasn’t Been Meeting Our Need for Unbiased Ed. Research (Opinion): Trump’s attacks on data collection are misguided—but that doesn’t mean it was working before.
The Federal Government Hasn’t Been Meeting Our Need for Unbiased Ed. Research (Opinion)
Trump’s attacks on data collection are misguided—but that doesn’t mean it was working before.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Scroll With Caution: Another State Requires Social Media Warning Labels: Backers of New York's law, including Gov. Kathy Hochul, have likened tech's addictiveness to tobacco.
Scroll With Caution: Another State Requires Social Media Warning Labels
Backers of New York's law, including Gov. Kathy Hochul, have likened tech's addictiveness to tobacco.
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January 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Stop the Drop: Turn Communication Into an Enrollment Booster: Turn everyday communication with families into powerful PR that builds trust, boosts reputation, and drives enrollment.
Stop the Drop: Turn Communication Into an Enrollment Booster
Turn everyday communication with families into powerful PR that builds trust, boosts reputation, and drives enrollment.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Who Tops Their Field in the 2026 RHSU Edu-Scholar Rankings? (Opinion): A scholar's rank within a discipline may be more telling than their place in the overall rankings.
Who Tops Their Field in the 2026 RHSU Edu-Scholar Rankings? (Opinion)
A scholar's rank within a discipline may be more telling than their place in the overall rankings.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
How This District Works to Attract and Retain Hard-to-Find CTE Instructors: CTE instructors are difficult to hire and retain. This district uses external connections and internal resources to support its program.
How This District Works to Attract and Retain Hard-to-Find CTE Instructors
CTE instructors are difficult to hire and retain. This district uses external connections and internal resources to support its program.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:15 AM
States Are Banning Book Bans. Will It Work?: Approved legislation aims to stop school libraries from removing books for partisan reasons.
States Are Banning Book Bans. Will It Work?
Approved legislation aims to stop school libraries from removing books for partisan reasons.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
McMahon Touts Funding Flexibility for Iowa That Falls Short of Trump Admin. Goal: The Ed. Dept. is allowing the state education agency to consolidate small sets of funds from four grants.
McMahon Touts Funding Flexibility for Iowa That Falls Short of Trump Admin. Goal
The Ed. Dept. is allowing the state education agency to consolidate small sets of funds from four grants.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:15 PM
What It Looks Like to Put Teachers in Charge of Their Own PD: Teachers say they want more choice in their professional learning. One principal found a solution.
What It Looks Like to Put Teachers in Charge of Their Own PD
Teachers say they want more choice in their professional learning. One principal found a solution.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Judge Ends School Desegregation Order at Trump Administration's Request: The decision ends decades of federal oversight to ensure schools' compliance with the order to desegregate.
Judge Ends School Desegregation Order at Trump Administration's Request
The decision ends decades of federal oversight to ensure schools' compliance with the order to desegregate.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Who Are the Nation's Top Education Scholars? (Opinion): The RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings recognize researchers who shape practice and policy.
Who Are the Nation's Top Education Scholars? (Opinion)
The RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings recognize researchers who shape practice and policy.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Appeals Court Blocks Ruling Bolstering Parental Rights Over Gender Identity: A federal appeals court blocked a groundbreaking ruling over the disclosure of students' gender identities.
Appeals Court Blocks Ruling Bolstering Parental Rights Over Gender Identity
A federal appeals court blocked a groundbreaking ruling over the disclosure of students' gender identities.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Teachers' Union Sues Texas for Probing Teachers' Charlie Kirk Posts: Teachers' free speech rights were violated by the state agency, the lawsuit alleges.
Teachers' Union Sues Texas for Probing Teachers' Charlie Kirk Posts
Teachers' free speech rights were violated by the state agency, the lawsuit alleges.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
A Local Campaign Saved This Teacher Residency After the Ed. Dept. Pulled Funding: Local donations protected teachers left hanging after the program lost a grant.
A Local Campaign Saved This Teacher Residency After the Ed. Dept. Pulled Funding
Local donations protected teachers left hanging after the program lost a grant.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Educator Layoffs Loom as Canceled Community Schools Grants Remain in Limbo: Three legal challenges and bipartisan backlash have followed the Trump administration's funding cuts.
Educator Layoffs Loom as Canceled Community Schools Grants Remain in Limbo
Three legal challenges and bipartisan backlash have followed the Trump administration's funding cuts.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:45 PM
For Teachers With the Novel-Writing ‘Bug,’ Authors Have Advice (Opinion): How do I start to write a novel? How do I get it published? Look here for those answers and more.
For Teachers With the Novel-Writing ‘Bug,’ Authors Have Advice (Opinion)
How do I start to write a novel? How do I get it published? Look here for those answers and more.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM
How These School Leaders Stop the Distractions That Steal Learning Time: Cellphones "are a huge time waster," said one principal.
How These School Leaders Stop the Distractions That Steal Learning Time
Cellphones "are a huge time waster," said one principal.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM