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Higher Education Insights

End of Summer State Higher Ed Policy Round-up

While D.C. captures headlines, states are quietly shaping higher ed policy on accreditation, DEI, and distance learning.

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Early Childhood Insights K-12 Education

The Real Test of Education Policy Reform Isn’t Passage. It’s Persistence.

Ben Wallerstein

Higher Education Insights K-12 Education

My Secret Weapon for Understanding Authentic User Sentiment? I Spend an Embarrassing Amount of Time on Reddit

Higher Education

Are Federal Borrowers Feeling the Effects of ED Layoffs?

Julia Pasette-Seamon

Higher Education Workforce

ED Moves to Restrict Student Loan Forgiveness

Julia Pasette-Seamon, Alex Davis

K-12 FY26 Budget Map

Early Childhood Insights K-12 Education

FY26 Education Budgets Signal Cautious Optimism and Innovation

Hillary Knudson

Higher Education

Trump Administration Orders Colleges to Submit Detailed Race-Related Admissions Data

Q&A with Lesley Muldoon: What You Need to Know About the Latest NAEP Updates

Hillary Knudson

Higher Education Insights K-12 Education

Justice Department Issues Guidance on DEI Programming

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Higher Education Insights K-12 Education

Senate Rejects Deep K-12 Education Cuts and Trump Block Grant Proposal in FY26 LHHS Markup

Hillary Knudson

AI Higher Education K-12 Education

What ChatGPT Thinks of Your Press Hits (And Why It Matters)

Higher Education Workforce

ED Launches New Rulemaking on Workforce Pell, Gainful Employment, and Last-Dollar Pell

Ted Eismeier, Noah Sudow, Alex Davis

Asian female instructor welding in in auto shop on a college campus.

Higher Education Workforce

ED Moves to Outsource CTE, Adult Education to Department of Labor

Julia Pasette-Seamon