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July 14
Education policy
California Made Preschool Funding Permanent. The Hard Question Comes After.
California locked preschool into Proposition 98's constitutional guarantee — a genuine funding win. But for the one in five children who will struggle to read, stable funding and the right…
Education policy
Pennsylvania Spends More on Special Ed While Proven Reading Methods Stay Underfunded
Pennsylvania's $55 million special education increase looks like progress. Only 8 percent of students with disabilities read at grade level, unchanged from last year, and the law mandating proven reading…
July 13
Education policy
States Count Empty Chairs But Miss Why Struggling Learners Skip School
Six states enacted laws to track and punish chronic absenteeism in 2026. What none of them require: finding out whether the child staying home has a learning challenge the school…
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Retaining Third Graders Won’t Fix Nevada Schools That Never Taught Reading Right
More than half of Nevada third graders are not reading at grade level. The state is fighting over whether to retain them in third grade. Neither side is talking about…
Education policy
School Mental Health Funding Fight Sidesteps the Kids Likeliest to Need It
Fifteen states are fighting to restore a billion dollars in school mental health funding. The research says that is worth protecting — and that kids with unidentified learning differences face…
July 12
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School Fraud Took $225 Million From the Kids Who Needed It Most
Watchdogs found $225 million in alleged K-12 fraud across 90 cases over six years. The research on education spending shows those dollars lift disadvantaged and struggling learners most. That is…
Education policy
NC Schools Miss Federal Special Ed Evaluation Deadlines for One in Four Students
NC schools completed special ed evaluations on time for just 74% of referred students last year — Wake County hit 42.5%. Federal law requires 100%. If your child has an…
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Four-Day School Weeks Are Spreading, and Struggling Readers Pay the Price
Indiana’s new law puts real guardrails on four-day school weeks. Buried in the fine print is an admission the research has been making for years: struggling readers bear the highest…
