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July 5

Education policy Jul 5 Georgia Charters Win Federal Millions. Parents of Struggling Learners Need This Data. Georgia's charter schools collected $2.4 million in new federal grants. For parents of kids who learn differently, the bigger question isn't which schools got the money. It's what the research… Education policy Jul 5 Florida’s Schools Got As. Harvard Put Its Reading Scores Dead Last. Florida's school grading system just handed As to three-quarters of schools — but Harvard and Stanford researchers placed the state dead last in reading growth among 35 states. Here's what…

July 4

Education policy Jul 4 Rhode Island Owes Homebound Special Education Kids Five Hours. They Are Getting Two. Rhode Island requires five hours of weekly in-home instruction for homebound special education students. Some are getting two. The staffing-shortage explanation is accurate as far as it goes. Federal law… Education policy Jul 4 South Carolina Is Finding Struggling Readers in First Grade. The Rest Is Politics. South Carolina started tracking reading proficiency in first grade this year, and scores rose six points. The same budget also suspended other state tests via a single proviso. Early identification… Education policy Jul 4 Missouri’s New School Report Cards Tell Parents the Wrong Story Missouri’s education department sent its A-F school grading plan with its own warning attached: data quality concerns, IT gaps, a compressed timeline. Research finds these grades track the demographics of… Education policy Jul 4 Arizona Parents Force ESA Accountability Vote. What Struggling Learners Actually Need. Arizona parents submitted 421,000 signatures to force an ESA accountability vote. For families of kids who learn differently, the real accountability gap is not financial. It's instructional. Here are the…

July 3

Education policy Jul 3 Michigan Ranked 44th in Reading. Its New Budget Bets on the Training That Changes Classrooms. Michigan ranked 44th in fourth-grade reading. The bipartisan budget it passed in July 2026 bets $75 million on retraining teachers in the science of reading. Here's why that line item… Education policy Jul 3 DC Schools Violated Disability Law for Years Before Federal Investigators Intervened DC Public Schools signed a federal resolution agreement after OCR found the district violated disability law for years — evaluation delays, services dropped for convenience, untrained staff deciding what kids… AI in education Jul 3 New K-12 AI Laws Land Before Teachers Are Trained to Use Them Idaho became one of the first five states to put K-12 AI classroom rules into law this July. The same week, Microsoft reported 53 percent of teachers have never had… Education policy Jul 3 Alabama Puts $174 Million for Educational Therapy Directly in Parent Hands Alabama put $174 million in education savings accounts directly into parent hands on July 1. Tutoring and educational therapies are explicitly covered. For families of kids who learn differently, the…