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July 1
Education policy Louisiana School Cuts Show Which Services Go First When Budgets Shrink Louisiana took $168 million from school operating budgets for teacher stipends. The executive order protecting schools named four categories. School therapists, reading specialists, and counselors were not among them. One… Education policy Louisiana School Cuts Show Which Services Go First When Budgets Shrink Louisiana took $168 million from school operating budgets for teacher stipends. The executive order protecting schools named four categories. School therapists, reading specialists, and counselors were not among them. One…
June 30
Arkansas School Choice Families Wait Months for Money the State Promised Education policy Arkansas School Choice Families Wait Months for Money the State Promised Arkansas enrolled 44,000 students in its school choice program. The platform managing $379 million in funds promised AI-powered efficiency and delivered months-long payment delays instead. A DOE memo makes it…
June 29
Education policy Michigan’s Special Ed Gap Is 25 Points. One Question Could Start Closing It. Michigan's new bipartisan Special Education Committee is tackling a 25-point graduation gap. The science says the fix isn't more services or more inclusion alone, it's asking whether each support is… Michigan’s Special Ed Gap Is 25 Points. One Question Could Start Closing It. Education policy Michigan’s Special Ed Gap Is 25 Points. One Question Could Start Closing It. Michigan's new bipartisan Special Education Committee is tackling a 25-point graduation gap. The science says the fix isn't more services or more inclusion alone — it's asking whether each support… Alabama Opens $7,000 for Educational Therapies to All Families Starting January Education policy Alabama Opens $7,000 for Educational Therapies to All Families Starting January Alabama's CHOOSE Act goes universal in January 2027, opening $7,000 per child for educational therapies and tutoring to every family. For kids who struggle with reading, the ESA is only…
June 28
Texas Vouchers Put Families With Disabled Kids in an Impossible Position Education policy Texas Vouchers Put Families With Disabled Kids in an Impossible Position Texas’s voucher program promised students with disabilities up to $30,000 in funding. Accessing it required a federal IEP evaluation that takes months under IDEA law. The application window was 41… Texas Vouchers Put Families With Disabled Kids in an Impossible Position Education policy Texas Vouchers Put Families With Disabled Kids in an Impossible Position Texas’s voucher program promised students with disabilities up to $30,000 in funding. Accessing it required a federal IEP evaluation that takes months under IDEA law. The application window was 41… Wisconsin Data Exposes the Teacher-Training Gap Behind Your Child’s Reading Results Education policy Wisconsin Data Exposes the Teacher-Training Gap Behind Your Child’s Reading Results Wisconsin FORT data shows teacher prep programs producing reading-science pass rates from 25% to 100%. The state has a science-of-reading law. But a mandate only reaches children when their teacher… New York Drops Regents-or-Fail Graduation and Learning-Different Kids Win Education policy New York Drops Regents-or-Fail Graduation and Learning-Different Kids Win New York is scrapping its pass-or-fail Regents graduation system. Every headline calls it modernization. The real story: for kids who have always been penalized by timed standardized tests, this is…