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On Thursday, August 6, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Head Start (OHS) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the Head Start Act. The proposed rules would remove most of the law's Program Performance Standards regulati

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Whiteboard Advisors, named the top edtech PR agency by EdTech Digest, today announced that Sydni Dunn has joined the firm full time as a senior director. A seasoned communications strategist with deep experience na

Brisk Teaching's new white paper, From Efficiency to Efficacy: Measuring AI's Instructional Impact, offers a new framework for understanding whether AI is meaningfully improving teaching and learning. As AI tools have made their way into classrooms, time

Last month, I participated in a panel at UNITE, the nation's largest gathering of HBCU leaders and experts, held in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of UNCF's Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, which I led for almost nine years. It was a chan

As 2026 continues to trend as the "year of math," debates within the math world are taking on more nuance. How are districts making sure that students are reaching their maximum potential in math coursework? A growing number of states are answering that q

On July 21, the House Committee on Education and Workforce moved 10 bills through markup and to the House floor. Several education bills were included, with a focus on (1) strengthening parental authority, (2) defining AI's role in K-12 classrooms, and (3

Superintendents' priorities shifted sharply this year. Budget shortfalls and declining enrollment now top the list of district leaders' concerns, displacing reading achievement and teacher recruitment, according to a new RAND report. By the numbers: 54% o

For the first time, this year's Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) Curriculum, Research, and Instruction Conference included a dedicated strand on special education. The timing matters: Even as the federal government reconsolidates special education

Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it will scrap a decades-old regulation known as "duration of status," which allowed international students to stay in the U.S. until they finished their program of study.Under a final rule, the dur

Louisiana just topped the Education Recovery Scorecard: first in the nation for reading growth, second in math, and the only state to return to prepandemic achievement levels in both. The state's academic rebound is part of a broader "Southern Surge" in e