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    Week In Review: Education Department issues Dear Colleague letters on discipline, tech use

    We’re rounding up last week’s news, from an E-rate proposed rule to the latest on Ten Commandments laws.

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    4 questions every district should ask before adopting or scaling AI

    As AI use grows in schools, district leaders need a clearer way to measure impact.

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    Education Department goes to ed tech’s defense in new guidance

    A Dear Colleague letter said recreational and educational technology use are not synonymous — while also acknowledging screen time concerns.

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    Judge deals blow to Trump administration’s gutting of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

    An "abstinence-only approach" led to "unreasonable or unexplained" grant cancellations, said the judge, but he stopped short of reinstating funds.

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    Greater Head Start flexibility will empower program leaders

    Policy changes under the Trump administration will improve quality and access, write two top federal officials.

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    Efforts to keep ICE off of school grounds ramp up

    Immigration enforcement activities on or around schools remain a concern for many educators at the start of the 2026-27 school year.

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    How would Head Start programs fare if federal standards are pared down?

    Under state standards, metrics like adult-to-child ratios and accessibility would worsen, according to a Children’s Equity Project analysis.

    Updated Aug. 20, 2026
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    POP QUIZ

    Test yourself on the past week’s K-12 news

    From increased vaccine exemptions in kindergarten to E-rate’s uncertain future under the FCC, what did you learn from our recent stories?

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    OCR calls on schools to ‘stop racial balancing’ in new discipline guidance

    A Dear Colleague letter said weighing discipline policies' racial outcomes and making decisions based on them is race discrimination under Title VI.

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    How ‘The Odyssey’ opens doors to storytelling and historical perspectives

    The Greek epic’s box office success can provide an inroad for students to understand how people have used myth to explain the world around them.

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    Learning to craft personal statements requires dedicated time, encouragement

    Educators should also be wary of artificial intelligence when teaching students to write high-stakes items like college essays or cover letters, experts say.

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    Kindergarten vaccine rates continue downward trend

    The National Association of School Nurses says it's "deeply concerned" with the Trump administration's goal to reform the childhood vaccine schedule.

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    Ten Commandments law appealed to Supreme Court

    Justices are set to consider two cases out of Texas that aim to block such laws, which have regained momentum in recent years.

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    FCC opens comment period on E-rate’s future

    E-rate, which provides discounted internet services to build connectivity for schools, gave $10.5 billion to districts between 2021 and 2025.

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    Houston ISD stays at B rating in 2025-26

    Three years into Texas’ takeover of the district, one of its most troubled schools has risen from seven consecutive F ratings to its first-ever A.

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    How a California school is streamlining its approach to SEL supports

    Foussat Language Academy is embracing a multi-tiered social-emotional learning model to improve screening and classroom supports.

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    Week In Review: Unions sue over ‘professional’ degrees

    We’re rounding up last week’s news, from the educational impact of extreme weather to chronic absenteeism data.

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    CISA issues K-12 cybersecurity guidance as schools’ risks persist

    The agency’s free guides for district leaders come as the education sector continues to face a perfect storm of cyber vulnerability and limited resources.

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    New York City Public Schools to place ‘school avoidance’ liaisons in every building

    The nation's largest school system will task the personnel with addressing a student behavior that affects up to 15% of youth and fuels chronic absenteeism.

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    Deep Dive

    With disparate impact out, what’s next for systemic discrimination cases?

    The Trump administration’s move against unintentional discrimination will likely narrow or close investigations, education civil rights experts say.

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    Unions sue Education Department over ‘professional’ degree rule

    The lawsuit seeks to vacate the agency’s exclusion of advanced degree programs in fields like education, which caps student loans at $100,000.

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    Dyscalculia affects almost as many students as dyslexia. What can districts do?

    Most districts don't have the systems in place to screen for the learning disability related to numbers and math, CRPE said in a report.

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    STUDY HALL

    What you need to know about microschools

    The model has become a popular school choice option post-pandemic, and calls for policymakers to give the sector more structure are growing.

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    As districts navigate screen time, CoSN advises against time limits

    The association does not believe setting time limits on technology use in schools is helpful in measuring quality screen time, its board chair said.

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    Opinion

    Miami-Dade eliminated free school meals. They won’t be the last.

    A senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress breaks down how and why the nation’s third-largest district lost access to district-wide free meals.

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    Science labs can flourish when they focus on the ‘why’

    Open-ended experiments that engage students with a “need to know” factor rather than a cookie-cutter approach are key, say veteran science teachers.