Kara Arundel
Lead Reporter | LinkedInKara Arundel is lead reporter for K-12 Dive. She focuses on special education, early childhood education, funding and congressional coverage. Arundel contributed to K-12 Dive's ransomware series that won a 2025 national gold Azbee award and to team coverage of the Trump administration's efforts to downsize the U.S. Department of Education that earned a 2026 national Jesse H. Neal award for best government, legislative and regulatory coverage. Arundel has a certificate in Education Finance from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. You can contact her at [email protected].
1150 articles by Kara Arundel
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Education Department defends controversial special education shakeup
Aug. 4, 2026 -
Schools urged to prepare for measles response
Aug. 4, 2026 -
Social media lawsuits could net payouts. How are districts planning?
July 28, 2026 -
2 Senate bills would undo some Education Department transfers
July 23, 2026 -
Persistent chronic absenteeism slows academic recovery
July 23, 2026 -
Special educators oppose Education Department breakup
July 21, 2026 -
House panel OKs permanent moves for some Education Department functions
July 16, 2026 -
Former federal officials oppose special education interagency agreement
July 14, 2026 -
Maine’s road to rapid AI adoption in schools
July 14, 2026 -
Governors call on states to support locally driven K-12 solutions
July 9, 2026 -
Education Department eyes changes for measuring racial disparities in special education
July 7, 2026 -
Reading progress has stalled for youngest learners, DIBELS tests show
July 7, 2026 -
More students with disabilities learning in general education classrooms
July 6, 2026 -
Education groups sue for access to nearly $2B in research funds
July 1, 2026 -
Education Department addresses ‘misconceptions’ about special education outsourcing
June 29, 2026 -
Some Education Department cuts ‘appear’ to impact legal duties, OIG says
June 23, 2026 -
More than half of states miss targets for improving special education
June 23, 2026 -
Takeaways from the Ed Dept-HHS special ed agreement
June 18, 2026 -
The Education Dept now has 14 interagency agreements. Here are the changes.
June 17, 2026 -
Education Department transfers key special ed, civil rights functions
June 16, 2026 -
Should Head Start require pre-K teacher pay parity?
June 16, 2026 -
How a Maryland district renovated 48 school libraries in 1 year
June 15, 2026 -
3 states sue over cancelled special education teacher training grants
June 12, 2026 -
Treasury previews guidance for first federal school choice program
June 12, 2026 -
Ed Dept would see 10% budget cut under House committee plan
June 10, 2026