Anna Merod
Reporter | @AnnaMerodAnna Merod, a reporter on K-12 Dive, covers school closings and consolidations, enrollment and staffing trends, artificial intelligence, ed tech, student data privacy, and school nutrition policies. Anna’s reporting contributed to a K-12 Dive team project on ransomware’s impact on schools that won a national gold Azbee Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors in 2025. Before Anna joined K-12 Dive in 2021, she was a local education reporter for a Virginia newspaper. She graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
989 articles by Anna Merod
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Aug. 7, 2026 -
Kids Online Safety Act clears key Senate panel with bipartisan support
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Trump administration targets teen pregnancy prevention grants
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Early evidence finds outcomes-based contracting boosts student performance
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Miami-Dade schools no longer offering free meals districtwide
July 31, 2026 -
How to mitigate teacher turnover amid school closures
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July 31, 2026 -
Interagency agreements: Committee OKs bill to block 4 Education Department transfers
July 30, 2026 -
Where and why public school enrollment keeps declining
July 29, 2026 -
DHS final rule could hinder students’ access to food, healthcare, AASA warns
July 27, 2026 -
Education Department rescinds disparate impact regulations
July 24, 2026 -
Federal school meal reimbursements increase slightly for 2026-27
July 23, 2026 -
House education committee advances bill to define sex as ‘biological’
July 22, 2026 -
AI embraced by more students and educators, Instructure finds
July 22, 2026 -
Principals share solutions for ed tech pushback, chronic absenteeism and more
July 21, 2026 -
Budget shortfalls, declining enrollment top district leaders’ concerns
July 21, 2026 -
How a Michigan principal guided 2 school staffs through a merger
July 17, 2026 -
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July 17, 2026 -
3 ways Miguel Cardona suggests school leaders should innovate
July 16, 2026 -
Ed tech pushback risks shortchanging students, these school leaders say
July 15, 2026 -
How to use attendance incentives to combat chronic absenteeism
July 15, 2026 -
10 bills introduced to codify outsourcing of federal education programs
July 10, 2026 -
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July 10, 2026 -
For chronic absenteeism, pandemic recovery is possible but still uncommon
July 10, 2026 -
4 more states require districts to adopt AI policies
July 9, 2026