Federal Government Tightens Control Over Higher Education Research and Accreditation
White House Seeks to Steer More Research Funding Away From Academia Ryan Quinn Fri, 07/24/2026 - 03:00 AM In its new strategy for science and research, the administration stopped s...
The Trump administration is redirecting research funding away from academia and raising accreditation standards, causing programmatic accreditors to withdraw federal recognition. These policy shifts will significantly impact how universities conduct research and operate degree programs, affecting institutional partnerships and funding strategies.
EdTech Funding Surge: AI-Safe Classroom Platforms and Coding Tools Secure Major Investment
Female-founded edtech imagi raises $4.5M seed from OpenAI and Lovable execs to bring safe AI to classrooms Tech Funding News
Schools Struggle With Persistent Chronic Absenteeism Impacting Academic Recovery
Consistently high absenteeism significantly hindered districts’ pandemic recovery, NWEA finds. An AEI report suggests attendance gains...
Education Department Limits Civil Rights Investigations Into Racial Disparities
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. Schools that discipline students of...
Writing Instruction Emerges as Next Critical Literacy Frontier in K-12
Sand Creek Elementary kindergarten teacher Kristin Allen guides her students through a writing assignment. Allen says she has seen more writ...