- Students with Indiana’s new Enrollment Honors Plus diploma, which requires advanced coursework and work experience, will gain automatic admission to state colleges, while those on career or military tracks will receive guaranteed job or enlistment opportunities. —Chalkbeat Indiana
- “A Conservative Vision of Education” argues that education should focus on moral, intellectual, and civic formation, rejecting the idea of neutrality and instead promoting parental choice, cultural transmission, and a return to America’s founding principles. —Ryan Anderson, The Heritage Foundation
- As funding cuts, staffing shortages, and paused contracts put NAEP at risk, experts warn that eliminating or replacing the assessment could erase decades of valuable trend data and undermine educational accountability nationwide. —Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report
- “The Education Department’s approach to civil rights enforcement is changing.” —K–12 Dive