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Education Week’s 2025 coverage shows the science‑of‑reading movement advancing state and district reading policies, with renewed emphasis on foundational skills for early grades and growing...

Colleges and universities are revising cloud and data policies as AI workloads move beyond research into student services, admissions, advising and campus operations. IT leaders report that...

MIT Sloan’s Class of 2025 reported a sharp rebound in hiring: 91.0% of graduates had job offers three months after graduation, according to the school’s employment report. Offers and acceptances...

Poets&Quants’ 2026 online MBA ranking shows shifts in admissions selectivity at top programs, with Indiana University’s Kelley Online standing out as the most selective at a 23% acceptance rate....

More UK universities are extending careers-services access to alumni in their 40s and 50s, institutional leaders report, as older graduates increasingly seek midcareer transitions. Career centers...

The American Federation of Teachers and the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council sued the U.S. Department of Education after the agency halted funding for active Full‑Service Community Schools...

The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against Virginia to challenge state laws that allow certain undocumented students to qualify for in‑state tuition, asking a federal court to bar...

Education Week reviews show the science‑of‑reading movement continued to reshape state and district curricula in 2025, as policymakers and educators revised instructional materials and teacher...

Career and technical education (CTE) programs saw rising interest as students seek cost‑effective pathways to skilled work, but educators report persistent resource shortfalls. An EdWeek Research...

Widespread protests over a currency crash and runaway inflation have spread to Iranian universities, where students have taken to campuses to press economic and political grievances. University...

The EdWeek Research Center’s EdRecruiter 2026 survey finds districts are recalibrating recruitment and retention strategies amid teacher shortages, political headwinds and new technology....

Colleges and universities are changing where and how they run workloads as artificial intelligence moves beyond research labs into enrollment, advising, campus safety and administrative systems....

New analysis of India’s effort to operationalize AI at national scale highlights a central lesson for universities worldwide: invention outpaces institutional absorption. Researchers and industry...

Leading business‑school deans and thought leaders laid out a unified forecast for 2026: as AI supplies instant answers, competitive advantage will shift to human judgment and decision framing....

A practical column for educators and program directors synthesizes cognitive science and classroom practice into five strategies aimed at reducing student burnout while improving outcomes....

MIT Sloan’s Class of 2025 saw a hiring rebound: offers at three months post‑graduation rose to 91.0% and acceptances climbed to 87.1%, reversing last year’s soft employment outcomes. The school’s...

The latest online MBA ranking reports show shifting acceptance rates across top programs, a sign that admissions standards and cohort design remain central to program value. Indiana University’s...

Texas A&M affirmed its dismissal of an instructor who was fired after a viral classroom confrontation over a gender‑identity lesson, rejecting a faculty panel’s finding that academic freedom was...

The American Federation of Teachers and a Chicago nonprofit sued the U.S. Department of Education after the agency cut funding to active Full‑Service Community Schools grants mid‑project,...

More UK universities are offering lifelong careers support to graduates in their 40s and 50s as alumni seek midcareer pivots and reskilling. Career centers that historically focused on new...