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5 big questions to help you understand the current state of student loans
by Meredith Kolodner, The Hechinger Report January 28, 2026 Washington is sending confusing and even contradictory signals to people with […]
January 28, 2026
Fighting back against Texas’ wave of censorship
The chill in the air on Texas’ campuses isn’t just the winter storm sweeping the nation. The state’s public university […]
January 28, 2026
There are long-lasting, negative effects for children like Liam Ramos who are detained, or watch their parents be deported
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old boy who is an asylum seeker, in Minneapolis […]
January 28, 2026
Will School Cellphone Bans Morph Into Wider Screen Time Regulations for Kids?
What started off more than five years ago as one-off bans in individual classrooms grew into statewide efforts to curb […]
January 28, 2026
I’m a Teacher, and Defending Public Education Is Now Part of My Job
I didn’t choose activism. It chose me the moment I realized my students were walking into my classroom carrying entire […]
January 28, 2026
California audits 428 schools with low vaccination rates
The federal government is set to stop recommending the MMRV vaccine for children under 4 years old. Credit: LM Otero/AP […]
January 28, 2026
Map: 428 California schools flagged for audit due to low vaccination rates
California schools that have more than 10% of their kindergartners or seventh grade students without all their required vaccinations are […]
January 28, 2026
What Do People Get Wrong About the University Presidency?
Now that we text each other approximately 7,000 times a day, and we’re going forward as friends in a relationship […]
January 28, 2026
Universities as engines for economic growth
Author: Laura Trevelyan Published: 28 January 2026 This blog was kindly authored by Laura Trevelyan, Chancellor of Cardiff University. 2025 […]
January 28, 2026