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Virtual School Enrollment Has Doubled in Recent Years, Following Pandemic-Era Surge

Remote learning during the pandemic was a nightmare for some students, but others have stuck with it, new data shows. Just over 600,000 public school students attended fully virtual schools in the 2024-25 school year,...

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Huge homeschool enrichment program closes in Colorado, following stricter rules and demise of authorizer

Colorado Homeschool Enrichment, a program with 48 campuses in Colorado, will not offer publicly funded classes for home-schoolers this year.

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Detroit district maintains growth in literacy and math on the 2026 M-STEP

DPSCD's proficiency rates on the 2026 M-STEP suggest the changes the district have made are yielding continued improvement, researchers say.

K-12 Dive
Bipartisan House bill aims to stop outsourcing of some Education Department offices

The bill seeks to keep all special education, postsecondary, Native American, and elementary and secondary education activities within the agency.

EdSource
California community colleges oppose bachelor’s degree bills after last-minute changes

Community college officials now oppose bills to expand access to bachelor’s degrees after California lawmakers made last-minute changes to the legislation, which officials say will create more barriers to offering...

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Texas Should Establish Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree Options, Gov. Greg Abbott Says

Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on Wednesday to work on pathways for students to earn bachelor’s degrees in three years. Such a program could have college students take about 90...