Policy And Government
Revealing the Top EdSurge K-12 Stories of 2025
EdSurge readers are well-rounded students of education news. In 2025, the K-12 articles that proved most popular with our audience […]
January 6, 2026
Child Care Costs More than Rent in Most Metro Areas. Why Can’t We Fix That?
When it comes to the affordability crisis in child care, Lenice Emanuel says that it’s forcing families to take a […]
December 15, 2025
Teaching Sex Education in Schools Is More Fraught Than Ever
Krystalyn Musselman holds a worn cardboard box up to the screen on our Zoom call. It’s the anonymous question box […]
December 5, 2025
Orders, Lawsuits, Rulings: Districts Struggle with DEI Amid a Flurry of Legal Actions
The frantic speed of the Trump Administration’s education policy changes is leaving K-12 school officials confused about what orders are […]
November 20, 2025
Special Education Services At Risk Under Department of Education Cuts
Susan Popkin has a brother-in-law who was kept out of traditional education until high school. David Bateman has a brother-in-law […]
November 18, 2025
More States Adopt ‘Tri-Share’ for Child Care, Even As Some Question Its Merits
Michigan’s Tri-Share program recently reached a key milestone: serving more than 1,000 children in the state. By splitting the costs […]
November 11, 2025
As More States Expand Child Care Programs, This Is One to Watch
Jennifer Nicholls is the owner, lead teacher “and cook, nurse and entertainment,” she joked, at Journey Preschool, a home-based early […]
November 6, 2025