🎓 The SuperBriefDaily Education News for School Leaders | Good morning! It's Tuesday, December 30, 2025. Here's what's happening in K-12 education today. | 💡 Quote of the Day "Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions." — Unknown | ⚡ Quick Reads2025 Research Roundup: 3 Pressing Themes Shaping Early Care and Education The early care and education field has experienced an eventful — sometimes tumultuous — year, placing it repeatedly in the spotlight. While some states such as New Mexico forged bold solutions to chil... Read more → | The 74 Million The Year in Education: 25 of Our Top Stories About Schools, Students and Learning When it comes to education news, 2025 was unprecedented. Within days of President Donald Trump taking office in January, tectonic shifts to education policy and child welfare were set in motion – and ... Read more → | The 74 Million Justice Department Sues Virginia Over Tuition Aid for Unauthorized Immigrants The department said the state’s policy of granting unauthorized immigrants in-state financial aid at public colleges and universities violates federal law. Read more → | New York Times Education Top Los Angeles Teacher Encourages Kids To Make a Mess in Her Class By the time the morning bell rings at Rosewood STEM Magnet, Urban Planning and Urban Design, Monika Heidi Duque has already been in her classroom for hours — reviewing lesson plans, setting out materi... Read more → | The 74 Million 10 Useful Tech Tools for Educators in 2026: A Practical Guide As a tech explorer and author of the Wonder Tools newsletter, I’ve tested more than 200 Ed Tech services this year in search of the 10 most useful teaching tools. The massive number of apps and sites ... Read more → | The 74 Million Mamdani Promised Universal Child Care. How Long Could It Take? here's what to expect if you’re expecting relief from the soaring cost of day care in New York City. Read more → | New York Times Education Texas 2025: The stories that mattered most to readers Texans closely followed 17 constitutional propositions, the growth of one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities and a controversial plan to move billions of gallons of groundwater. The post Texas 202... Read more → | Texas Tribune Public Education |
| 📰 Today's Top Stories📰 Here are the most important stories from our data visuals team in 2025 The Tribune’s team of data journalists produced a congressional redistricting tool, covered several education data releases, visualized the measles outbreak and more. The post Here are the most important stories from our data visuals team in 2025 appeared first on The Texas Tribune. Read more → | Texas Tribune Public Education 📰 Education for the people, by the people Our Idaho schools are best run by a diverse, citizen-led democracy, not outside interest groups looking to corporatize learning Read more → | Idaho Education News 📰 The year in review: Take a look back at education news Here are the top stories we published in 2025. Read more → | Idaho Education News 📰 Tennessee’s top stories of 2025 Tennessee’s GOP supermajority, following the agenda set by President Donald Trump when he returned to office in January, began the year by quickly focusing on enacting legislation targeting immigrants living in Tennessee without legal status. By the end of January, Gov. Bill Lee had called a spec... Read more → | Tennessee Lookout 📰 Conn. school sees benefits from play-based learning Mansfield Elementary School in Connecticut has embraced play-based learning following state legislation that mandates the app -More- Read more → | SmartBrief ASCD Education 🤖 25 predictions about AI and edtech As generative AI technologies evolve, educators are moving away from fears about AI-enabled cheating and are embracing the idea that AI can open new doors for teaching and learning. Read more → | eSchool News 📰 Homeless youth say they need more from schools, social services Twenty-year-old Mikayla Foreman knows her experience is meaningful. Dealing with homelessness since 18 and currently living in a shelter, Foreman has managed to continue her academic journey, studying for exams this month in hopes of attaining a nursing degree. But Foreman believes there were int... Read more → | Tennessee Lookout | 📊 Quick Poll What's your biggest concern about federal education policy? Reply to this email with your answer! | | | 📅 Upcoming EventsFETC 2026 - Future of Education Technology Conference 📍 Orlando, FL • 🗓️ Jan 13-16, 2026 • LRP Conferences Learn More → • In 14 days TASA Midwinter Conference 2026 📍 Austin, TX • 🗓️ Jan 25-27, 2026 • TASA Learn More → • In 26 days AASA National Conference on Education 2026 📍 New Orleans, LA • 🗓️ Feb 19-21, 2026 • AASA, The School Superintendents Association Learn More → SXSW EDU 2026 📍 Austin, TX • 🗓️ Mar 02-05, 2026 • SXSW Learn More → ASCD Annual Conference 2026 📍 Atlanta, GA • 🗓️ Mar 20-23, 2026 • ASCD Learn More → Have an event to share? Email us | Someone you know needs to see this. Only you can send it. 📧 Forward to a Colleague | That's a wrap on today's education news. See you tomorrow for the next briefing! 💬 Feedback? Have a story, appointment, or trend your colleagues should know? Reply to this email. | 📬 You're reading The SuperBrief A daily executive digest crafted for superintendents, board chairs, and education leaders navigating K–12 at the speed of policy. © 2025 The SuperBrief. All rights reserved. |
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