🎓 The SuperBriefDaily Education News for School Leaders | Good morning! It's Wednesday, December 31, 2025. Your daily briefing on what's shaping K-12 education. | 💡 Quote of the Day "If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important." — Barbara Coloroso | ⚡ Quick ReadsICE Arrests Are Forcing American Moms to Leave Their Jobs A jump in immigration enforcement arrests under the Trump administration is having a detrimental impact on America’s child care system, reducing the number of immigrant workers available and prompting... Read more → | The 74 Million 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 Many states tried to create phone-free learning spaces this year. Here's how it went More students than ever went to class without their cell phones in 2025. Researchers, teachers and students look back on attempts to build phone-free learning spaces this year. Read more → | NPR Education What you need to know about massive changes to the federal student loan system 2025 was a tumultuous year for federal student loan borrowers. NPR breaks down the most important changes borrowers should understand as they head into 2026. Read more → | NPR Education One Lawyer’s Standoff With Trump’s Deportation Machine Mahsa Khanbabai’s client, a graduate student, had been whisked away by masked agents and held in lockup for weeks. Would a court free her — and would the government let her go? Read more → | New York Times Education Texas 2025: Year in Photos Photojournalists document another year across Texas. Our photos illustrated the tense redistricting debate at the Capitol, the aftermath of the Hill County floods and more. The post Texas 2025: Year i... Read more → | Texas Tribune Public Education |
| 📰 Today's Top Stories📰 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 2025: The stories that mattered most to readers appeared first on The Texas Tribune. Read more → | Texas Tribune Public Education 📰 Idaho built our schools to lift kids up. Trump is pulling the rug out. What’s missing is leadership from our elected officials. Read more → | Idaho Education News 📰 The year of the university president and lessons learned in accounting Politics around leadership of the state’s higher learning institutions and funding of younger students’ schooling dominated the public education field during 2025. The state’s education budget is the mechanism that keeps schools paid — public and (some) private. Until it doesn’t. A state audit re... Read more → | Florida Phoenix 🤖 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 🔢 Educators debate best math teaching methods A debate over math education in New York has highlighted a divide between traditional methods, such as timed tests and explic -More- Read more → | SmartBrief ASCD Education 📰 Bricks 4 Kidz brings hands-on learning to Ky. Bricks 4 Kidz is addressing a STEM proficiency gap by offering hands-on learning experiences in 10 schools across Kentucky. -More- Read more → | SmartBrief ASCD Education | 📊 Quick Poll What's your district's biggest challenge right now? 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 13 days TASA Midwinter Conference 2026 📍 Austin, TX • 🗓️ Jan 25-27, 2026 • TASA Learn More → • In 25 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 | Until tomorrow, stay informed and keep making a difference. 💬 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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