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Join our zero2eight Substack community for more discussion about the latest news in early care and education. Sign up now. In February, the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) announced it would shutter its on-campus child care center, which has operated for nearly 40 years, at the end of the spring semester.The decision caused a weeks-long uproar on campus, with families, staff and students expressing confusion and distress at what many say was a sudden and unexpected move.  The child care closure at UNO is reflective of a concerning trend: Across the country, universities, school districts and hospitals are shutting…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Class is in session for roughly 400,000 Los Angeles Unified students after a historic three-union strike involving 70,000 teachers, administrators and school support staff was averted early Tuesday morning. The Los Angeles Unified School District and Service Employees International Union Local 99 reached a tentative agreement around 2 a.m. Tuesday Pacific Time.  United Teachers Los Angeles and Associated Administrators of Los Angeles agreed to tentative contracts Sunday night. If SEIU had not reached an agreement, all three unions would have walked out together for the…

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The Measurement Problem L&D Can’t Ignore Ask most L&D teams how they measure program success, and you will hear some version of the same answer: completion rates, learner satisfaction scores, maybe a knowledge check pass rate. These are activity metrics. They tell you that people showed up. They tell you nothing about whether the training changed behavior, improved performance, or justified its cost. This is not a new observation. Kirkpatrick’s model has been around since 1959. Everyone knows they should measure business impact. Almost nobody does it consistently, because the frameworks for doing so within L&D are either too academic…

Ballabina has spent most of her three-decade career at TAMU, with a stint as system vice chancellor as well. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | The Texas A&M University System | McKenna Baker/iStock/Getty Images A familiar face is set to take the helm as Texas A&M University’s next president. The Board of Regents named Susan Ballabina as the sole finalist for the job on Monday. Under Texas statute, Ballabina will hold that position for 21 days before a final vote. While recent hires across the public university system have favored former Republican lawmakers, for Texas A&M the board…

Federal law requires the government discharge loans for students with “total and permanent” disabilities. Two women with disabilities accused the Education Department in a new lawsuit of unlawfully closed their applications for debt relief without proper review.  They argue that under federal law, loans must be discharged for anyone with a “total and permanent” disability that prevents them from completing “substantial work.” And since both women would likely meet these standards, refusing to consider their applications for relief is illegal, the lawsuit argues.  The first plaintiff, Nicole Coe, has been diagnosed with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disorder. The second, Mary…

A Practical Look At AI-Powered Learning Design In a previous article, we explored a growing concern in Learning and Development: much of today’s use of AI is accelerating content production but not necessarily improving learning quality. The risks are becoming clearer. AI-generated learning can easily become generic, too focused on knowledge delivery rather than skill development, and still leave organisations with a one-size-fits-all model. In some cases, learners are not challenged enough, and the combination of instant answers, simplified content, and predictable assessments can gradually weaken critical thinking, reflection, and real capability-building. That is why the main question remains as important…

Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report A new and previously unreported estimate projects that 442 of the nation’s 1,700 private, nonprofit four-year colleges and universities, with a combined 670,000…

The bill was signed into law last week. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Liudmila Chernetska and narvo vexar/iStock/Getty Images  Legislation signed into law by Kansas governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, will prohibit public colleges from mandating students take “DEI-CRT” courses, Higher Ed Dive reports. The provision, which was passed last week as part of a larger budget bill, does not define diversity, equity and inclusion; critical race theory; or “DEI-CRT courses” but requires the state board of higher ed do so by the end of July. Then, by July 31, 2028, the state’s public colleges will have…

This has been a disruptive year for education research. Last February, roughly $1 billion in federal funding was canceled. Amid efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, most staff at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), which supports education research and data collection, were laid off. IES abruptly stopped nearly all data collections, evaluations, and research activities. The divestment in education research comes at a dangerous time. Education leaders are dealing with poor academic outcomes, high levels of student absenteeism and disengagement, new and unproven technologies, and a changing workforce. Education leaders must make decisions about new tools, models…