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Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Afterschool providers’ concerns about their programs’ sustainability rose in 2025 — reaching pandemic-era levels, according to survey results released April 2 by Afterschool Alliance.  For instance, 88% of afterschool providers reported they were worried about long-term funding and the future of their programs, compared to 87% who said the same in 2020. A majority of providers — 77% — also said they’re concerned about losing funds in 2025, versus 78% in 2020. Over half of providers reported fears that they’d…

Dozens more colleges will get a delay before they must submit extensive data on their applicants and admitted students broken down by race and sex to the U.S. Department of Education, per a federal court order handed down Tuesday.  U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor has extended the deadline until April 14 for a handful of private colleges and the institutional members of several higher education associations that are seeking to join a legal challenge against the data collection. Seventeen Democratic attorneys general brought the case and recently won a court order temporarily blocking the Education Department from collecting the…

As states look for ways to strengthen college and career pathways, dual enrollment—allowing high school students to earn college credit—has emerged as a key strategy. Yet researchers at the Community College Research Center argue these programs don’t always deliver on that promise. In many cases, dual enrollment functions as a “program of privilege” for students already on a college track, according to researchers at the center. Students may also end up taking what CCRC researchers call “random acts of dual enrollment,” or courses that aren’t connected to a clear academic or career pathway, and they often lack access to the…

Rick Hess, Education Week With the rollout of the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program, transparency is vital.

Recent data from Tufts University projects that AI-driven job loss over the next few years could amount to “a wipeout equivalent to the economy of Belgium.” Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | GaudiLab/iStock/Getty Images | alvarez and cofotoisme/E+/Getty Images In the three-plus years since large language models went mainstream, college students have been inundated with the tech sector’s gloomy predictions that artificial intelligence is coming for their jobs. And so far in 2026, those predictions have only become more extreme. In February, Microsoft’s AI chief declared that all white-collar work would be automated within 18 months. Soon after,…

This policy brief explores the educational experiences and livelihood aspirations of girls ages 15 to 24 in post-conflict northern Uganda in an effort to ascertain the structural barriers to their empowerment pathways. While girls exhibited resilience and demonstrated ambitions to pursue professional careers, start their own businesses, and lead in their communities, factors such as poverty, early pregnancy, gender norms, and poor inter-institutional coordination continue to derail the realization of their aspirations. The government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Education and Sports, has made deliberate efforts to promote girls’ education by putting in place progressive, gender-responsive, skills-oriented policies aimed…

Instructional Design Programs For Beginners And Career Changers Instructional Design programs are becoming a key pathway for professionals who want to transition into high-impact learning roles. As organizations invest more in digital training, the demand for skilled Instructional Designers continues to grow across corporate, academic, and consulting environments. Consequently, this shift is attracting teachers, HR professionals, and trainers who already understand how people learn and now want to apply those skills in more strategic, scalable ways. However, the market is crowded. From Instructional Design certificate programs online to various Instructional Design certifications, it is often difficult to assess what truly…

Dixie Denton, senior lecturer in the Department of Elementary Education, was chosen as Ball State University’s nominee for the 2026 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success. She is among 13 finalists from institutions across the conference, representing Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Massachusetts. The MAC award recognizes faculty who make a meaningful impact on student success through teaching, mentorship, and engagement. Each institution nominates one faculty member whose work reflects those values. At Ball State, Ms. Denton’s decades of work in the Department of Elementary Education made her a clear choice, according to Dr. Katrina…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter A version of this essay originally appeared on “The Next 30 Years” Substack. Every few years, education seems to discover something new that will finally fix schools — a new framework, a new approach, a new way of thinking about teaching and learning. It arrives with urgency and conviction, spreads quickly, reshapes professional development and classroom practice and then fades away, either replaced by the shiny new thing or layered on top of it. Twenty-first century skills, trauma-informed pedagogy, flipped classrooms, 1:1 devices — all…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter The science of reading is being taught in classrooms across Ohio, but the state’s education department stresses it will likely take time to track students’ progress. The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is particularly interested in tracking the progress of the current kindergarten students. “This year’s kindergartners will be the first class that all four years going up to third grade, they’re going to get the science of reading,” state education department director Stephen Dackin said to the Capital Journal. “That’s a pretty good barometer…