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- Education Department Will Keep Sending Most K-12 Funds Through Its Own
System, Education Week, 8-17-2026
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/education-department-will-keepsending-most-k-12-funds-through-its-own-system/2026/0 - Chronic absenteeism remains high six years after pandemic began, The
Washington Post, 8-13-2026
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/08/13/chronicabsenteeism-remains-high-six-years-after-pandemic-began/ - Will AI create a new, steeper summer slide?, District Administration, 8-10-
2026
https://districtadministration.com/opinion/will-ai-create-a-new-steepersummer-slide/ - Senate Committee Approves Measure to Block Trump’s Effort to Gut Education Dept., The New York Times, 7-30-2026
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/us/politics/senate-committeeeducation-dept.html - Child Care After the School Bell: Supporting School-Age Families, Bipartisan
Policy Center (Blog), 7-27-2026
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/child-care-after-the-school-bellsupporting-school-age-families/ - What district leaders want from summer learning programs, District
Administration, 7-21-2026
https://districtadministration.com/opinion/what-district-leaders-want-fromsummer-learning-programs/ - A flashlight on the life spaces of young people, Youth Today, 7-22-2026
https://youthtoday.org/2026/07/flashlight-life-spaces-young-people/
Afterschool Alliance is cited.
- Education Department Will Keep Sending Most K-12 Funds Through Its Own
