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A California jury found Meta and Google negligent in designing Instagram and YouTube, contributing to a teen plaintiff's mental health problems. Parent companies of Snapchat and TikTok settled before trial. bit.ly/4shJcVf

In 2023, fourth-grade boys outperformed female peers in a vast majority of schools, widening a gender gap in math that existed before the pandemic, according to an international study released last week. bit.ly/4cLaBuv

Only 14% of school districts had completed required digital accessibility updates as of last December, according to a National School Public Relations Association survey. A federal compliance deadline hits April 24. bit.ly/4ep2SmO

Fatema Elbakoury, a high school English language arts teacher in San Francisco, writes that her Voices of Change fellowship pushed her toward "a kind of vulnerability that went deeper than what I modeled for my students." bit.ly/48hNxAI

In the Charleston County School District, pushing for universal testing of all fourth-grade students resulted in three times as many students identified as gifted, rising from 40 to 150 across the district. bit.ly/4mMP33H

State-funded preschool spending hit an all-time high of nearly $14.4 billion, according to the National Institute of Early Education Research's "State of Preschool: 2025 Yearbook." California alone accounted for $4.1 billion. bit.ly/4cGgGs2

Some children learn to read because their schools taught phonics and screened for reading disabilities in kindergarten, writes Avery Thrush, a former teacher now at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. bit.ly/4ce1qlT

Community Consolidated School District 15 in Illinois, which serves 11,000 preK-8 students, held a three-session tech and learning focus group to reassess which digital tools to keep and why. bit.ly/4vh85TU

Deaunna Watson, a 2023-24 Voices of Change fellow and former director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at a preK-8 Catholic Montessori school in Cincinnati, writes about the toll of equity work in K-12 education. bit.ly/4eQbDXd

62% of California 4-year-olds were enrolled in publicly funded early childhood programs in 2024–25, up from 42% in 2019–20, according to a new Learning Policy Institute report. bit.ly/4tfZgby

In 2021, California instructional coach Jennifer Yoo-Brannon described herself as a demoralized educator, not burnt out, but demoralized. Five years later, Jennifer Yoo-Brannon writes that she has come full circle. bit.ly/4u0pxdE

A two-year research project found that most teachers, including engineering and computer science teachers, still struggle to identify a clear instructional use case for widespread AI integration. bit.ly/4slJnPs

Legislators in Florida, Iowa, Maryland, South Carolina and Tennessee introduced bills this year to place video surveillance cameras in self-contained special education classrooms. bit.ly/4cg3nNw

Joseph South, chief innovation officer at ISTE+ASCD, distinguishes between "productive struggle," effort that builds judgment and understanding, and "unproductive struggle," tasks that consume cognitive energy without adding intellectual value. bit.ly/4e7hPK5

More than 3,000 digital accessibility lawsuits were filed last year, according to reporting on the DOJ's decision to extend its compliance deadline for schools. bit.ly/4sT3XHf

A California jury found Meta and Google negligent in designing Instagram and YouTube, contributing to a teen plaintiff's mental health problems. Parent companies of Snapchat and TikTok settled before trial. bit.ly/4shJcVf

84% of high school students used generative AI to complete schoolwork, according to a May 2025 study. Katie Wills Evans, a graduate student and writing instructor at the University of New Orleans, writes about what she says is lost in that exchange. bit.ly/4bVSNwh

Legislators in Florida, Iowa, Maryland, South Carolina and Tennessee introduced bills this year to place video surveillance cameras in self-contained special education classrooms. bit.ly/4cg3nNw

In the Charleston County School District, pushing for universal testing of all fourth-grade students resulted in three times as many students identified as gifted, rising from 40 to 150 across the district. bit.ly/4mMP33H

A two-year research project found that most teachers, including engineering and computer science teachers, still struggle to identify a clear instructional use case for widespread AI integration. bit.ly/4slJnPs