The Education Department’s 9 interagency agreements: What is going where In moves to downsize, the department is sending some K-12 and higher education programming to other agencies like Labor and Health and Human Services.

On the #AASAadv app ed news feed, between May 2025 and Feb. 23, 2026, the Education Department announced nine such interagency agreements with four agencies. www.k12dive.com/news/the-edu...

The Advocate February 2026: Advocacy Sessions at NCE AASA’s advocacy team has many great sessions planned for NCE to discuss how federal actions are impacting local districts.

Want to catch the #AASAadv team at #NCE26 next week? Check out our blog for where to find us! www.aasa.org/resources/bl...

In Trump's First Year, at Least $12 Billion in School Funding Disruptions The administration's cuts to schools came through the Education Department and other agencies.

Education Week has spent the last year building a running tabulation of the individual grant cancellations and broader funding disruptions affecting education as they’ve happened. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands. Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.

The share of U.S. counties where 95 percent or more of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles has dropped from 50 percent before the pandemic to 28 percent, according to The Post’s examination of the public records. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...

Schools fear disruptions as the White House begins dismantling the Education Department The Trump administration is steaming forward on its plan to dismantle the Education Department. Many state and local education leaders say they are bracing for disruption and new bureaucratic hurdles.

To some school and state officials, the plan appears to add more bureaucracy, with no clear benefit for students who struggle with math or reading. On the #AASAadv app ed es feed. apnews.com/article/trum...

The Leading Edge Policy & Advocacy Blog AASA's blog with up-to-date information about activities in Washington, DC affecting public education and school leaders.

Lots of updates on the #AASAadv Leading Edge blog today, from Head Start to AI Legislative and other updates. Check it out here: www.aasa.org/advocacy/the...

Listen to our weekly Podcast Pick 🗣️🎙️ on the #AASAadv app on the App & Play Stores: aasa-advocacy.app.link/view. This week we picked @npr.org's 1A podcast about the special education RIFs at the Dept of Ed and how it affects these programs.

Hiring foreign teachers? What to look out for as Trump targets H-1B visas A $100,000 fee and a DHS proposed rule may make it more difficult for districts to hire teachers from other countries to address shortages.

Just days after President Donald Trump announced employers would have to pay a $100,000 fee for all new H-1B visa petitions, K-12 school leaders are already navigating the fallout. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. www.k12dive.com/news/h-1b-vi...

How Will a Federal Shutdown Affect Schools? 5 Big Questions, Answered School funding could experience yet another setback this year if the federal government closes up shop.

On the #AASAadv app ed news feed, five big questions answered for K-12 administrators if the government heads toward a shutdown. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Listen to our weekly Podcast Pick 🗣️🎙️ on the #AASAadv app on the App & Play Stores: aasa-advocacy.app.link/view. This week we picked the National Center on School Infrastructure's inaugural episode on pressing challenges facing K-12 school facilities.

Listen to our weekly Podcast Pick 🗣️🎙️ on the #AASAadv app on the App & Play Stores: aasa-advocacy.app.link/view. This week we picked @all4ed.org's Flash on the state of the E-Rate program and wifi hotspots.

Listen to our weekly Podcast Pick 🗣️🎙️ on the #AASAadv app on the App & Play Stores: aasa-advocacy.app.link/view. This week we picked @npr.org's Consider This with an update on education policy for the 2025-26 school year.

There’s Only One True Bipartisan Issue Left Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation” has prompted an unlikely bipartisan revolution to ban phones in classrooms.

39 states now have some sort of phone restrictions in schools, and 18 states and Washington, D.C. have bell-to-bell bans — which ban phones for the entire school day. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Maine Schools Still Receiving Federal Funds, Despite Trump’s Threats Over Transgender Policy In April, the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concluded that Maine had violated Title IX.

Despite the Trump administration threatening to withhold funding from Maine schools for allegedly violating federal rules against sex-based discrimination, no funding has been permanently taken away from public schools, so far. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. www.the74million.org/article/main...

Listen to our weekly Podcast Pick 🗣️🎙️ on the #AASAadv app on the App & Play Stores: aasa-advocacy.app.link/view. This week we picked @Eduwonk's Wonkyfolk podcast about the new federal school choice program.

Listen to our weekly Podcast Pick 🗣️🎙️ on the #AASAadv app on the App & Play Stores: aasa-advocacy.app.link/view. This week we picked @all4ed.org's Flash Update about the Senate bipartisan FY26 funding bill and what it means for education.

Listen to our weekly Podcast Pick 🗣️🎙️ on the #AASAadv app on the App & Play Stores: aasa-advocacy.app.link/view. This week we picked @npr.org's Consider This about how the Trump admin. is drastically changing the federal government's role in education, feat. our dir. of advocacy Sasha Pudelski.

How Washington is stressing out American schools Take a journey through our schoolhouse to see some of the headwinds facing K-12 education in America today.

Public schools are facing a host of new pressures including proposals for private-school vouchers, funding cuts, and scrutiny of their approaches to gender and race. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed (feat. Sasha Pudelski! @spudelski.bsky.social) www.washingtonpost.com/education/in...

Listen to our weekly Podcast Pick 🗣️🎙️ on the #AASAadv app on the App & Play Stores: aasa-advocacy.app.link/view. This week we picked @npr.org's Consider This with a breakdown about the private school voucher program currently included in reconciliation.

House Republicans propose $5 billion for private school vouchers House Republicans want to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private and religious schools, marking an unprecedented effort to use public money ...

“This is a significant threat,” said Sasha Pudelski, AASA Dir. of Adv. “It’s opening the door even wider to what has already plagued voucher programs around the country, which is rampant waste, fraud, and abuse.” On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. apnews.com/article/tax-...

Listen to our weekly Podcast Pick 🗣️🎙️ on the #AASAadv app on the App & Play Stores: aasa-advocacy.app.link/view. This week we picked All4Ed's Flash about President Trump's "Skinny Budget" and what it means for education.

School districts say losing E-rate would have ‘catastrophic’ impact The Supreme Court is expected to rule this term on the fate of the federal program that subsidizes affordable internet services in schools and libraries.

The Supreme Court is expected to rule this term on the fate of the federal program that subsidizes affordable internet services in schools and libraries. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. www.k12dive.com/news/losing-...

The Big Questions About Trump's K-12 Budget Proposal, Answered Trump is proposing to cut billions of dollars in K-12 investments, consolidate grant programs, and potentially rejigger special education law.

Prez. Trump’s 1st fed budget proposal of his 2nd term last Fri kicked off a flurry of activity in the K-12 ed landscape, as district leaders and policy watchers tried to make sense of sweeping cuts outlined in relatively scant detail. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

How religious public schools went from a long shot to the Supreme Court A proposed online charter school for rural Oklahoma could open the door for public schools run by religious organizations across the United States.

Catholic groups and some conservatives want the justices to launch an education revolution by approving a Catholic public charter school in Oklahoma. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Listen to our weekly Podcast Pick 🗣️🎙️ on the #AASAadv app on the App & Play Stores: aasa-advocacy.app.link/view. This week we picked AEI's The Report Card Podcast about the first 93 days of the Trump Administration and where things stand on education policy.

Supreme Court takes education cases that could challenge the separation of church and state Analysis: The cases — over a district’s opt-out policy and a religious charter school — could have ramifications for school systems nationwide.

The Supreme Court over the next two weeks will hear two cases that have the potential to erode the separation of church and state and create a seismic shift in public education. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. hechingerreport.org/supreme-cour...

Inside Trump's Full-Force Approach to Ban Trans Athletes and DEI in Schools Trump’s return to the White House has brought a new era of aggressive investigations of entities that flout the president's orders.

Districts are noticing the more proactive enforcement and closely following it, Sasha Pudelski @spudelski.bsky.social, director of advocacy for AASA. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed 👇 www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The Education Department’s approach to civil rights enforcement is changing. Here’s how. Rapid and targeted investigations, outside agency involvement and federal funding cuts may be the new norm for schools.

Maine has received multiple letters from fed agencies warning the state about its transgender athlete policies, become the target of multiple fed investigations, & teetered on the brink of losing federal funds. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. www.k12dive.com/news/educati...

A Wave of New Legislation Aims to Ban DEI in Public Schools State legislators have introduced measures that would prohibit schools from maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion offices.

A growing number of state legislators have taken up introducing bills that would ban school districts from maintaining DEI offices, hiring DEI coordinators, or requiring students or faculty to participate in related trainings. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. www.edweek.org/leadership/a...

Schools Fear Funding Loss as Supreme Court Weighs E-Rate Case The justices hear arguments next week in a challenge to the funding structure of the $4 billion program to connect schools to the internet.

The E-rate program has been a particularly strong lifeline for small school districts. On the #AASAadv app ed news feed. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...