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Nebraska’s Education Crossroads: Funding Flaws & Teacher Shortfalls Threaten 2030 Literacy Goals

Nebraska set 2030 targets to lift ELA and mat...

Teacher shortages are easing as unfilled role...

A TEEOSA funding error overpaid Omaha Public ...

Key priorities include reducing chronic absen...

Why Vermont’s Big Education Spending Isn’t Closing the Quality Gap

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In 1987, Gov. Madeleine Kunin proposed a foun...

In 1997, the Vermont Supreme Court’s Brigham ...

Act 60 and later updates (Acts 68 and 130) so...

Vermont now faces pressure to revisit school ...

Why Michigan School Districts Are Rejecting $321M in Safety & Mental Health Aid

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Nearly 80% of Michigan districts, including m...

In Marquette-Alger RESA, 11 of 13 districts r...

Districts say the provisions could force waiv...

About $321 million in School Aid Fund dollars...

Federal, State Cuts Threaten Colorado’s Rural Colleges and Workforce Growth

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Colorado community, rural, and minority-servi...

Federal pullbacks to MSI and TRIO-related fun...

Colorados FY 2025-26 budget adds about $38.4 ...

Instability threatens high-cost workforce pip...

UCF Secures $3M in 2025 NSF CAREER Grants for AI, Semiconductors & Sustainable Manufacturing

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Five UCF faculty won 2025 NSF CAREER awards t...

Funded projects span van der Waals semiconduc...

The awards ($477k0697k each) strengthen UCFs ...

Real-world impact hinges on prototyping, comm...

NSF’s New AI Education Funding: Strategic Impacts for STEM Workforce & K-12 Policy

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NSF announced two Dear Colleague Letters and ...

Supplements target existing K-12 AI/CS grante...

The solicitation funds research on how AI can...

Key risks include limited scale given funding...

Blum Capital’s CECO Exit: A Deep Dive into Activist Moves & Regulatory Risk

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Blum Capital Partners cut its activist stake ...

The trimming followed earlier reductions, mar...

CECO faced deteriorating fundamentals and hea...

The smaller position may signal reduced activ...