Higher Education

Source: Bellwether

Date: 4/16/25

Sharing the Cost: Insights From States Funding Dual Enrollment to Expand Access

State policymakers can use funding policies to expand access to dual enrollment programs, particularly for underrepresented students. Sharing the Cost: Insights From States Funding Dual Enrollment to Expand Access examines six dual enrollment programs across four states - California, Idaho, Minnesota, and Texas. This report analyzes each program's funding structures - including how costs are shared across states, community colleges, K-12 districts, and students - as well as student participation and attainment outcomes. It also highlights policies shared across multiple case study states. It concludes with four recommendations for state policymakers, advocates, education leaders, and other stakeholders seeking to increase access to and participation in dual enrollment programs

Review of Thousands Served: Students with Disabilities in Wisconsin's Parental Choice Programs

Source: School Choice Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty

Reviewed by: Maria M. Lewis, Pennsylvania State University; Julie F. Mead, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Scholars, advocates, and policymakers have long expressed the concern that many private schools receiving taxpayer subsidies through voucher programs would fail to serve children with disabilities. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, in collaboration with School Choice Wisconsin, recent published a report challenging those concerns.

In their review of Thousands Served: Students with Disabilities in Wisconsin's Parental Choice Programs, Maria M. Lewis of Pennsylvania State University and Julie F. Mead of the University of Wisconsin-Madison determine that the report's conclusions challenge precise state data with imprecise administrative estimates and are therefore misleading and unhelpful.

How federal investments in education research help students succeed

By: Vivian C. Wong, Elizabeth Tipton, and Jessaca Spybrook, Brookings

"The question now isn't whether states and districts will face difficult decisions-but whether they'll have the evidence they need to make them wisely. That's where independent education research comes in."

Students sue Defense Department over book bans in military schools

By: Leo Shane III, Military Times

"The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia, states that moves by Department of Defense Education Activity leaders have unnecessarily harmed learning opportunities for students. The case involves 12 students from six families who attend military-run schools in Virginia, Kentucky, Italy and Japan."

AEI Institute: Grading Trump's First 100 Days on Education

By: Frederick M. Hess, AEI

It is helpful to know what "the other side" may be thinking on an issue. On Wednesday, April 30th at 4p ET, the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, will be sponsoring a panel on Trump's first 100 days. Their promotion of this event states: "What has the administration gotten right, and what's it getting wrong? Join AEI's Frederick M. Hess and a panel of experts to discuss the new Trump administration's early moves on education, how they'd assess the administration's performance, and what they're expecting looking forward."

The Casualties in Trump's Title I War: Millions of Kids

By: Augustus Mays, Word In Black

"This is the playbook: sow chaos, starve public schools, demonize equity, and pretend privatization is the only solution left. But it's not just wrong - it's un-American. And it violates everything Title I stands for."

Head Start zeroed out in Trump's preliminary budget plan

By: Kara Arundel, K-12Dive

Head Start would be eliminated under a draft fiscal 2026 budget that the Trump administration is preparing to send to Congress, according to a preliminary budget planning document acquired by K-12 Dive's sister publication Healthcare Dive.

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