Education News Update - September 23, 2025
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How to Reimagine Education for the 21st Century
STUDENT VOICE: What NEH Cuts mean for High Schoolers Like Me
How Much Freedom Do Teachers Have? In 2025, It’s Complicated.
Study: Students’ Math Decline Dovetails With Teacher Pipeline Issues
Schools Confront a New Reality: They Can’t Count on Federal Money
EL Outcomes
English learners make up a growing share of U.S. classrooms, yet research shows schools often struggle to meet their needs. This report from Education Week examines how dual language immersion programs can boost academic and linguistic outcomes, how literacy instruction tailored to English learners benefits all students, and which states are providing—or failing short on— teacher training and resources. Drawing on examples from districts and states leading the way, it highlights effective strategies, persistent gaps, and the role of state-level guidance in supporting equitable educational opportunities for English learners.
EdWeek
Teens and Meaning
Dr. Immordino-Yang, a professor and neuroscientist, studies what causes teenagers to engage and learn more deeply. In a 2024 study published in the journal Scientific Reports, Immordino-Yang’s team described the adolescent propensity to gravitate towards meaty social and political issues, seek patterns of significance below the surface of everyday events, and translate local concerns into bigger, more universal questions. That can lead to “fraught“ conversations with teens, she admits in this interview transcript, but it’s precisely this kind of emotionally rich, reflective mode of thought—which her team dubbed transcendent thinking because it "goes beyond the here and now"—that predicts the future growth of the teenage brain.
Edutopia
Civics Programming
The Education Department said Wednesday that it is partnering with conservative organizations to present educational programming about patriotism, liberty and what it described as American values, as part of the observation of America’s 250th anniversary next year. The initiative is led by the America First Policy Institute, a right-leaning group founded by senior veterans of President Donald Trump’s first-term administration. It convened 40 other conservative organizations on Wednesday, including Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, the Heritage Foundation, and Moms for Liberty, to begin planning. Christian evangelical groups, such as the Faith and Freedom Coalition, are also participating.
WPost
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