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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: Children from Washington, D.C., area child care programs play games during the take over of the Wilson Building for the Annual Day Without Daycare event by SPACEs In Action at the Wilson Building on May 13, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

Early Childhood Education Child care pay still lags despite decades of policy change

Katharine Sadowski

August 4, 2026

Student graduates cheer as degrees are conferred onto them in Harvard Yard during the 175th Commencement ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 28, 2026.

Higher Education Why higher education in the US and England needs a clearer definition of quality

Nicola Dandridge

August 4, 2026

Two girls read a book together during a lesson at Carter Traditional Elementary School on January 24, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky.

K-12 Education Advancing early literacy with a 1st-grade safety net

Jen Krajewski, Cynthia Lake, Amanda Neitzel

July 21, 2026

Students at computers with screens that include a representation of a retinal scanner with pixelation and binary data overlays and a brightly coloured datawave heatmap at the top.

Artificial Intelligence AI is rapidly changing education and research needs to keep up

Stacey Alicea, Meghan McCormick

July 21, 2026

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