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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reads a Christmas book to students at Little Scholars on Dec. 11, 2025, in New York City. Mamdani visited a school and met with educators to speak about the importance of his campaign promise of Universal Child Care after meeting with business leaders to discuss how to fund the child care plan.

Education Access & Equity Crafting fair entitlements? New York’s unrivaled child care experiment

Bruce Fuller

January 16, 2026

A teacher speaks with one of her students outside of a classroom in a hallway at Carter Traditional Elementary School on Jan. 24, 2022, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Education Access & Equity Comment on the OBBBA tax-credit scholarship program

Jon Valant

January 8, 2026

Student protestors hold signs while participating in the "Hands Off Our Schools" rally in front of the U.S. Department of Education on April 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Students from Georgetown University, Howard University, American University, George Washington University, George Mason University, and Temple University gathered to protest President Donald Trump dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education.

Human Rights & Civil Liberties The politics of free speech in US schools today

Michael Hansen, Annabelle Kim

January 7, 2026

Kentucky Public school teachers rally for a "day of action" at the Kentucky State Capitol to try to pressure legislators to override Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin's recent veto of the state's tax and budget bills on April 13, 2018 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The teachers also oppose a controversial pension reform bill which Gov. Bevin signed into law. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Education Access & Equity School finance reforms made funding more equal by income, but not by race

Emily Rauscher, Jeremy E. Fiel

January 6, 2026

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