On October 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) Student Privacy Policy Office announced that it is investigating three California school districts over activities related to required ethnic studies courses. The curriculum at all three school districts included “Wheel of Power/Privilege” or “Mapping My Identities” activities or both, according…
At its Annual Business Meeting on October 20, 2026 in Annapolis, MD ballots were cast for the Executive Board positions of President-elect and two Trustees. Winners were announced by President Dr. Sophia Allmond after Past-President Dee Parsons conducted the counting of votes. The winners were:Terri Bracken - President-electDr. Trevis Killen…
"The 2026 NAPSA conference delivered high-quality, relevant sessions that left me with practical ideas and practices I plan to bring back to my district." - Christopher Keeler, Director of Pupil Services, The Solanco School District As has been our tradition when in Maryland, NAPSA partnered with Maryland State Department of…
According to K-12 Dive, two reports released on October 26, 2026 say what's working in schools to reduce chronic absenteeism includes building family engagement, fostering student connectedness, having dedicated attendance teams, and implementing comprehensive responses. What’s not working as effectively as those methods is vigorously using truancy laws to get…
According to an October 23, 2026 update published in the Federal Register, the Trump administration is no longer recognizing guidance documents, resources for school districts, and civil rights enforcement approaches that aimed to make education more accessible for English learners (ELs), Black and other marginalized students. The U.S. Department of…
According to researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, students need chances to learn from failure, overcome traumas and empower themselves and educators can help build students’ resilience by forging strong relationships with them, building an open and caring culture. Such an approach also includes normalizing failure during the…
An October 13, 2026 letter from two key Senate Appropriations Committee members says the U.S. Department of Education(USDE) is making it easier to cancel funding in future years. Those Democratic legislators, who are part of the Senate Appropriations Committee, accused the USDE of “frontloading” grants by making multiyear funding available…
The education sector should collaborate more closely with housing, health and community systems to address barriers to homeless students’ learning, according to a series of reports released by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for the Transformation of Schools. The reports analyzed trends in student homelessness in four…
The U.S. Department of Justice announced last month the end to desegregation orders affecting dozens of mostly Southern school districts — including many in areas that have seen increasing segregation in recent years or are more racially segregated now than they were in the 1990s, according to a K-12 Dive…
As reported by K-12 Dive, The Trump administration’s sudden cancellation of over 100 federal teacher training grants last year caused at least 127 teacher candidates to drop out of their programs and another 259 accepted candidates to not enroll after all. In fact, survey results released on October 8, 2026,…
