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Homeschool Laws Explained State by State: What Parents Actually Have to Do
Every state sets its own rules. Here is what the requirements commonly look like, and how to find yours.
By Zara Nasser • October 28, 2026
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Education News covers the companies charging students and families: tutoring providers, exam boards, publishers, student housing operators and education technology firms. Reporting follows pricing, contracts, funding and consolidation, tracing how each reaches a household bill. For parents, school leaders and observers of the sector.
Education News covers the companies charging students and families: tutoring providers, exam boards, publishers, student housing operators and education technology firms. Reporting follows pricing, contracts, funding and consolidation, tracing how each reaches a household bill. For parents, school leaders and observers of the sector.
Education News
What a $125,000 Workforce Grant Can — and Can't — Do for SCCC Students
Seward County Community College won state approval for a workforce pathways grant. The money is real; the details families care about are still unwritten.
By Zara Nasser • October 24, 2026
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Education News Websites: What Education News Outlets Cover (and What They Miss)
A parent's guide to reading education reporting with a critical eye — and finding the stories that never make the front page.
By Zara Nasser • October 20, 2026
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How Teacher Shortages Shape Your Local Schools
Fewer teachers means bigger classes, fewer electives, and a rotating cast of substitutes. Here is what that looks like day to day, and what a family can do about it.
By Zara Nasser • October 2, 2026
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Tutoring Contracts: How Tutoring Chain Contracts Lock Families Into Months of Payments
Auto-renewal, prepaid packages and narrow cancellation windows do the quiet work. Here is what to read before you sign.
By Amara Okonkwo • September 17, 2026
Education News
What the CDC's Developmental Milestones Checklist Actually Tracks
The free checklists cover ages 2 months through 5 years and are built to start a conversation with a pediatrician, not to deliver a diagnosis on their own.
By Zara Nasser • August 13, 2026
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What Parents Should Know About Teen Work-Hour Rules
Federal law caps how many hours 14- and 15-year-olds can work and keeps everyone under 18 out of hazardous jobs, but states can set tighter limits, and more young people are working this summer than a year ago.
By Zara Nasser • August 10, 2026
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How Universal Pre-K Programs Are Scaling Across States
More than 40 states now run public preschool programs, but reach and quality vary so widely that "universal" means very different things in different zip codes.
By Kara Williams • August 5, 2026
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What New Research Says About Tutoring That Works
A meta-analysis of 96 randomized trials found tutoring produces some of the largest learning gains ever measured — but only when the dosage, timing, and tutor are right.
By Zara Nasser • July 14, 2026
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How Career and Technical Education Is Expanding in High Schools
CTE has outgrown its old shop-class reputation: federal transcript studies show about three in four high school students now take at least one career and technical course.
By Zara Nasser • June 21, 2026