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The FAFSA — the federal form that gates nearly all college aid — now opens each October for the following fall, but the 2024 redesign delayed aid offers by months, and families should plan around the confusion it left behind.
The study methods most kids choose — rereading and highlighting — rank among the least effective in published learning research, and two boring-sounding replacements work measurably better.
From a parent's first written request to the annual review meeting, an Individualized Education Program follows a federally defined sequence — here's what happens at each stage under IDEA.
A federal law hands most control over school records to students the day they turn 18 or start college — with a few exceptions families should know before that happens.
Missed school days spiked during the pandemic and have come down since — but national data show the decline stalling well above pre-pandemic levels, and researchers are still working out why.
Federal rules require a reentry plan with an education piece before a young person leaves a juvenile justice facility, but how well it works still depends on which adult stays on top of it.
Roughly one in four US public school students was chronically absent in 2023-24 — missing 10 percent or more of school days — nearly double the pre-pandemic rate, per analyses of federal data.
The last federal relief dollars hit a hard deadline in March 2026 — the final chapter of roughly $190 billion in pandemic-era education aid.
Kindergarten enrollment fell 9 percent and pre-K 22 percent in the pandemic — federal data shows the youngest grades mostly came back, while demographics now pull the other way.
More states now require a civics course or exam to graduate — and the details, from a half-credit in government to a citizenship-style test, vary enormously.