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Why Dual Enrollment Programs Are Growing Nationwide
Nearly 2.5 million high schoolers took college courses in 2022-23 — the first national count — and the growth raises an access question families should check.
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Changes students feel directly: exam format decisions, grading adjustments, admissions rule shifts, grant announcements and term disruptions.
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What the Latest Data Says on Student Mental Health Services
Teen mental health has stopped getting worse — 40 percent of high schoolers reported persistent sadness in 2023, down from 42 percent — but school services now face a funding cliff.
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How Teacher Shortages Are Reshaping Classroom Schedules
Nearly three-quarters of schools struggled to fill teaching jobs for 2024-25, per federal survey data — and the schedule is where families feel it first.
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What Changed in This Year's SAT Digital Format
The digital SAT is shorter, adaptive, and calculator-friendly — but the scoring scale, the 400-1600 range families know, did not change.
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Why More Districts Are Rethinking Phone Policies
Since Florida's 2023 law, dozens of states have restricted school-day phone use — and the bell-to-bell ban has become the default model.
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How States Are Expanding Free Community College Programs
More than a dozen states now cover community college tuition — but eligibility rules, 'last-dollar' fine print, and deadlines decide whether a student actually pays nothing.
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What New Federal Testing Data Shows About Student Recovery
The 2025 federal releases paint a recovery that has stalled in reading and weakened at the top of high school, per NCES.
