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  1. Free Buses, Dark Screens

    On the Thursday before Labor Day, the principals of New York City's public schools opened a memo from the Education Department. The free T-Mobile internet service built into 350,000 student Chromebooks would end that Sunday, August 31. Classes begin September 10. Four days of warning, ten days of scramble, and then the school year opens on machines that still power up, still glow, and can no longer reach anything. The laptop survives. The world inside it has been repossessed. During the pandemic the city handed out some 725,000 devices and never tracked how many still function; the Chromebook program was the sequel, the do-over, the one arriving with a plan attached. The plan lasted a year. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/09/03/free

  2. Young people ‘expected’ to engage with new work support, says McFadden
    By Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

    Exclusive: Work and pensions secretary echoes Andy Burnham as he unveils funds to stop families in England losing benefits

    theguardian.com/education/2026

    #Apprenticeships #Welfare #Education #Educationpolicy #UKnews #AndyBurnham #PatMcFadden #England #Politics #TheGuardian #JessicaElgotDeputypoliticaleditor

  3. Abby Phillip’s fiery exchange with a CNN co-star dives deep into the polarizing educational policies of Linda McMahon during her Trump-era tenure. The debate illuminates stark contrasts in opinions, reflecting broader tensions in political discourse on education that linger post-Trump. What do these discussions reveal about the future of educational governance? Discover more insights in the full article. thedailybeast.com/abby-phillip #AbbyPhillip #LindaMcMahon #CNN #Trump #EducationPolicy #PoliticalDiscourse

  4. Karnataka government to replace NEP with state education policy: DK Shivakumar

    Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that a committee would be established within the next week to take the move forward.

    #karnataka #NEP #education #EducationPolicy #DKShivakumar #siddaramaiah #congress #INC #BJP #india

    thenewsminute.com/article/karn

  5. Reading, Writing, but maybe not ‘Rithmetic
    Greetings starfighters. It’s time for another edition of “10 Things” worth sharing with you. It’s almost the end of the school year here in the Bluegrass, and my thoughts turn to summer and to my daughter’s impending move to middle school. I’m old.

    Anyway, I hope
    mikepaul.com/2023/05/19/readin
    #10Things #ai #books #DaftPunk #education #EducationPolicy #elementary #JohnNash #makerspaces #MentalHealth