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Tracking Lawsuits Challenging the Trump Administration’s K-12 Education Agenda

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July 2026

Coming Through in a Crisis: Child Care Organizers Find New Ways Forward

In 2025, child care organizers faced mounting challenges. Homes and child care programs were caught up in climate disasters. Immigrant communities faced new attacks. Safety-net supports eroded. Through it all, Raising Child Care Fund (RCCF) grantee partners strengthened relationships, mobilized mutual aid, defended public investments, and created opportunities for parents, providers, and early educators to organize and act together.

Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC)
July 2026

Economic Vitality and Education in the South, Part II: Projections for a Post-Pandemic South

The Southern Education Foundation has released Economic Vitality and Education in the South, Part II: Projections for a Post-Pandemic South (EVES II). The report examines what may become a defining line in American education: the COVID-19 pandemic and the era that followed.

Southern Education Foundation
July 2026

Tracking Lawsuits Challenging the Trump Administration’s K-12 Education Agenda

Since January 2025, the Trump administration has issued executive actions reshaping federal education policy, including efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and withhold funding from institutions supporting DEI or transgender rights. Rachel M. Perera and colleagues at UC Law San Francisco's Center for Racial and Economic Justice maintain a regularly updated litigation tracker and policy brief monitoring these actions and the legal challenges against them.

The Brookings Institution
June 2026

Assistant Principals: Growth and Implications for School Leadership

This report documents the proliferation of assistant principals in public schools–where they work, what they do, and what additional support they need.

The Wallace Foundation
June 2026

2025-26 Federal Executive Actions

A continuously updated list of EducationCounsel’s resources specifically related to the Federal Administration’s executive actions.

EducationCounsel
June 2026

Understanding Immigrant Eligibility for Child Care and Early Education Programs

CLASP's blog provides an updated overview of eligibility requirements for federally funded programs, including Head Start, for immigrant families.

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

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