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A landmark study by Stanford, Harvard, and Dartmouth researchers released on May 13, 2026, reveals that U.S. student test scores have been declining since 2013 β seven years before the pandemic arrived. Data from 70 million students across 38 states rewrites the story of American education.
READ MOREAs of 2026, 42 U.S. states and Washington D.C. have passed laws or implemented policies mandating evidence-based reading instruction. The decades-long 'reading wars' are reaching a verdict. Georgia just invested $70 million to place literacy coaches in over 1,300 schools.
READ MOREThe US Department of Education has reached consensus on its most sweeping higher education accountability reform in decades. Every college programme will now be evaluated against graduates' earnings data. Programmes that produce median earnings below the high school graduate wage could lose eligibility for federal student loans. At the same time, the same Department is investing $169 million in AI education. Cuts and investment are happening simultaneously β and the paradox reveals a great deal about where American higher education is heading.
READ MOREIn its first year, the Trump administration's second term delivered the largest federal shock to American higher education in modern history. Over $12 billion in funding was disrupted. International student enrollment fell 17%. Harvard and Columbia became flashpoints. DEI programmes disappeared. Here is what is happening inside American universities.
READ MOREThe Trump administration began dismantling the US Department of Education in 2025. With 50% staff cuts and programs transferred to other agencies, what happens to 50 million K-12 students?
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