January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. This story was updated to more accurately describe the data availability issues.

A Department of Education database that hosts more than 2 million education documents dating back to the 1960s is set to shut down Wednesday due to funding cuts by the Trump administration’s ...

As artificial intelligence adoption accelerates across campuses, higher education leaders must balance innovation with data ...

Washington, D.C., is breaking down data silos with the development of its Education Through Employment Data System, designed to unify data across the workforce-to-education continuum. The initiative ...

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It is often said that anything you can say about India, the opposite is equally valid. In recent years, data-driven decision-making has become a buzzword in policymaking circles across sectors in the ...

Months after the Education Department fired nearly all of the employees at the National Center for Education Statistics and axed $900 million in contracts at the Institute of Education Sciences, the ...

When considering industries such as finance or healthcare, the potential for sensitive data to fall into the wrong hands is a common concern. These sectors are prime targets for cybercriminals due to ...

Dramatic cuts at the U.S. Department of Education have left a “skeletal staff” at offices that oversee research and troves of education data, putting efforts to improve schools at risk, a coalition of ...

How well are your state’s education and workforce systems performing for students, and how do you know? These are questions that every governor, mayor, school superintendent, university chancellor, ...