Weekly Update 11/4/24

Changes in Electoral Vote Process

After the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in 2022, the Electoral Count Reform Act (ECRA) was signed into law…

Congress

As voters head to the polls in Tuesday's elections, they’ll also be choosing a new Congress…

Reps. Burgess Owens (R-UT) and Tim Walberg (R-MI) are vying to replace Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)…

Two majority-Latino House districts in California's heartland have become major targets for both parties heading into the election…

California

Gavin Newsom and his administration are making further contingency plans to shield the Golden State in case former President Donald Trump returns to the White House…

Education

The SEED School of Washington, D.C., a rare charter boarding campus in the District, has been accused of flouting local and federal education laws that protect students with disabilities…

New research shows older students are hitting a “decoding threshold…”

Tense conflict over issues like how districts teach about race, their policies related to LGBTQ+ students, and the books they keep in school libraries cost American schools more than $3 billion…

The 2024 election could have significant implications for K-12 schools, as the presidential candidates present distinctly different approaches to education policy…

A new report finds that more schools are now investing in social-emotional learning (SEL) curricula than just a few years ago…