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In a battle over  鈥� and, frankly, their futures 鈥� the Trump administration agreed this week to pause new federal rules designed to bar immigrants from Head Start and other education programs. 

My colleague Jo Napolitano reports the reprieve, through Sept. 3, applies in 20 states and Washington, D.C., after state attorneys general  designed to give undocumented preschoolers and other immigrant students the boot.

Those regulations could end up restricting educational opportunities for the youngest learners. But as Jo explains in her newest analysis, it鈥檚 just one part of a multifaceted approach to bar undocumented students from learning from cradle to career.听

鈥斕齛nd learn how the changes could undercut the chance immigrant youth get for a better life.听

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In the news

More on Trump鈥檚 immigration crackdown: In Arizona, unaccompanied minors are facing immigration judges alone 鈥� without help from lawyers 鈥� after the administration cut off access to funding for their defense. A court order has restored the money temporarily through September. | 

• The Trump administration instructed federal agents to give detained migrant teenagers the option of voluntarily returning to their home countries instead of being confined in government-overseen shelters. |听
• Attorneys for immigrant children say youth and families are being detained in 鈥減rison-like鈥� facilities even as the administration seeks to terminate rules that mandate basic safety and sanitary conditions for children. |听
• The Denver school district says fear of federal immigration enforcement led to a surge in student absences. A review of attendance data by The Denver Gazette suggests a more nuanced picture. |听
• Undocumented students who attended K-12 schools in the U.S. last year before getting deported share their stories. |听

Penny Schwinn, who was in line to be the Education Department’s second in command, has dropped out of consideration following critiques of her conservative bona fides, including for past support of campus equity initiatives. |听

鈥楾rampling upon women鈥檚 rights鈥�:听The Oregon Department of Education is the latest agency to come under federal investigation over allegations the state allows transgender students to compete in women鈥檚 sports. |听

New Education Department guidance encourages the use of federal money to expand artificial intelligence in classrooms, which the agency said has 鈥渢he potential to revolutionize” schools. |听听

• The Trump administration鈥檚 鈥淎I Action Plan鈥� comes after the Senate failed to pass rules in the 鈥渂ig, beautiful鈥� tax-and-spending bill designed to prevent states from regulating AI. Instead, Trump鈥檚 guidance directs the Federal Communications Commission to evaluate state regulations and block any 鈥淎I-related federal funding鈥� to any states with rules deemed 鈥渂urdensome.鈥� |听

How a 45-second TikTok video portraying a campus shooting 鈥� created by middle school cheerleaders 鈥斕齦ed to criminal charges. |听

A phishing campaign has taken advantage of mass layoffs at the Education Department by mimicking a portal maintained by the agency to manage grants and federal education funding. |听

Drones are being pitched as the next big thing to thwart school shootings 鈥� but district leaders are balking at the million-dollar price tag. |听

鈥楥ritical gaps鈥�:听An inspector general report in Washington, D.C., uncovered flaws in the city school system鈥檚 gun violence prevention efforts, including a backlog on repairs to security equipment. |听

Wisconsin schools are installing controversial license plate readers that have been听used by law enforcement听to track down undocumented immigrants. |听

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