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What Will the 2026 Midterm Elections Mean for Education? Join us Wed afternoon to hear @rickhess99 @arotherham @GinnyGentles & @HeatherHJ to break it down.
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www.aei.org What Will the 2026 Midterm Elections Mean for Education? Please join education policy experts to delve into what the 2026 midterm elections mean for early childhood, K–12, and higher education. How far might a blue wave roll? @SeanTrende with some excellent level setting at his PollVault substack. House districts lean below mean Dems need a huge shift to reach into R+6 territory, where most pickup opps are.
Illinois Chronic Absenteeism dropped in 2026.
IL keeps up the positive trends
Dropped ~0.8 %age pts in 2025.
Dropped ~1.7 %age pts in 2025.
Great news on acceleration, but a long way to go.
Well over 1 in 5 IL students still miss a 10%+ of the school year.
IL keeps up the positive trends
Dropped ~0.8 %age pts in 2025.
Dropped ~1.7 %age pts in 2025.
Great news on acceleration, but a long way to go.
Well over 1 in 5 IL students still miss a 10%+ of the school year.
I am seeing hope in early returns on chronic absenteeism. My latest @AEIdeas.
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www.aei.org New Hope on Student Absenteeism For several years I have been on the discouraging hamster wheel of tracking chronic absenteeism across the US. Federal data collection on absenteeism is woefully inadequate, so to fill the gap I...