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The AI Lesson Has to Survive the Training Floor

AI • Daily Issue

The AI Lesson Has to Survive the Training Floor

A federal phone course can make AI literacy less mysterious. The harder test is whether apprenticeships, community colleges and employers turn it into paid practice, worker protection and real mobility.

By The Press • April 26, 2026 • 3:22 a.m.

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Education • Analysis

The College Comeback Is Real. It Is Also Uneven.

Enrollment finally looks steadier across higher education, but the recovery belongs more to community colleges and public campuses than to the sector as a whole, and the applicant pipeline is widening in ways that still demand better support after admission.

By The Press • April 7, 2026 • 10:40 a.m. EDT

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Education • Report

School Recovery Is Now an Attendance Story.

The next phase of school recovery is less about whether classes reopened and more about whether students are present, focused, and supported often enough for learning to accumulate.

By The Press • April 6, 2026 • 12:25 p.m. EDT