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The Oregon Legislature passed two bills to provide consistent funding to summer learning programs and to ensure they boost student academic outcomes.

Federal programs offer financial aid and counseling to low-income and first-generation college students. California was allowed to include students without legal status, which the Trump administration is now ending.

Dawn Burks and Hannah Neudorfer of Community Works join the Exchange.

Updated guidance from Gov. Tina Kotek and Bureau of Labor and Industries Commissioner Christina Stephenson reflects a two-pronged approach for school districts to protect students.

The National Institutes of Health restored a leading University of California researcher’s $36 million grant studying dementia on Friday after terminating it three weeks ago as part of the Trump administration’s DEI purge. The UC says others were restored, too.

Schools had until March 2026 to spend remaining COVID relief money. The U.S. Department of Education cut those funds, amounting to about $200 million for California K-12 schools.

Head Start provides child development, education and support services to low-income families and pregnant women, as well as those who are homeless and foster kids.

Aaron Kupchik joins the Exchange to discuss how resistance to desegregation after Brown v. Board led to widespread, inequitable use of school suspension—and possible solutions.

Reid Saaris set up a national nonprofit, Equal Opportunity Schools

Top officials in Oregon are refusing to sign off on a demand from the U.S. Department of Education that requires states to abandon policies related to diversity, equity and inclusion if they want to keep receiving federal funding for schools.

Daisy Yuhas joins the Exchange to talk about her award-winning book.

Representatives from the SOU Native Nations Office and Native American Student Union join the Exchange.