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Sean Cavanagh

Bethesda

Managing Editor at EdWeek Market Brief

Managing Editor, EdWeek Market Brief. About making companies more responsive to the needs of schools. https://t.co/SOekZqPUfX. Also follow @EdMarketBrief

Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | marketbrief.edweek.org | Sean Cavanagh

    It’s a truism about businesses: They hate uncertainty. Yet uncertainty has loomed over conversations at the ASU+GSV Summit, an annual conference that has emerged as a mecca for education company executives and others interested in the marketplace of products and ideas in schools, colleges, and the workforce.

  • 2 weeks ago | marketbrief.edweek.org | Sean Cavanagh

    If there’s a consensus about school districts’ biggest needs in math, it’s this: There’s no one thing. The amount of student “learning loss” that K-12 leaders see in the subject is not only enormous—it’s been alarmingly persistent over time. While significant attention and public investment has been focused on academic recovery in early grades, the challenges extend to middle and high school, too—in fact, K-12 administrators view academic setbacks as most dire among high school students.

  • 3 weeks ago | marketbrief.edweek.org | Sean Cavanagh |Alexandria Ng |David Saleh Rauf

    The Trump administration has issued its most direct warning to date that it wants to withhold a pivotal source of federal funding — Title I money — to school districts that run afoul of the White House’s preferred restrictions on diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. The political and legal viability of the administration’s new statement on federal education funding, however, is unclear.

  • 1 month ago | marketbrief.edweek.org | Sean Cavanagh

    Math curriculum, dropout prevention, mental health support. A Wisconsin school district is seeking to build out mental health support for students, while a Colorado school system is looking for grade 6-8 math resources. In addition, a Florida district is calling for bids to help with a variety of academic and non-academic work focused on dropout prevention for its alternative education program. Active/upcoming solicitations for goods/services Madison Metropolitan School District, Wisc.

  • 1 month ago | marketbrief.edweek.org | Sean Cavanagh

    President Donald Trump has signed a much-anticipated executive order laying out his goal to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education — while also pledging to deliver “uninterrupted” services to schools. Those seemingly contradictory messages aren’t likely to help providers of product and services trying to make sense of the funding and regulatory implications.

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Sean Cavanagh
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29 Mar 25

Linda McMahon Abruptly Tells States Their Time to Spend COVID Relief Has Passed https://t.co/ROphxAMByh

Sean Cavanagh
Sean Cavanagh @EdWeekSCavanagh
20 Mar 25

RT @JeffPassan: The @DeptofDefense story on Jackie Robinson has been restored to its original URL. No longer does it redirect to one with t…

Sean Cavanagh
Sean Cavanagh @EdWeekSCavanagh
24 Feb 25

Trump Admin. Abruptly Cancels National Exam for High Schoolers https://t.co/ml8Ua1Ry6e