
Kara Arundel
Senior Reporter | @KaraArundelKara has worked as a reporter for 20-plus years covering local, state and national education issues and local government for newspapers and online publications. For K-12 Dive, she focuses on special education, early childhood education and Congress. In 2020, Kara authored the booklet “Recruit and Retain Special Educators With Real-Life Lessons From Local, District and State Initiatives” (LRP Publications).
928 articles by Kara Arundel
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No quick fix: How can schools make real change to overcome student underachievement?
May 12, 2025 -
What’s needed to strengthen career and college pathway commitments?
May 12, 2025 -
Judge orders Education Department to restore COVID spending extensions
May 7, 2025 -
Pre-K teachers want to stay in jobs despite lower pay, longer hours
May 7, 2025 -
IDEA services for infants, toddlers brace for budget impacts
April 28, 2025 -
States drop Section 504 constitutional challenge
April 25, 2025 -
Will Trump’s school discipline order drive wider disparities or ‘restore common sense’?
April 25, 2025 -
Federal judges deal major blow to Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance
April 24, 2025 -
Utah judge declares private school choice program unconstitutional
April 21, 2025 -
Head Start zeroed out in Trump’s preliminary budget plan
April 17, 2025 -
Institute of Education Sciences cuts imperil high-quality research, lawsuits allege
April 16, 2025 -
Bills in Congress detail path to closing the Education Department
April 14, 2025 -
States sue to recover ESSER extended spending allowances
April 11, 2025 -
Title I at 60: The debate continues
April 11, 2025 -
States, lawmakers push back on ‘abrupt and chaotic’ reversal of COVID funds
April 10, 2025 -
House committee advances ‘gender ideology’ bills
April 9, 2025 -
Head Start imperiled by HHS cutbacks, advocates say
April 4, 2025 -
Special education cuts will have ‘immense harm,’ Democrats say
April 3, 2025 -
Districts encouraged to use Title I flexibility for school choice
April 2, 2025 -
5 years later: COVID’s impact lingers in school culture
March 27, 2025 -
The key moments that shaped school response to the pandemic
March 27, 2025 -
CEC 2025: What we learned at the gathering of special education professionals
March 26, 2025 -
How will Education Department cuts impact special education?
March 25, 2025 -
District leaders predict staff reductions if Medicaid funding is cut
March 24, 2025 -
Trump says special education oversight will move to HHS
March 21, 2025