Kara Arundel
Senior Reporter | LinkedInKara 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).
1095 articles by Kara Arundel
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3 state education chiefs share how they’re leading innovation efforts
March 30, 2026 -
ESSER pandemic spending is over. What will its legacy be?
March 30, 2026 -
Interagency agreements now number 10. Here are the details.
March 26, 2026 -
NWEA: Kindergarten redshirting brings short-term academic gains only
March 24, 2026 -
OCR: District of Columbia discriminated against students with disabilities
March 19, 2026 -
Science of reading gets nod from House panel in literacy grants bill
March 18, 2026 -
Poverty, school size can hinder improvement odds, GAO reports
March 18, 2026 -
Governors promote special education initiatives in annual addresses
March 17, 2026 -
Where can educators find optimism in a beleaguered K-12 system?
March 13, 2026 -
4 ways to build alignment in K-12 decision-making
March 12, 2026 -
Special education advocates warn against future program transfers
March 6, 2026 -
GAO: Data is unreliable from COVID maintenance of equity provision
March 5, 2026 -
CTE students say failure is a part of learning
March 4, 2026 -
McMahon: Education Department shutdown is still the goal
March 3, 2026 -
Students feel safer in school when their concerns are heard, YouthTruth finds
March 2, 2026 -
Test yourself on the past week’s K-12 news
Feb. 27, 2026 -
The Education Department’s 9 interagency agreements: What is going where
Feb. 25, 2026 -
DOJ: ‘Shocking overuse’ of restraint, seclusion in Missouri district
Feb. 24, 2026 -
Special education enrollment keeps growing. These 3 graphics show how.
Feb. 24, 2026 -
Congress green-lights education interagency agreements — with reservations
Feb. 23, 2026 -
More students have access to school counselors, data shows
Feb. 23, 2026 -
Week In Review: Humanizing the superintendency, and lost instruction due to winter weather
Feb. 23, 2026 -
As districts thaw, how are they making up for lost learning?
Feb. 18, 2026 -
How elementary principals can build long-term attendance success
Feb. 12, 2026 -
Solving for success: DC’s citywide effort to boost math achievement
Feb. 12, 2026
