Education
Today's Education items on the public record: New Mexico: Fewer public-school students while teacher numbers rise; New Mexico: School closures rising while…
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- New Mexico: Fewer public-school students while teacher numbers rise — High divergence · change measured 31 Dec 2021 to 31 Dec 2024 (NCES Common Core of Data, 7 Nov 2026)
- New Mexico: School closures rising while enrolment falls — High divergence · Contraction · change measured 31 Dec 2021 to 31 Dec 2024 (NCES Common Core of Data, 7 Nov 2026)
- Arizona: Fewer public-school students while teacher numbers rise — Significant · Divergence · change measured 31 Dec 2021 to 31 Dec 2024 (NCES Common Core of Data, 7 Nov 2026)
- Louisiana: Fewer public-school students while teacher numbers rise — Significant · Divergence · change measured 31 Dec 2021 to 31 Dec 2024 (NCES Common Core of Data, 7 Nov 2026)
- Vermont: Fewer public-school students while teacher numbers rise — Significant · Divergence · change measured 31 Dec 2021 to 31 Dec 2024 (NCES Common Core of Data, 7 Nov 2026)
- Harvard University has the most founders of tracked companies on record as alumni: 252 founders of 304 companies — Wikidata records both the founder (P112) and the school (P69); a link to the school, not to the company · 26 tracked universities with at least one (Wikidata, 6 Nov 2026)
- 22.0% of public-school students were chronically absent in 2025-26, unchanged on 2024-25 — FutureEd's national estimate from state agencies' counts, 24 states reporting 2025-26; each state defines absence its own way (FutureEd (Georgetown), Tracking State Trends in Chronic Absenteeism, 29 Jun 2026)
- Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher: 37.4% nationally (2025), +0.5 points on 2024 — Survey year · records from 2012 (Census ACS table B15003 (educational attainment), 30 Dec 2025)
- Tertiary education, ages 25-34: U.S. 52.8% in 2025, 13th highest of 41 countries reporting — 51.8% in 2023 · OECD average 48.8% (OECD Education at a Glance, 30 Dec 2025)
- At least upper-secondary education, ages 25-34: U.S. 94.5% in 2025, 7th highest of 40 countries reporting — 94.3% in 2023 · OECD average 87.4% (OECD Education at a Glance, 30 Dec 2025)
- 90.6% of adults 25 and over had at least a high-school diploma in 2025, +0.7 points on 2024 — American Community Survey 1-year estimate · records from 2012 (Census ACS table B15003, 30 Dec 2025)
- Brown University charged families earning under $30,000 the least after grants: $39 a year (2025 Scorecard file) — Brown University $4,702 less than in 2022 · lowest of 23 tracked universities reporting 2025; first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid (U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 30 Dec 2025)
- District of Columbia had the largest share of adults with a bachelor's degree or more: 64.9% in 2025 — District of Columbia -0.5 points on 2024 (65.5%) · U.S. 37.4% · 50 states and DC reporting · across 50 states and DC the share and median household income have a correlation of +0.82 (an association, not proof that one… (Census ACS table B15003, 30 Dec 2025)
- Economics graduates of Duke University earned the most four years after finishing: median $161,149 — Bachelor's graduates at the 25 tracked universities reporting this field, Scorecard 2025 file, federally aided students working and not enrolled (U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 30 Dec 2025)
- Samsung Electronics was granted the most U.S. patents of the terminal's companies in 2025: 10,282 — 8,557 in 2020 · patents whose applicant is the company's own name (USPTO Open Data Portal, 30 Dec 2025)
- Mathematics graduates of Duke University earned the most four years after finishing of any bachelor's program at a tracked university: median $297,029 — Highest of 689 bachelor's programs with reported earnings, Scorecard 2025 file; small cohorts are suppressed by the Department (U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 30 Dec 2025)
- 99,073 public schools operating in 2024-25; 866 opened and 1,064 closed that year — 99,297 in 2023-24 · charter schools are 8.1% of them (+0.1 points on 2023-24) · 3.21 million full-time-equivalent teachers in 2023-24 (NCES Common Core of Data, 29 Jun 2025)
- Utah had the most students per teacher: 21.8 in 2024-25 — Utah -1.1% on 2023-24 (22.1) · 49 states and DC reporting (NCES Common Core of Data, 29 Jun 2025)
- Arizona had the most career and technical schools: 290 in 2024-25 — Arizona +0.3% on 2023-24 (289) · 48 states and DC reporting (NCES Common Core of Data, 29 Jun 2025)
- Public-school enrolment fell most in West Virginia: down 13.6% from 2014-15 to 2024-25 — 242,155 students in 2024-25 · U.S. -2.0% · 5 largest falls of 50 states and DC (NCES Common Core of Data, 29 Jun 2025)