Strained budgets. Growing cybersecurity threats. Looming curriculum restrictions and book bans. An influx of artificial intelligence in classrooms. These are just a few of the hurdles — and opportunities — schools are facing at the start of the new year.
Add to that the changes likely to be on the horizon under a new presidential administration: With President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House on Jan. 20, K-12 administrators will need to be on the lookout for changes in funding, directives around classroom content, and more responsibility placed at the state and district levels.
Here are six trends that will be essential to watch as 2025 gets underway.
