| | | | | |  | | By Juan Perez Jr. | With help from Nicole Gaudiano Editor's Note: Morning Education is a free version of POLITICO Pro Education's morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 6 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day's biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. | | | — As the White House weighs further tightening restrictions on foreign workers, the president of Arizona State University spoke to POLITICO about how that could hurt the U.S. economy. — The House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing on the Covid-19 pandemic's impact on education this afternoon. — Congress could soon be staring down another crisis — the possible deportation of 700,000 Dreamers. | | | | Get the free POLITICO news app for the critical updates you need. Breaking news, analysis, videos, and podcasts, right at your fingertips. Download for iOS and Android. | | | WELCOME TO ANOTHER MONDAY. IT'S JUNE 15TH. The coronavirus is spurring new interest in organizing for safer workplaces and better pay as the nation embarks on a long economic recovery. The brutal impact of the disease on African Americans and other minorities may never be fully known. And the CDC warns large gatherings in confined places pose the highest risk for spreading the coronavirus. Here's your daily reminder to send tips to today's host at jperez@politico.com — and also colleagues Nicole Gaudiano (ngaudiano@politico.com), Michael Stratford ( mstratford@politico.com) and Bianca Quilantan (bquilantan@politico.com). Share your event listings with educalendar@politicopro.com. And don't forget to follow us on Twitter: @Morning_Edu and @POLITICOPro. | | | LOOK AHEAD TO WHITE HOUSE POLICY CHANGES ON FOREIGN WORKERS: In late May, POLITICO's Anita Kumar broke down President Donald Trump's expected moves to extend and expand restrictions on foreign workers coming into the United States. A number of colleges and universities are concerned about the impact on their budgets, and on American foreign policy more generally. — Your host spent a few minutes chatting with Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University, about his concerns. Here are a few of the highlights: | 
Michael Crow. | Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Concordia Summit | — "Right now they're not thinking about the success of the American economy, which has always been dependent upon bright new minds coming in as immigrants, [and] driving the American economy forward," Crow said of the Trump administration. — " It's not just the universities, but the business community basically has said for some time that we've got to continue to drive immigrants into the United States through a talent factory called American universities," Crow said. "And all of that is at risk right now." — " As you go through immigration reform, that's fine. As you make corrections here and there, that's fine. As you worry about a country here or country there, that's fine," he added. "But keep the talent pool flowing to the United States. Keep the talent going back to countries after they've been acculturated and educated in the United States. Keep that flow going because that's been a powerful force for sharing American values and sharing American ideals and sharing American entrepreneurialism." | | | | WINNERS PLAY THE LONG GAME : Our sustainability newsletter, "The Long Game," is designed for executives, investors and policymakers leading the conversations about how society can grow and thrive in the future. Interested in building a sustainable future for generations to come? Join the sharpest minds for a discussion about the most significant challenges from pandemics to plastics, climate change to land use, inequality and the future of work. Subscribe today for a nuanced look at these issues and potential solutions. | | | | | | | | HAPPENING TODAY: You can watch today's hearing live on YouTube, starting at 12 p.m. Witnesses include: Michael Leachman, the vice president for state fiscal policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Rebecca Pringle, the vice president of the National Education Association; Mark Johnson, superintendent of public instruction at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction; and Eric Gordon, the CEO of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Expect to hear: Ample concern about wrecked budgets. Reopening K-12 schools will require everything from personal protective equipment to additional support for students, education leaders told members of the U.S. Senate last week. CRUZ SEEKS SCHOOL CHOICE HEARING: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is calling for a hearing on his federal tax credit legislation to expand school choice, S. 634 (116), following President Donald Trump's comments on Thursday in which the president urged Congress to take action. — "Sen. Cruz agrees with President Trump that Congress must act," a Cruz spokesperson said Friday, adding that Cruz would like to see the Senate Finance Committee hold a hearing to discuss the bill. — A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell referred a question on the bill's status to the Senate Finance Committee, led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). Grassley's staff did not respond to requests for comment. | | | |  | | | | | | WHAT HAPPENS TO A DREAM DEFERRED? Our Marianne LeVine and Sarah Ferris explore how Congress could soon be forced to grapple with the deportation of undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. — The Supreme Court is expected to rule in the coming weeks on the fate of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, delivering a jolt to Washington amid a global pandemic and historic unrest over the killing of African Americans at the hands of police. — Lawmakers from both parties say they support the popular program , which has been in legal limbo since Trump's attempt to ax it in 2017. But they are also openly skeptical that Congress could, on top of everything, finally clinch a deal on immigration reform. — And yet: If the court sends the issue back to Congress to fix with a deadline, many lawmakers say it could actually force party leaders to come to the table. WATCH THIS COURT RULING IN WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Friday blocked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from carrying out, in Washington state, her policy barring colleges from giving emergency federal aid to students who do not qualify for federal financial aid. Bianca Quilantan has the story. | | | BIG CHANGES COMING FOR FLORIDA ATHLETES: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation that would grant the state's college athletes the ability to profit from their name, image and likeness, POLITICO's Andrew Atterbury reports. — Under the legislation, FL SB646 (20R), student athletes in Florida can sign with agents starting July 2021. Schools can't restrict athletes from earning compensation for their name, image or likeness, and they can't take back scholarships from students who chose to bank on the policy. — "That puts a lot of pressure on the NCAA," said Jonathan Vilma, a former University of Miami standout and Super Bowl champion with the New Orleans Saints. The NCAA in April approved a narrow proposal to clear the way for college athletes to profit from marketing, but many of the specifics won't be unveiled until January 2021. — Pay attention: It's not just Florida. Big changes are in store for college sports as we know them. | | | | TODAY - A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION ON WATER SECURITY: How can we secure long-term solutions at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic consumes the attention and resources of local and state leaders? Join POLITICO today at 10:20 a.m. EDT for a virtual panel discussion on the policies and legislation needed at the state, regional and federal levels to meet the water needs of Western states. REGISTER HERE. | | | | | | | | IVY LEAGUE GRADS HAVE LEG UP IN STATE DEPARTMENT PROMOTIONS: Our Nahal Toosi offers a detailed look into exclusive data that suggests an Ivy degree is still a career booster in Foggy Bottom. Surprised? — Foreign Service employees with degrees from Ivy League schools have significantly better odds of earning a promotion early in their careers than colleagues who lack such credentials, the data shows. At one point in the department's career hierarchy, their odds are more than 20 percent higher. — And Foreign Service employees with degrees from colleges in and around the D.C. area , several of which offer famed international relations programs, also are significantly more likely to be promoted at some early stages of their careers when compared with colleagues without such degrees. — The odds favored both such groups even when controlling for other factors, such as race and gender, according to the data from the Government Accountability Office. But the apparent advantage fades the higher up a Foreign Service staffer climbs. | | | THREE STEPS FOR UFT'S CHAPTER LEADERS: United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said he wants the New York City educators to schedule building walkthroughs, discuss school programming and review school safety protocols with principals this week. — "This work will be tough," Mulgrew wrote in a message to members. "There are no easy answers to the challenges we face." ON AIRWAVES THIS WEEK: The American Federation of Teachers launched a $1 million ad buy that urges the U.S. Senate to approve the Heroes Act, House Democrats' latest coronavirus relief proposal. The 30- and 15-second spots started Friday and will run for two weeks on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News in 10 states and Washington, D.C. | | | — The Erosion of Deep Literacy: National Affairs — When coronavirus closed schools, some Detroit students went missing from class. These educators had to find them: NBC News — Fueled by protests, school districts across the country cut ties with police: Washington Post — Yale announces test-optional policy for 2020-2021 undergraduate admissions cycle: Yale News — Editorial: Reopening California schools is dangerous. So is no education: Los Angeles Times | | | | Follow us on Twitter | | | | Follow us | | | | |
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