US Department of Education: Budget, employees and why Trump wants it shut down
U.S. President Donald Trump's stated goal of closing the Department of Education comes after a long Republican-led push to ...
MS public universities, colleges face defunding after U.S. Department of Ed sends out letter
The letter informs public institutions that assessments will take place to determine compliance with new interpretations of ...
The Department of Education’s History Shows It is Essential
President Andrew Johnson signed the first official Department of Education into law. Although it was not a cabinet level ...
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'Does that mean money goes away?': Anxiety in schools around Trump's plan to close US Department of Education
What would it mean for local school districts if Trump follows through on his plan to shut down the U.S. Department of ...
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Here's what the US Education Department does and why Trump wants it dismantled
The US Department of Education oversees student loans, financial aid, civil rights enforcement, and funding for schools. If Linda McMahon is confirmed as education secretary, President Trump aims ...
Education Department “Lifting the Pause” on Some Civil Rights Probes, but Not for Race or Gender Cases
A memo to the department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” ...
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Department of Education warns that public schools must remove DEI policies or lose federal funding
The Department of Education is warning state education departments that they must remove diversity, equity and inclusion policies or risk losing federal funding. A letter from the Department of ...
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What might reform at the Department of Education look like?
At confirmation hearings in February, Linda McMahon outlined a plan to streamline the Department of Education, which ...
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Education Department letter threatens federal funding of any school that considers race in most aspects of student life
The Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter ... And we teach critical thinking skills, which necessarily requires us to present history in an open and honest way, to answer ...
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Trump's new federal cleanout target: the Education Department
President Donald Trump has taken a wrecking ball to Washington -- and his latest target is the US Department of Education. Trump has described it as ineffective, wasteful and dominated by radical ...
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US education system doesn’t rank worst in the world, and its cost isn’t highest
Statement: The United States is “last in education out of 40 states … but we're No. 1 in cost per pupil." As he described his intention to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education ...