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Readers ask how Trump’s agenda is changing education
When it comes to federal and local impacts on education, maintaining special education services and federal college financial ...
Trump's dismantling of Education Department gives states 'green light' to pursue voucher programs
A growing number of red states have expanded their school voucher programs in recent years, a trend that is likely to only ...
Judge pauses much of Trump administration’s massive downsizing of federal agencies
A California judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt much of its massive downsizing of the federal workforce.
Maryland health education program with gender lessons faces Trump administration review
A taxpayer-funded program aimed to lower birth rates and sexually transmitted infection rates in rural Maryland counties ...
Deadline looms for Penn to respond to Department of Education demands about transgender athletes
The Trump administration has demanded the school remove Lia Thomas swimming records. It also opened a new investigation into ...
Department of Education Eliminates Grant for PBS Children’s Shows
The termination of the federal grant program, called Ready To Learn, resulted in a loss of $23 million that would have gone ...
Department of Education announces $8 billion pause on Harvard’s grant funding
A senior Department of Education official explained that Harvard University has failed to combat antisemitism and ...
Elizabeth Warren is challenging Trump's top education official to defend policies that could put student-loan borrowers at risk
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is inviting Education Sec. Linda McMahon to defend her plans to dismantle the Department of Education ...
Trump pulls surgeon general nominee Janette Nesheiwat after questions about her medical education
Former Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat had been scheduled to appear Thursday for her confirmation hearing ...
195,000 student-loan borrowers in default have only 30 days before a portion of their federal benefits might be seized, Trump's Education Department says
Student-loan borrowers in default could face cuts to federal benefits like Social Security checks starting in June.
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Special education and Trump: What parents and schools need to know
What parents and schools need to know President Donald Trump has pledged to shutter the Department of Education but also promised that students with disabilities will keep getting the services they ...