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Supporters hoped Schwinn’s education experience would complement Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s background in business and administration. But cultural conservatives in Tennessee criticized her support for social and emotional learning and certain reading materials.
The funding delay had schools scrambling to figure out how they might fill an unexpected budget gap, and some after-school programs abruptly closed.
In a dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor called the decision ‘indefensible.’ Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said the job cuts are a first step toward eliminating the department, although a legal challenge to the layoffs can continue in the lower courts.
This major policy change treats Head Start as a welfare program rather than an educational one.
The Trump administration said the orders would make schools safer and give teachers more tools to maintain behavior in their classrooms. The move is tied to the administration’s broader effort to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools.
‘Federal financial assistance is a privilege, not a right,’ a Trump education civil rights official warned states.
Linda McMahon said schools must not withhold children’s gender plans from parents. But LGBTQ advocates say trans youth should have some control over that information.
Revised legislation would allow districts to charge families tuition for students who aren’t in the country legally, in a challenge to federal law.
Legally, only Congress has the power to eliminate the department. But the Trump administration recently laid off nearly half its staff.
The layoffs represent a significant escalation of Trump’s efforts to reduce the department’s role in education
Now confirmed as education secretary, the ex-pro wrestling executive must grapple with a slippery task: overhaul an agency that Trump says he wants to dismantle.
The lawsuit was filed a week after raids on apartment buildings in Denver and Aurora caused fear among students and families.
A federal memo freezing grants sparked widespread confusion and fear among schools and nonprofits.
NAEP results released Wednesday showed little change in average math and reading scores for New Jersey, but gaps between the state’s lowest- and highest-performing students widened.
Scores for eighth grade reading and math as well as fourth grade reading are basically the same as NAEP results from 2022.
Indiana students’ NAEP scores are still lower on average than before the pandemic, but remain higher than national averages.
The 2024 NAEP results will add fuel to ongoing debates about pandemic-era school closures, COVID relief, screen time, the science of reading, and more.
“Let me be clear: it is a new day in America, and under President Trump,” said a letter signed by the acting assistant secretary for civil rights.
The freeze has sparked widespread confusion about the extent to which various programs will be affected.
In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump pledged to use executive power to reshape American society, but his executive orders could face legal challenges.