[] As he finished lunch in the private dining room outside the Oval Office on April 1, President Trump floated an astounding proposal: What if […]
Tag: Education Department (US)
Education Department Is Threatening to Cut All Federal Funding for Maine Schools
[] The Department of Education said on Friday that it was moving to cut off all federal funding for Maine’s public schools because the state […]
Trump Is Threatening School Funding. Here’s What Families Should Know.
It is unclear how the federal government might respond. Will mass federal layoffs affect classrooms? The Education Department’s work force is about half the size […]
The Pandemic Is Not the Only Reason U.S. Students Are Losing Ground
There was once a time when America’s lowest-performing students were improving just as much as the country’s top students. Despite their low scores, these students […]
Opinion | Trump’s Crusade Against Antisemitism Is Extremely Bad for the Jews
[] Taking a break from her work dismantling her own department, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon last week threatened roughly $9 billion of grants and […]
Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats
Former President Barack Obama urged universities to resist attacks from the federal government that violate their academic freedom in a campus speech on Thursday. He […]
Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers
The Supreme Court on Friday let the Trump administration temporarily suspend $65 million in teacher-training grants that the government contends would promote diversity, equity and […]
The Formerly Incarcerated Person Who Turned Down Columbia’s Ph.D. Offer
After 30 years in prison, Ibrahim Rivera was headed to the Ivy League. Then he realized that because of Trump administration threats, the university could […]
How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?
What counts as a D.E.I. program in a school? And how do such programs differ from simply learning and talking about race and identity? Those […]
Trump Administration Threatens to Withhold Funds From Public Schools
The Trump administration threatened on Thursday to withhold federal funding from public schools unless state education officials verified the elimination of all programs that it […]