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GOP senators urge Trump administration to reverse $6 billion education funding freeze
A total of 10 Republican senators are urging the Trump administration to reverse its decision to withhold more than $6 ...
Fired Education Department workers say the 'fight isn't over'
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Education Department to proceed with mass layoffs. But some workers slated to be let go ...
Trump's education funding freeze may lead to CA state worker layoffs, agency warns
If California's legal challenge can't stop the Trump administration from withholding funds, the Education Department said ...
When Politics Dominate the Education Beat
A Times reporter reflects on the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education. Times Insider ...
What does the Education Department do? Trump gets the OK to gut it
Here's what to know after a decision by the Supreme Court gives the president a green light to move forward on his promise to ...
Civil rights work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department, agency data shows
Data from the Education Department shows the pace at which it resolves civil rights complaints has slowed as the Trump ...
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Trump has the US government in retreat from education
The Supreme Court decision this week giving President Donald Trump the go-ahead to largely dismantle the Department of ...
Trump admin partially restores paused federal education funding under new 'guardrails'
The programs restored Friday provide academic opportunities outside of normal school hours for students who attend ...
Some Jewish teachers say they were harassed and threatened at national education convention in Portland
They described being “vocally mocked, harassed and threatened in ways that dishonor our union,” in an open letter to National ...
Jewish Faculty Call Out Weaponization Of Antisemitism Label In Higher Education
Jewish staff say the federal government and their own institutions are using the term to exert more control over the ...
Higher Education in Trouble: Political Repercussions
Nine months after the 2024 election, we've been graced with definitive dissections of the electorate and how it has changed since that escalator ride 10 ...