In her first hours as the new Education secretary, Linda McMahon wasted no time informing U.S. Education Department employees in an email titled “Our Department’s Final Mission” of her plans to “overhaul” the federal agency.
As President Donald Trump continues to talk about dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, Ohio educators worry what that could mean for federal funding that school districts across the state rely on.
Three former secretaries of the U.S. Department of Education took to a Brookings Institution panel on Tuesday to offer more perspective on President Donald Trump’s calls to dismantle the federal agency, among other education-related priorities of the new administration.
The Biden-Harris Administration this week announced the approval of a $4.5 billion group discharge for 261,000 borrowers who attended Ashford University, a largely online institution, from March 1, 2009, through April 30, 2020.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has secured a resolution agreement from the University of Cincinnati to ensure its compliance with Title VI of the of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) when responding to allegations of discrimination or harassment, including based on shared Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian and Arab ancestry.
Congressional Democrats largely reserved judgment Wednesday on President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Linda McMahon as his nominee for Education secretary, even as they raised concerns about Trump’s plans to eliminate the department.
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday night he plans to nominate Linda McMahon, the co-chair of his transition team, to lead the Education Department in his second administration.
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) recently announced $46 million in new grants to establish dedicated technical assistance centers through the Comprehensive Centers program to support state and local educational agencies (LEAs) in advancing resource equity in schools, accelerating academic recovery, strengthening the educator workforce, promoting early school success and supporting English and multilingual learners.
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) Tuesday announced $65.4 million in 12 new Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) awards and $1.7 million for two new awards under the Fostering Diverse Schools Demonstration Grant Program (FDS).
The Justice Department, in close coordination with the Department of Education, announced recently the continued and growing success of a process instituted in November 2022 for handling cases in which individuals seek to discharge their federal student loans in bankruptcy.
