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Executive Order Calls for Use of Formula Funds to Expand School Choice
In an Executive Order (EO) issued last week, President Trump directed the U.S. Department of Education to take measures that support parental rights and school choice. Identified as “education-freedom,” the EO names five steps that ED must take within 90 days to...
Office for Civil Rights Reverts to 2020 Title IX Rule
Last week, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) announcing that effective immediately, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will revert to the provisions of the 2020 Title IX Rule...
Memo from Trump Administration Temporarily Freezes Federal Funding
A Monday evening memo issued to federal agencies by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instructed the freezing of “all activities related to the obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance… to the extent permissible under...
White House Releases Order Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
The White House has issued Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling, an Executive Order (EO) aimed to combat radical ideologies in schools, emphasizing the importance of patriotic education and parental oversight. The EO condemns practices that it defines as...