On Thursday, February 6, the U.S. Department of Education announced a new slate of appointees tasked with advancing President Trump’s education priorities. Notable appointments include James Bergeron as Deputy Under Secretary, who brings extensive experience in higher...
On Wednesday, February 5, Senators Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), along with Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Rosa DeLaura (D-CT) wrote to acting Secretary of Education Denise Carter, expressing their concerns for actions...
On Wednesday, February 5, Chairman Tim Wahlberg (R-MI) led the House Education and Workforce Committee’s first full committee hearing titled The State of American Education. Pitched as an “examination” of K-12 education in the U.S., testimonies were presented by four...
CBS Colorado A sweeping federal investigation into the Douglas County School District has unearthed hundreds of allegations of systemic discrimination and mistreatment, with families and advocates calling for urgent reform to protect students from racial harassment...
According to results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released this week by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Grade 4 math scores improved between 2022 and 2024, a two-point gain that follows a 5-point decline from 2019 to...
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...
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...
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...
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...