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Administration Cuts Education Research and Technical Assistant Contracts

by kids1stadvocac | Feb 18, 2025 | Federal

The Administration has canceled $900 million in contracts for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a major U.S. Education Department (ED) agency responsible for funding education research and maintaining extensive education statistics. Among the eighty-nine...

MN: Special education funding a concern as MN lawmakers eye Trump education plans

by kids1stadvocac | Feb 11, 2025 | State

KAXE Minnesota lawmakers have begun considering the potential impact on school funding in the state as President Donald Trump vows to eliminate the federal Department of Education. At a committee hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 4, staffers with the Minnesota Department of...
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