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Education Oct 19

How the Trump administration is dramatically reshaping education in America

By John Yang, Claire Mufson, Zoie Lambert, Laine Immell

Education Oct 15

First lady Melania Trump attends a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education in the ...
McMahon says shutdown shows Education Department isn’t needed

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the federal shutdown offers evidence that her agency is “unnecessary.”…

By Associated Press

Politics Oct 01

U.S. Department of Education staff layoffs
How the government shutdown will affect the already shrunken Education Department

Investigations into civil rights complaints will stop, the department will not issue new federal grants and about 87% of its workforce will be furloughed, according to a department contingency plan.

By Annie Ma, Associated Press

Politics Jul 30

Brown University in Rhode Island
Brown University strikes agreement to resolve discrimination complaints, restore federal funding

Brown University on Wednesday said it reached a deal with the federal government to regain access to federal research funding and end investigations into alleged discrimination.

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

Politics May 21

Linda McMahon, U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Education, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, L...
WATCH: Education Secretary McMahon testifies on 2026 budget request in House hearing

Education Secretary Linda McMahon will testify Wednesday on the White House’s budget request for the agency that President Donald Trump has ordered to be dismantled.

By News Desk

Apr 24

Judge blocks Trump push to cut public school funding over diversity programs

By Holly Ramer, Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the National Education Association and the American Civil Liberties Union, which accused the Republican administration of giving “unconstitutionally vague” guidance and violating teachers’ First Amendment rights.

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Mar 20

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What’s next for the Department of Education after Trump begins effort to eliminate it

By Geoff Bennett, Solveig Rennan, Murrey Jacobson

President Trump made good on a pledge by signing an order to dismantle the Department of Education. The department has been a target since it was created more than four decades ago. But President Trump and other Republicans want to…

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Mar 20

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Advocates share differing perspectives on push to dismantle Education Department

By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins, Accalia Rositani

To help understand the implications of President Trump’s order to dismantle the Education Department, Geoff Bennett has perspectives from Rick Hess, the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and Catherine Lhamon, a former assistant secretary for…

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Mar 11

1,300 Education Department employees will be laid off

By Collin Binkley, Moriah Balingit, Associated Press

Department officials announced the cuts Tuesday, raising questions about the agency’s ability to continue usual operations.

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Mar 06

What does the Education Department do? A guide to the agency Trump wants to gut

By Annie Ma, Collin Binkley, Associated Press

President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department. Already, the Trump administration has started overhauling much of the department’s work.

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