Federal Education News
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Dr. Fauci: If You Have a Choice, Close the Bars, Open the Schools
Fauci explained to Yahoo News that teachers may be unwilling to teach in a “hot zone,” even if schools themselves…
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CDC Director: For K-12 Students, School Is ‘One of the Safest Places They Can Be’
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield argued Thursday that K-12 schools are not a source of…
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Families Optimistic Supreme Court Will Overturn Maine’s Ban on Religious Schools in Tuition Program
The Maine case challenges a state law under which towns without public high schools pay tuition so students can attend…
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CDC Quietly Removes Guidance Pushing for School Reopenings
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has quietly removed controversial guidance from its website that pushed for schools…
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From Betsy Devos to Union Boss? Choosing a Union Leader for Education Secretary Risks Sowing Further Division
Eskelsen García and Weingarten stand poised to potentially be the first labor leaders nominated as education secretary, education policy insiders…
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Biden’s Team Eyes Fast Reversal of Betsy Devos’ Policies
The team Mr. Biden has named to help the Education Department through the transition signaled the direction he intends to…
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School Lunch Company Reportedly Sued by the FDA for Selling Juice with High Levels of Arsenic
A company that participated in a federal school lunch program has been accused by the Food and Drug Administration of…
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Education Organizations Far From United on What a Biden Presidency Might Mean for K-12
Although the final outcome of the election will not be certain until the Electoral College votes in December and legal…
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Biden Wants to Scrap Betsy Devos’ Rules on Sexual Assault in Schools
Proponents of the new rules, including Republicans and the civil liberties nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, celebrated them…
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Top Aide: Biden Plans to Stop Funding Charters That ‘Don’t Provide Results,’ Boost Teacher Pay, Reverse Transgender Policies
President-elect Joe Biden has a far-reaching education agenda that begins with actions to help schools reopen for in-person instruction, as…
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Council of Chief State School Officers Eyes Possibility of K-12 Relief Bill During Lame Duck Congress
The organization also expressed hope Congress will back special ed funding increases, universal pre-K initiatives and student mental health needs.
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A Biden Administration Would Likely Lack Votes and ‘Big Buckets of Funding’ for Expansive Education Agenda
While the outcome could limit the reach of Biden’s platform in Congress, experts expect him to turn back some aspects…
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Biden Plans Series of Reversals on Education
Through executive action and negotiations with Congress, Biden wants to bolster public schools.
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A Look Back at Major K-12 Changes Under the Trump Administration
The administration’s promotion of school choice options and vision for a limited Education Department carried into policy and budget initiatives.
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SCOTUS to Hear Arguments in Case That Could Affect the Participation of Religious Groups in School Choice Programs
With its newly constituted 6-3 conservative majority, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear oral arguments in a Pennsylvania…
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Trump Creates 1776 Commission to Promote ‘Patriotic Education’
President Donald Trump on Monday created a “1776 Commission” to promote "patriotic education” and counter lessons that he says divide…
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Trump Signs Executive Order to Establish the 1776 Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,…
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Betsy DeVos Tweets about CA Governor’s Choice of In-Person Private Education for His Own Kids
Glad @GavinNewsom is able to relieve his kids of “very challenging distance learning” by choosing the right school for them.…
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Betsy Devos Says She Will Let Religious Groups Apply for Charter School Grants
Religious organizations should feel free to apply for federal money to open charter schools, she said, and a recent Supreme…
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Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration to Collect, Disseminate School Reopening Data
The request comes after Betsy DeVos last week said it's not the federal government’s responsibility to track school districts’ coronavirus…
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Federal Legislation Introduced to Secure 4 Million Education Jobs by Sending up to $261 Billion to States and School Districts
Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Gregorio Kilili Sablan (Mariana Islands-at Large), and…
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In Louisville, Betsy DeVos Says Remote Learning ‘for Months and Months’ Has Hurt Students
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said Monday that remote learning "for months and months and months is not the…
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News Group Axios Reports Trump ‘Has Never Been Impressed With Education Secretary Betsy Devos’
There could be shake-ups across other departments.
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Betsy DeVos Is the Most-Sued Secretary in the 41-Year History of the U.S. Department of Education, Analysis Finds
In less than four years, DeVos and her department have been the target of more than 455 lawsuits — equivalent…
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DeVos: Teachers Unions Making Parents Feel Guilty for Trying to Figure Out Something That’s Going to Work for Their Children
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on schooling during COVID-19, the future of higher ed, and why her cabinet department probably…
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