Federal Education News
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Congressman Burgess Owens Introducing Legislation Combating Biden’s Rollback of Trump-Era Critical Race Theory Ban
Utah Republican Rep. Burgess Owens is set to introduce two pieces of legislation intended to combat President Joe Biden’s executive…
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President Biden Appears to Snub Charter Schools on National Celebration Week
President Biden is apparently ignoring the contributions of charter schools in educating students — during National Charter Schools Week.
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Dr. Fauci Says School Should Be Open ‘Full Blast’ Five Days a Week in the Fall
Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said Thursday that schools in the fall should be open “full blast” five…
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Biden Administration Expected To Bring Back Obama-Era School Discipline Rules, Which Led To Racial Quotas
In 2014, then-President Barack Obama’s Education Department released school-discipline guidelines that insisted schools must discipline students of different races at…
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WATCH: Betsy DeVos Pushes Back Against Teachers Union Claim That Trump Delayed Children’s Return to School: ‘It’s an Outright Lie’
'It's an outright lie' former education secretary tells 'The Story'
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Red States Ready to Defy Biden’s ‘Aggressive Indoctrination’ on Education
Republicans in states like Wisconsin, Florida and Alabama are already signaling that they would put up a fight against Biden’s…
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It’s Official: San Diego Superintendent to Become U.S. Deputy Education Secretary
Cindy Marten, superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District, will be the nation’s next deputy education secretary.
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Republicans Launch Inquiry Into Union Influence Over School Reopening Guidance
Republicans have questions after a report about the influence of teachers unions on the Education Department’s guidance for states and…
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FDA Permits Use of the Pfizer Vaccine in Kids Ages 12 to 15
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Pfizer and BioNTech’s request to allow their Covid-19 vaccine to be given…
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Elizabeth Warren Calls for Universal Government-Subsidized Child Care in Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday called for universal government-subsidized child care as part of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal, describing…
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Lawmakers Press Cardona for Answers on Whether Teachers Unions Influenced Ed Department’s Reopening Guidance
Two Republican lawmakers on Monday wrote to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona pressing him for answers on how the department formulated…
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After ‘Dramatic Paradigm Shift’ for Districts, More Title IX Changes Expected
Less than a year after an overhaul one district leader called "a Frankenstein's monster of confusion" for districts, what might…
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Miguel Cardona’s First Budget Hearing Becomes Forum On In-Person Learning, 1619 Project
A congressional hearing Wednesday about the president’s spending proposal for education ended up featuring extended conversation between U.S. Secretary of…
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White House: Biden Hit 100-Day Goal of Reopening ‘Majority’ of K-8 Public Schools, 54% Offering Full-Time Classroom Learning
President Joe Biden hit his 100-day goal of reopening the majority of K-8 schools for in-person learning in March, statistics…
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House Republicans Push for Answers After Emails Reveal Teachers Unions Influenced CDC Guidance on School Reopenings
A controversy involving teachers unions, the White House and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance on reopening schools has…
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Psaki Pushes Back on Claim That Teachers Union Dictated CDC Reopening Guidance: ‘That’s False’
White House press secretary Jen Psaki rejected claims that a powerful teachers union influenced the Centers for Disease Control and…
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Education Secretary Cardona Says He Expects All Schools Will Open This Fall
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said he expects every school in the country to offer families in person learning, full time,…
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Student Tells the Bidens What She Was Really Doing During Zoom Classes
A group of elementary school students in Virginia schooled President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on the secret…
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Biden Pushes Education Spending at Stops in Virginia
resident Joe Biden and the first lady traveled Monday to coastal Virginia to promote his plans to increase spending on…
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Biden Adviser: President Didn’t Say ‘Absolutely’ Open Schools in Fall Because Virus Is Unpredictable
"He said 'probably.' He did not say 'absolutely,' " Senior Adviser to the President Anita Dunn told CNN's Jake Tapper…
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Biden: Schools Should ‘Probably All Be Open’ in the Fall
“There’s not overwhelming evidence there’s much of a transmission among these people, young people," Biden added.
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Senator McConnell Urges Education Department to Abandon ‘1619 Project’ Curriculum Changes: ‘Buzzwords and Propaganda’
In a letter to Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell demanded the Department of Education…
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Biden Pushes Adding Four More Years to Public Education as Necessary to ‘Compete With the Rest of the World’
Three- and 4-year-olds could attend preschool for free and community college students could have their tuition covered under a far-reaching…
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A Closer Look at Biden’s $1.8T for Families and Education
Paying for it would be $1.5 trillion of tax hikes over the next decade on the wealthiest households.
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U.S. Supreme Court Wary of Giving Schools Broad Power to Punish Students’ Off-Campus Speech
A majority of Supreme Court justices Wednesday appeared wary of giving schools broad power to discipline off-campus student speech but…
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