Federal Education News
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DeVos Kicks of Tour with Visit to Milwaukee Voucher School as Protesters Shout ‘Go Home, Betsy’
Kicking off her annual back-to-school tour in what she called the "birthplace of education freedom," U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy…
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Illinois Teachers Union to Protest Betsy DeVos’ Visit to High School
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will tour Jefferson High School on Monday to learn about the school’s college and…
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Trump Administration Drops Appeal of Lawsuit over Obama-Era Special Education Rule
The Trump administration is giving up on its long-running effort to delay an Obama-era rule designed to keep certain students…
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US Dept of Ed Asks for Feedback as They Work to Improve Transition Services for Students with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services is asking for feedback from parents, states, school…
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Chicago Ed Chief Asks Congress for Federal Resources to Combat Trauma in Students’ Lives
Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson took to the nation’s capital Wednesday to call for additional federal resources for local…
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Federally Appointed Special Education Monitors Have Been Reviewing the Wrong New Orleans Schools
A June case record in the long-running federal class-action lawsuit identified “potential errors” with the monitoring process. And this week,…
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Pentagon to Pull Funds from Projects, Including Schools for Kids of Military Members, to Fund Border Wall
The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would pull funding from 127 Defense Department projects, including schools and daycare centers for…
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Dems Running Ads Linking Trump’s Tariffs and the High Cost of Back-to-School Supplies
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee leveraged back-to-school shopping season in a new wave of advertising that whacks House Republicans for…
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Trump Administration: States Have No Power to Sue the Federal Government over School Lunch Rules
As schools begin reopening their doors to children nationwide, the U.S. government has told a federal judge that states have…
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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Tours Alternative Education Programs in Alaska
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is touring several alternative education programs in Alaska this week. This is her first…
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Vandalism Inside US Department of Education Office Under Investigation
African art figurines were found beheaded, with their limbs removed, and a school desegregation poster was damaged, according to Education…
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US Senators Investigate Tech Companies’ Student Data Collection, Usage
Three Democratic senators have sent out letters to executives at more than 50 data analytics and education technology firms —…
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Betsy DeVos Touts Rising Support for School Choice as Families Seek ‘More Control’
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is a huge proponent of school choice, and it turns out she’s not alone.
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White House Tried to Find Way to Limit Enrollment of Illegal Immigrants in Schools, According to Bloomberg
Some top aides to President Donald Trump sought for months for a way to give states the power to block…
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Betsy DeVos Touts ‘Second Chances’ for Young Indiana Inmates Learning to Code
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos assured Darius Fahmawi that she had, indeed, played the game “rock, paper, scissors” before…
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What’s on School Menus This Fall? Trade Mitigation
This fall, some U.S. school cafeterias are expecting shipments of free food, one little known consequence of President Donald Trump’s…
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US Labor Department: Parents Can Use Family and Medical Leave to Attend IEP Meetings for Their Kids
The opinion gives educators a tool for helping families participate in the IEP process, which can be daunting and is…
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Federal Civil Rights Probe Opened into CT Policy Allowing Biological Males to Compete in Female School Sports
The federal Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into Connecticut’s policy that allows transgender high school athletes to…
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New Study Says the Early Childhood Education Program Head Start Provides No Clear Long-Term Benefits
The research offers some of the most up-to-date information about how Head Start affects students years later, and raises questions…
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Parents Reflect on Montana School Choice Case to Be Reviewed by the US Supreme Court
Kalispell parents Kendra Espinoza and Jeri Anderson and Bigfork parent Jaime Schaefer are the faces of a Montana case regarding…
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Senator Rick Scott, Former Florida Governor, Co-Sponsors Federal School Choice Legislation
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott wants to do for education nationwide what he did for Florida.
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FCC Considers Expanding High-Speed School Internet Subsidy Program into Students’ Homes
The Federal Communications Commission will consider expanding a common school broadband subsidy program to the homes of students, according to…
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Lead-Based Paint Found in Half of All Inspected Schools, According to Federal Report
A new federal report found that an estimated 15.2 million children in the U.S. go to schools in school districts…
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Betsy DeVos Proposes Shifting Federal Education Funding to Areas Designated as Opportunity Zones
Betsy DeVos wants to prioritize federal education funding for areas of the country that qualify as opportunity zones – a…
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2020 Democrats Want to Dramatically Increase Spending on Title I Without More Accountability
EDlection 2020 pop quiz: What do the K-12 platforms of Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg have in common?
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