DOE
Government
Secretary of Ed’s grant priorities include school choice, returning to phonics

(The Center Square) – In stark contrast to the previous administration’s DEI-ladened grant programs and priorities, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said Tuesday her three priorities for grants are… Read More

May 21, 2025
Government
Ed Dept opens investigation into ‘infiltration’ of foreign governments at Ivy League university

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education (ED) opened an investigation Thursday into the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) over its alleged failure to accurately report the foreign funding… Read More

May 12, 2025
Public Education
Ed Dept opens investigation into university with ‘deep involvements with Chinese entities’

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education (ED) opened an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) Friday over its reported ties to Chinese sources, the… Read More

April 28, 2025
Government
Debt collection to resume for student loan borrowers in default after 5-year break

For the first time in five years, defaulted student loan borrowers will face consequences. The Trump administration announced Monday that borrowers currently in default will be referred for collection… Read More

April 24, 2025
Government
Children ‘do not belong to government,’ warns Federal Ed Dept about Colorado trans bill

(The Daily Signal) – As Colorado lawmakers consider a bill that would take custody rights away from parents who diverge from transgender orthodoxy, the Trump administration’s Education Department says that… Read More

April 23, 2025
Public Education
Harvard scoffs at Trump admin’s demands to address antisemitism

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Harvard University announced Monday it will not agree to the Trump administration’s demands to address antisemitism on campus. The Department of Education (ED) sent a … Read More

April 15, 2025
Government
Trump admin targets Harvard in crackdown on campus antisemitism

(The Daily Signal) – The federal government has initiated a grant review of Harvard University as part of its efforts to combat antisemitism, the Department of Health and Human Services… Read More

April 1, 2025
Government
Gov. Newsom warned by Trump admin after grandstanding on transgender sports

The U.S. secretary of education sent a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom asking him to remind California schools that allowing transgender participation in sports is… Read More

March 28, 2025
Government
Left-wing program spending spree helped fuel ‘explosive growth’ in Education Dept’s budget, report shows

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education’s (ED) budget has been increasing substantially year over year with millions funneling into diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and oversees… Read More

March 27, 2025
Government
DOE investigates Oregon school district and athletic association over trans athletes in girls’ sports

The federal government is taking action against Oregon’s largest public school district and the state’s primary high school athletic governing body for likely Title IX violations.  The U.S. Department of… Read More

March 27, 2025
Government
Hillsdale president celebrates end of ‘Soviet’ US Dept. of Education, champions local school control

The U.S. Department of Education is a “bureaucracy-ridden system” with “more employees in public education today who are not teachers than the teachers; and that means it’s sort of like… Read More

March 27, 2025
Government
‘Tremendous change’: Trump says ‘won’t be long’ until states run Department of Education

(The Daily Signal) – President Donald Trump said it “won’t be long” until states are “really running” the Department of Education. The Daily Signal asked Trump at his March 24… Read More

March 25, 2025
Public Education
Trump’s Department of Education cuts won’t affect school credit yet, S&P says

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the federal Department of Education won’t lead to widespread financial problems for public schools across the country, according to a… Read More

March 25, 2025
Government
Trump: SBA and HHS to get these Department of Ed. programs

A day after signing an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, President Donald Trump announced his plan for how student loans and other services would be handled… Read More

March 21, 2025
Government
‘Back to the states’: Trump signs executive order dismantling Department of Education 

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to dismantle the Department of Education, in a move that he said was “45 years in the making.” The executive… Read More

March 20, 2025
Government
‘Spitting mad’: Teachers’ union boss Randi Weingarten fumes over Trump education department cuts

Teachers’ union head Randi Weingarten is spouting fury over the Trump administration’s recent Education Department workforce slashes, calling them “evisceration by a thousand cuts.” “I’m so mad, I’m spitting mad… Read More

March 18, 2025
Government
Education Department pushes back as Democrat-led states sue over workforce cuts 

After a coalition of Democratic-led states sued over the Trump administration’s slashing of the Department of Education, the federal agency is doubling down on its mission to “return education authority… Read More

March 14, 2025
Government
Department of Education makes major cuts to staff

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education has eliminated nearly half of its employees, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. Of the 4,133 department employees, 1,315 employees… Read More

March 12, 2025
Politics
Energy Sec slams Biden admin climate obsession, lays out Trump admin’s pivot in keynote speech

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Energy Secretary Chris Wright sharply criticized the Biden administration’s restrictive energy policies during a keynote speech to energy industry leaders Monday, explaining how the Trump… Read More

March 11, 2025
Government
Linda McMahon says Education Dept launching federal crackdown on antisemitism at elite schools like Harvard, Columbia

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon appeared on Fox Business Friday to share how the U.S. Department of Education is combating antisemitism at elite universities. Read More

March 10, 2025