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Early this month, the U.S. Department of Education issued an ultimatum to K-12 public schools and state education agencies: ...
At a recent virtual discussion on the future of state testing, Maryland education chief Carey Wright drew a line in the sand.
On a podcast with Betsy DeVos, the former secretary of education. Her purpose in writing lies less in the memoir and more in the message — that of education freedom. Michigan GOP gubernatorial ...
During Trump’s first term, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sought to dramatically reduce the agency’s budget and asked Congress to bundle all K-12 funding into block grants that give states more ...
I wrote a piece that detailed how comparing her to former secretary of education Betsy DeVos was likely inappropriate. I ended that piece by cautiously suggesting that McMahon would strongly align ...
For decades, right-wing activists have called for eliminating the agency, which was created by Congress in 1979. As Trump remakes the federal government, he has assailed the department as wasteful and ...
In the state's judgment, Lyons Township High School and the state's other 850 school systems don't need to answer the request ...
Illinois pushed back on the Trump administration’s request for districts to certify that they are not promoting DEI. In a ...
Yet like Trump’s previous education secretary, Betsy DeVos, McMahon has relatively limited experience working with the American school system. She hasn’t worked full-time in a K-12 school or ...