Trump Administration Announces Steps to Dismantle Education Department

Responsibilities for K-12 and college programs, among others, will be moved to other federal agencies.

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Administration Must Restore Some Mental Health Grants, Court Says

The funding was part of a bipartisan measure that Congress approved in response to school shootings, but the Trump administration argued that the grants violated civil rights law.

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Colleges Face a Reckoning: Is a Degree Really Necessary?

Wyoming is one of many states that embraced a campaign to encourage more people to enroll in higher education. Some leaders and students wonder if they reached a limit.

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No Education Department? No Problem, Trump’s Education Secretary Says.

The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws.

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University of Virginia Won’t Join White House’s Compact for Colleges

It was the fifth school in a matter of days to refuse an offer of preferential funding treatment from the government, even as the White House has threatened schools that do not sign up.

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Trump Officials Appeal Challenge to Their Efforts to Restrict D.E.I.

A federal judge had previously stopped the administration from cutting off billions to schools that have diversity and equity programs.

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New York City Sues U.S. After School Aid Is Cut Over Gender Policies

The Trump administration argued that the school system is violating civil rights laws because of policies on transgender and nonbinary students.

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White House Guts Education Department With More Layoffs

About a fifth of the agency’s remaining staff was affected, including employees working on special education, funding for low-income students and civil rights enforcement.

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Harvard Seeks Assurances as Talks Restart in Washington

University leaders are wary of a new proposal from the Trump administration to impose far-reaching changes in higher education.

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Federal Workers’ Union Sues Administration Over Partisan Email Language

Department of Education employees this week found that their out-of-office emails during the government shutdown had been edited to include partisan language.

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