Department of Education Ties Federal Money to Trump Executive Orders

Department of Education navigating uncertainties

President Trump signed an executive order pledging to eliminate the $103 billion-funded Department of Education, despite the majority of Americans disagreeing. North Dakota and Minnesota put these dollars to good use in educating students. Trump’s unprecedented action requires Congressional approval, which is unlikely. Currently, 37 lawsuits are challenging these actions to diminish public schooling. When states fail to support students due to l…

Department of Education Ties Federal Money to Trump Executive Orders

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org CONCORD — School boards and superintendents balked at signing a mandatory document from the New Hampshire Department of Education required for schools to receive federal money and grants. The “general assurances” form informs the state and federal department of educations a school district complies with all federal statutes, rules, guidances and executive orders for any number of federal programs including Title IX …

New grant priorities announced by Department of Education

Secretary Linda McMahon President Donald Trump has said over and over he wants to eliminate the federal Department of Education. That bureaucracy hands out money and sets rules, but actually it is local school boards and state agencies that manage much of the decision-making in the education…

What Can the Federal Government Do to Promote Learning?

On May 10, Dana Goldstein wrote a long article in The New York Times about how education disappeared as a national or federal issue. Why, she wondered, did the two major parties ignore education in the 2024 campaign? Kamala Harris supported public schools and welcomed the support of the two big teachers’ unions, but she did not offer a flashy new program to raise test scores. Trump campaigned on a promise to privatize public funding, promote vou…