US EditionTrump moves against Department of Education: What to know
- On March 20, 2025, an executive order was signed by President Donald Trump that initiated the process of dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, leading to significant federal changes.
- The order followed prior actions including workforce cuts and funding freezes that reduced Education Department staff by nearly 50% in March 2025.
- These cuts affected programs like child care subsidies, federal research contracts worth $900 million, and civil rights enforcement in schools nationwide.
- About 1,315 employees were laid off, and nearly 85% of some local child care center budgets faced freezing, threatening service continuity for millions of children.
- The executive order and related actions suggest a shift of educational responsibility to states, possibly reducing federal oversight and impacting access to quality schooling.
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Commentary: School Bias Cases Doubled Under Biden Administration | April 18, 2025
by James Varney While limiting strings-attached grants and curbing federal regulation, President Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education also take aim at a key tool bureaucrats use to oversee schools in all 50 states: civil rights investigations. Probes handled by the department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against public schools, colleges and universities roughly doubled during the Biden administration, topping 20,000 last…
Commentary: Virginia's children pay a steep price for incompetent politics
The Trump administration has no qualms about weakening an already threadbare system of support that thousands of families — millions of children — rely on, without offering any real solutions for how to replace or reform it.
North Carolina teacher says students want educators to fight for them
President Trump wants to dismantle the federal Department of Education. At a “Hands Off” protest recently in Charlotte, North Carolina teacher Rae LeGrone joined thousands of demonstrators to explain what impact that would have on North Carolina students. To get all the North Carolina news in your inbox, sign up for Cardinal & Pine’s free, award-winning newsletter. The post Video: North Carolina teacher says students want educators to fight fo…
Judith Eckert: Time for Dunleavy to lead the rescue of our state's children from the digital pandemic
By Judith Eckert The US Department of Education is being dismantled, and not a moment too soon. For years, federal overreach has eroded local control, dumbed down curriculum, and pushed policies that treat screens as saviors rather than suspects. Now, in the wake of President Trump’s March 2025 executive order, it’s finally up to governors, […] The post Judith Eckert: Time for Dunleavy to lead the rescue of our state’s children from the digital …
Black colleges ponder their future as Trump makes cuts to education dollars - The Philadelphia Sunday Sun
The Florida A&M University campus is seen in Tallahassee, Fla., on June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser, File) Education advocates say states must step up support after decades of underfunding HBCUs. By Robbie Sequeira Stateline.org The nation’s historically Black colleges and universities, known as HBCUs, are wondering how to survive in an uncertain and contentious educational climate as the Trump administration downsizes the scope and purpo…
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