On October 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) Student Privacy Policy Office announced that it is investigating three California school districts over activities related to required ethnic studies courses. The curriculum at all three school districts included “Wheel of Power/Privilege” or “Mapping My Identities” activities or both, according…
According to an October 23, 2026 update published in the Federal Register, the Trump administration is no longer recognizing guidance documents, resources for school districts, and civil rights enforcement approaches that aimed to make education more accessible for English learners (ELs), Black and other marginalized students. The U.S. Department of…
An October 13, 2026 letter from two key Senate Appropriations Committee members says the U.S. Department of Education(USDE) is making it easier to cancel funding in future years. Those Democratic legislators, who are part of the Senate Appropriations Committee, accused the USDE of “frontloading” grants by making multiyear funding available…
The education sector should collaborate more closely with housing, health and community systems to address barriers to homeless students’ learning, according to a series of reports released by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for the Transformation of Schools. The reports analyzed trends in student homelessness in four…
The U.S. Department of Justice announced last month the end to desegregation orders affecting dozens of mostly Southern school districts — including many in areas that have seen increasing segregation in recent years or are more racially segregated now than they were in the 1990s, according to a K-12 Dive…
As reported by K-12 Dive, The Trump administration’s sudden cancellation of over 100 federal teacher training grants last year caused at least 127 teacher candidates to drop out of their programs and another 259 accepted candidates to not enroll after all. In fact, survey results released on October 8, 2026,…
According to K-12 Dive, the Trump administration is escalating its crackdown on mental health screenings for students, stressing that the practice doesn’t comply with parental rights laws if school officials administer the screenings without first notifying parents and obtaining their written consent. In fact, on October 5, 2026 a warning…
The controversial program is estimated to provide $26 billion in taxpayer contributions annually for education expenses for public and private school students. According to an October 1, 2026 proposed rule by the U.S. Treasury Department, states would have limited power to set specific conditions for how the first nationwide school…
Despite being seen by some as additional red tape, starting November 1, 2026, all U.S. Department of Education (USDE) grant recipients will be required to have written justification for drawing down pre-approved funding. , According to a September 28, 2026 agency memo. an additional step has been added to add…
According to guidance issued jointly on September 25, 2026 by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), K-12 schools can better prepare for and protect themselves from swatting incidents by developing procedures and training to identify and respond to false threats. Swatting is identified…
