On June 4, 2025. the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s motion for a stay in a lawsuit challenging the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education (USDE), effectively halting efforts to reduce the agency’s workforce and transfer some education responsibilities to other federal departments until the…
On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended the U.S. Department of Education's (USDE) FY 26 Budget at a Senate hearing on Capital Hill. The budget recommends a total of $66.7 billion for all USDE activities, which would be $12 billion, or 15.3%, less than its current…
On Friday, May 30, 2025 the White House revealed further details on its FY 26 budget proposal. Several programs are targeted for spending reductions and eliminations under a new K-12 Simplified Funding Program (SFP). The K-12 SFP merges 18 current competitive formula funding grant programs into one $2 billion formula…
The White House fiscal year 2026 budget proposal shows the Trump administration is pushing to completely eliminate Equity Assistance Centers (EACs) by eliminating $7 million in funding for the centers, slashing the nation’s oldest education technical assistance program entirely. The proposal claims the centers have “indoctrinated children” and that their…
The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) is investigating the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, a highly selective Virginia public school, for its 2020 admissions policy that aimed to increase student diversity by conducting a more holistic review of applicants. The USDE’s review of the…
On May 27, 2025 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) immunization schedule for "healthy children and pregnant women." "We're now one step closer to realizing President Trump's promise to Make America…
As of May 22, 2025, a total of 1,046 confirmed measles cases were reported by 31 jurisdictions: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode…
As per a May 22, 2025 ruling by a federal judge, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) is temporarily barred from carrying out an executive order to shut down the agency and must reinstate employees who were fired as part of a mass reduction in force in March. A preliminary…
Education attorneys are set to launch a new organization by fall 2025 that would defend students’ civil rights in court and also track and report civil rights data. The effort, according to its founding nonprofit, aims to fill the gap left by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Department…
On May 21, 2025, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon fielded questions at a House hearing about school choice, literacy achievement, and closing the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). In the process, she defended the Trump administration’s proposed spending plan for fiscal year 2026 saying the budget will “shrink federal bureaucracy,…
