VANCOUVER, WA – The U.S. Department of Education has launched a federal civil rights investigation into Vancouver Public Schools, examining whether the district’s policies on transgender student athletes violate…
Read more Federal Government Opens Title IX Investigation Into Vancouver Public Schools – KXLeSchool News is counting down the 10 most-read stories of 2025. Story #1 focuses on the Trump Administration’s goal of dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Key points:…
Read more What happens after the U.S. Department of Education is dissolved?A Chicago nonprofit, in conjunction with the American Federation of Teachers, is suing the U.S. Department of Education over funding cuts to a program that has long provided…
Read more Chicago nonprofit sues Department of Education over alleged ‘unlawful’ grant program cutsFAMU School of Nursing students work in the new simulation lab in Tallahassee in April 2023. Photo: Glenn Beil/Florida A&M University/Getty Images In July, President Donald Trump signed…
Read more The Trump-Administration Change That Could Cripple NursingWASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Education is starting to break apart its major offices and hand their duties to other agencies — an early sign of how…
Read more Trump’s plan to dismantle Education Department takes first major stepNEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has agreed to resume student loan forgiveness for an estimated 2.5 million borrowers who are enrolled in certain federal repayment plans…
Read more Trump administration pledges to speed some student loan forgiveness after lawsuitNEW YORK (AP) — The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2026-27 school year has officially opened. Despite the U.S. government shutdown, the Education Department will…
Read more The 2026-27 FAFSA application is live. Here’s what to knowOn Wednesday, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican who is barred from seeking a second consecutive term, attacked the Democratic frontrunner in the race to replace him, Abigail…
Read more Glenn Youngkin injects trans issues into Virginia governor’s race, where Democrat Abigail Spanberger leadsSid Miller loves rock climbing, sailing and designing 3D-printed objects. This summer, he began studying graphic design at Milwaukee Area Technical College. He’s also deafblind, and savors the…
Read more Wisconsin’s only deafblind youth program empowered people since the 1960s. Trump cut it.Prince William School Board chair Dr. Babur Lateef told InsideNoVa he feels “reassured” after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from nearby school districts over transgender bathroom policies.…
Read more Despite dismissal, Prince William School Board chair ‘reassured’ by judge’s ruling in transgender rights suit – WTOP NewsDenver Public Schools has not complied with the Trump administration’s request that the district convert all multi-stall, all-gender bathrooms in its schools into separate facilities for female and…
Read more Denver Public Schools defies Trump administration deadline for removing all-gender bathroomsU.S. Department of Education Linda McMahon is on a 50-state “Returning Education to the States Tour.” U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is visiting Renaissance…
Read more Trump administration’s war on public schools comes to Detroit with unpublicized education chief visitBy BYRON TAU, The Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS — Administrators at the University of Colorado’s campus in Colorado Springs thought they stood a solid chance of dodging the…
Read more CU’s Colorado Springs campus thought it could avoid Trump’s education crackdown. Here’s what happenedNEW YORK (AP) — The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2026-27 school year has opened for a limited number of students as part of a…
Read more FAFSA application is open for early testing. Here’s what to know.This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. On the campaign trail, Donald Trump pledged to get rid of the U.S. Department…
Read more Trump has won a second term–here’s what that means for schoolsThe U.S. government reinstated access to federal financial aid for hundreds of thousands of incarcerated students over the weekend as a decades-old ban was officially lifted, opening the…
Read more Prison Education Just Got a Whole Lot Bigger. Here Are 3 Key Questions About What’s Next.The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Biden’s sweeping plan to cancel some debt for millions of people who took out loans for a college education.…
Read more U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Student-Loan Cancellation for Millions of BorrowersWhen Timothy Pinnow arrived at Finlandia University as its new president last summer, he wasn’t naïve about its financial situation. It was a tiny liberal-arts college in a…
Read more The College That Mortgaged EverythingRepublican politicians have found a new target in their efforts to reshape higher education: accrediting agencies. Announcing his presidential bid this month, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republican of Florida,…
Read more Why Are Trump and DeSantis Talking About Accreditation?WASHINGTON (AP) — College programs that leave graduates underpaid or buried in loans would be cut off from federal money under a proposal issued Wednesday by the Biden…
Read more New rule targets college programs that leave grads with low income, high debt
