Thursday, April 24, 2025

Tag: Department of Education

Trump administration resumes student loan collections, threatening millions with garnished wages...

Restarting federal loan garnishments and ending relief programs, the Trump administration advances a sweeping overhaul that critics say punishes struggling borrowers and deepens a national crisis.

ACLU and NEA file lawsuit against Department of Education claiming attacks...

The lawsuit argued that the Department of Education has no lawful right to "dictate" curriculum or educational programs and educational institutes are protected under federal law to create their own curriculum.

McMahon confirmation exposes Trump’s plan to dismantle public education

Educators, unions, and civil rights advocates warn that the Trump administration’s agenda would devastate public schools, privatize education, and gut federal oversight.

Elon Musk’s team decimates Education Department arm that tracks national school...

Schools and districts across the country rely on research from the IES and contractors such as the American Institutes for Research to guide best practices in classrooms.

‘Educational arson’: Trump moves to abolish Dept. of Education amid broader...

We speak to longtime educator Jesse Hagopian about what he calls an “extremist, authoritarian power grab to dismantle public education and enforce ideological conformity.”

Activists arrested in Capitol Hill protest urging Biden to cancel student...

The Debt Collective’s protest underscores the urgent need for student debt relief and a reevaluation of U.S. military spending.

Court bars Biden’s student debt relief program leaving program in legal...

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruling came after six states claimed that the debt relief plan "threatens their future tax revenues and circumvents congressional authority."

4 in 5 parents wish teachers taught climate change – but...

"In terms of teaching climate change, we could adequately fund education. In terms of society, we have to pass radical legislation to force people to act in the best interests of the planet."

Making American schools less great again

The action, a precursor to a strike, is a direct response to the inadequate funding in the upcoming state budget and a referendum on the continuing divestment in public education.

3 questions that ‘created havoc’ in Betsy DeVos’ Department of Education

It’s actually been endemic in the education policy world for years, particularly in how the federal government continues to hide its agenda to further privatize the nation’s public school system by creating and expanding charter schools.

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Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner to remove synthetic food dyes from US food supply

The agency will work with the food industry to revoke authorization for two of the dyes in the coming months and eliminate the remaining six come the end of the year.

Trump administration resumes student loan collections, threatening millions with garnished wages and economic hardship

Restarting federal loan garnishments and ending relief programs, the Trump administration advances a sweeping overhaul that critics say punishes struggling borrowers and deepens a national crisis.

The ever-expanding war machine

Dismantling the government while pumping up the Pentagon.

If fear is the goal, then solidarity is the antidote

So let this be our mantra: It outlaws me, and I outlaw it.

The 89%: Exposing the climate majority and the media silence that keeps them unheard

Despite overwhelming global support for bold climate action, most governments are falling short—and newsrooms may be helping them do it.