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May 27, 2025
The United States Capitol building as a bookcase filled with red, white, and blue policy books in a Washington DC landscape.
Luca D'Urbino for Education Week
Federal Opinion Trump's Barrage of Executive Orders for Education: How Significant Are They?
A Washington insider discusses the immediate—and long-term—implications of the administration's education goals.
Rick Hess, May 6, 2025
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Education Funding The Big Questions About Trump's K-12 Budget Proposal, Answered
Trump is proposing to cut billions of dollars in K-12 investments, consolidate grant programs, and potentially rejigger special education law.
Mark Lieberman, May 5, 2025
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Education Funding Trump Asks Congress to Slash Billions in Education Funding—and 'Preserve' Title I
A White House budget proposal calls for consolidating grants, eliminating key funding streams, and ramping up charter school investments.
Mark Lieberman, May 2, 2025
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Education Funding Trump's Spending Plans Are Late—Raising Worries About K-12 Funds
The executive branch has three opportunities in the near future to detail its education funding priorities in writing—but it hasn't yet.
Mark Lieberman, May 1, 2025
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Tue., April 29, 2025, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
Federal Webinar Navigating the Rapid Pace of Education Policy Change: Your Questions, Answered
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April 29, 2025
The United States Capitol building as a bookcase filled with red, white, and blue policy books in a Washington DC landscape.
Luca D'Urbino for Education Week
Federal Opinion Trump's 100 Days: The Good, the Bad, and the Confounding
Watching the Trump 2.0 approach to education feels like being trapped in a Russian novel.
Rick Hess, April 29, 2025
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Federal How Trump Has Changed Schools in His First 100 Days: A Timeline
Schools have experienced an unprecedented quantity and velocity of K-12 policy shifts in President Donald Trump’s first 100 days.
Jennifer Vilcarino, April 29, 2025
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The U.S. Department of Education in Washington pictured on Friday, March 28, 2025, during a rally to support departing employees.
The U.S. Department of Education in Washington pictured on Friday, March 28, 2025, during a rally to support departing employees. A federal judge on Friday questioned the Trump administration's arguments in favor of dismantling the federal agency.
Moriah Ratner for Education Week
Law & Courts Judge Casts Doubt on Trump’s Authority to Gut Education Dept. Staff
Twenty-one states and a coalition of unions and school districts are challenging the president's dismantling of the Education Department.
Mark Lieberman, April 25, 2025
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President Donald Trump signs an executive order regarding education in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and Education Secretary Linda McMahon watch.
President Donald Trump signs an executive order regarding education in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and Education Secretary Linda McMahon watch.
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Federal Trump to Schools: Banish 'Equity Ideology' in Discipline
Trump’s latest action continues to take aim at diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.
Brooke Schultz & Evie Blad, April 24, 2025
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Sarah Hinger (center), deputy director of the ACLU Racial Justice Program, takes questions from reporters after oral arguments in a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire seeking to block the Trump administration from requiring public schools to end DEI programs on April 17, 2025.
Sarah Hinger (center), deputy director of the ACLU racial justice program, takes questions from reporters after oral arguments in a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire seeking to block the Trump administration from requiring public schools to end DEI programs on April 17, 2025. Two federal judges on Thursday issued orders limiting the Trump administration's ability to enforce its anti-DEI directives to schools and colleges.
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Law & Courts Trump Can't Enforce Anti-DEI Directives in Schools, 3 Judges Say
Three judges, including two Trump appointees, said the administration had overstepped its authority in its efforts to rid schools of DEI.
Matthew Stone, April 24, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence What Trump's Draft Executive Order on AI Could Mean for Schools
The executive order calls for federal agencies to help schools train teachers and instruct students how to use AI.
Arianna Prothero & Lauraine Langreo, April 22, 2025
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Federal Trump Admin. Tells Schools: No Federal Funds If You're Using DEI
A letter sent out Thursday is another Trump administration to curb diversity, equity, and inclusion in schools—and use funding as leverage.
Brooke Schultz, April 3, 2025
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