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- Federal The White House Set Out to Recruit Thousands of Tutors. Did It Make a Difference?Adults stepped up, but students' needs remain high just as interventions funded by federal relief money are at risk of ending.Federal Opinion Education Is an Afterthought in This Election. That’s a Problem for All of UsWhat does it say about our country if presidential candidates walk away from education policy? asks Bettina L. Love.Federal What JD Vance and Tim Walz Said About School Safety in VP DebateEducation came up in the vice presidential debate, unlike the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.Federal Opinion Project 2025's Education Lead on the Controversial Policy AgendaHere’s what the lead author of the education section in the Heritage Foundation’s proposal has to say.Federal Moms for Liberty Co-Founder Would Be 'Honored' to Be Trump's Education SecretaryThe conservative education activist is "as much in the mix as anyone," according to a former GOP congressional staffer.Federal Opinion Project 2025 Might Feel New, But Its Roots Reach Back DecadesIt represents the culmination of a movement to gut public education, writes Bettina L. Love.Federal Days After Georgia Shooting, No Mention of Safety or Schools in Trump-Harris DebateThe debate came less than a week after two students and two teachers were killed at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga.Federal Photos PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes at the Moms for Liberty National SummitFormer President Trump was a keynote the final night—and said little about schools.Federal At Moms for Liberty National Summit, Trump Hardly Mentions EducationIn a "fireside chat" with a co-founder of the parents' rights group, the former president didn't discuss his education policy priorities.Federal Then & Now Why It's So Hard to Kill the Education Department—and Why Some Keep TryingProject 2025 popularized plans to end the U.S. Department of Education, but the idea has been around since the agency's inception.Federal ‘Coaching and Politics’: What Coaches See in Tim Walz's VP CandidacyTim Walz's experience as a football coach is viewed by fellow coaches as good preparation for national politics.Federal Video WATCH: 5 Key Education Moments From the Democratic National ConventionCalls to end gun violence, Tim Walz's background as a teacher, and Project 2025 all made for key K-12 moments at the 2024 convention.Federal Trump Will Return to Moms for Liberty Summit as Keynote SpeakerAt the group's 2023 meeting, the former president pledged to eliminate the Education Department and have parents elect principals.Federal Where Does Kamala Harris Stand on Education? Inside the 2024 Democratic PlatformThe 2024 platform calls for universal prekindergarten, expanded career and technical education, and fully funding IDEA.Federal Project 2025 and GOP Aim for Universal School Choice. What Would That Look Like?Most ambitious private school choice policies have happened at the state level. How would it take shape at the federal level?