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Education news, analysis, and opinion about federal education policies and federal officials.
Federal What Should Research at the Ed. Dept. Look Like? The Field Weighs InThe agency requested input on the Institute of Education Sciences' future. More than 400 comments came in.
Federal Education Department Layoffs Would Affect Dozens of Programs. See Which OnesEntire teams that work on key funding streams may not return to work even when the shutdown ends.
Federal Ed. Dept. Tells More Than 250 Civil Rights Staff They've Been Laid OffThe layoffs come just days after the agency began a new round of staff reductions during the shutdown.
Federal Ed. Dept. Offices Will Be Virtually Wiped Out in Latest LayoffsThe U.S. Department of Education is losing about a fifth of its already diminished workforce.
Federal A New Wave of Federal Layoffs Will Hit the Education DepartmentMultiple divisions will lose staff members, according to the union representing agency staffers.
Federal Senate Confirms Longtime North Dakota Schools Chief for Top Ed. Dept. RoleSenators approved a batch of Trump nominees that also included others to top Education Department posts.
Federal How the Federal Government Shutdown Is Affecting Schools: A TrackerEducation Week monitored how the federal government's shutdown affected schools and other education functions.
Federal Ed. Dept. Out-of-Office Emails Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown, Staff SayStaffers say they were instructed to use nonpartisan messages, then they were changed.
Federal How Will a Federal Shutdown Affect Schools? 5 Big Questions, AnsweredSchool funding could experience yet another setback this year if the federal government closes up shop.
Federal Linda McMahon Says 'We Have to Teach How to Disagree' After Charlie Kirk KillingThe education secretary's conciliatory tone contrasted with others in the Trump administration amid the furor over the activist's murder.
Federal Trump Admin. Drops Bid to Change a Title IX Rule Through Energy Dept.The administration has used multiple agencies to enforce its view of the sex-discrimination law.
Federal Trump Says Ed. Dept. Will Release New Guidance on School PrayerThe federal agency will wade into an intensified debate over the place of religion in schools.
Federal Reported Essay How Trump Is Changing the Federal Government’s Role in SchoolsWhen Donald Trump waded into the fight over a high school mascot, it revealed a lot about his true education agenda.
Federal Letter to the Editor Why Publish Arguments Hostile to Public Education?A reader pushes back against recent essays published in Education Week Opinion in this letter to the editor.
Federal Laid-Off Civil Rights Staff Will Return to Work Next Month, Ed. Dept. SaysIt’s the first time the agency—which has been under court orders to reinstate staff—has said it will actually bring laid-off employees back.
