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Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school ...
Gov. JB Pritzker joins letter demanding release of federal education funding, with billions still in limbo
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a letter with 17 other Democratic governors Thursday, calling on the Trump administration to release ...
U.S. government gives some education money back to states
The Trump administration released $1.3 billion in education funding back to the states after bipartisan pushback.
Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with Department of Education layoffs—what it means for student loan borrowers
The Department of Education laid off roughly 1,400 employees in March and a federal judge paused the move. The Supreme Court ...
Student-loan borrowers are at high risk if Trump dismantles the Department of Education, 11 organizations told Elizabeth Warren
Education organizations told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that Trump's plans to dismantle the Department of Education will harm ...
Bernie Sanders says Vermont needs more federal education aid, speaks out against funding cuts
Sanders addressed what he called the trickle-down effects of the big, beautiful bill on people across our region and ...
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Trump sharpens the axe for the Education Department. Swing away, Mr. President. | Opinion
President Donald Trump's job isn't to employ as many bureaucrats as possible. It's to deliver effective and efficient services to taxpayers.
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Demoting the Education Department’s watchdog is a spark in a five-alarm fire
It will not only impact the oversight at the Department of Education; it will likely undermine the entire inspector general community.