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Education news, analysis, and opinion about the legislation, guidance, policies and people involved in federal and state government
School Choice & Charters Trump's Order Kicks Off His Efforts to Expand Private School Choice
Trump is directing several federal agencies to look into expanding school choice offerings—a push that continues from his first term.
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Education Funding Trump Spending Freeze Hits Roadblocks: How 69´«Ã½ Are Coping With Chaos
The Trump administration appeared to halt the planned funding freeze, but district leaders remain cautious.
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Education Funding Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze Was Blocked. But Confusion Among 69´«Ã½ Remains
The order sent school districts and others scrambling to determine which federal funds for schools could be stopped.
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Federal Title IX, School Choice, ‘Indoctrination’—How Trump Took on 69´«Ã½ in Week 2
It was a week in which the newly inaugurated president began wholeheartedly to act on his agenda for schools.
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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center on Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center on Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Trump's second week in the White House featured his first direct foray into policymaking aimed directly at schools.
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Federal Then & Now Why Can't We Leave No Child Left Behind ... Behind?
The law and its contours are stuck in our collective memory. What does that say about how we understand K-12 policy?
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Collage image of former President G.W. Bush signing NCLB bill.
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Federal What's in Trump's New Executive Orders on Indoctrination and School Choice
The White House has no authority over curriculum, and no ability to unilaterally pull back federal dollars, but Trump is toeing the line.
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President Donald Trump signs a document in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.
President Donald Trump signs a document in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.
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Federal Trump Threatens School Funding Cuts in Effort to End 'Radical Indoctrination'
An executive order from the president marks an effort from the White House to influence what schools teach.
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President Donald Trump, right, arrives in a classroom at St. Andrew Catholic School in Orlando, Fla., on March 3, 2017.
President Donald Trump visits a classroom at St. Andrew Catholic School in Orlando, Fla., on March 3, 2017. Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 29, 2025, that aims to end what he calls "radical indoctrination" in the nation's schools.
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  • State Superintendent Ryan Walters speaks to members of the State Board of Education during a meeting, Aug. 24, 2023, in Oklahoma City, Okla.
    State Superintendent Ryan Walters speaks to members of the State Board of Education during a meeting, Aug. 24, 2023, in Oklahoma City, Okla. On Jan. 28, the state board unanimously approved a proposed rule to require schools to collect students' immigration status information.
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    States Oklahoma Takes Step to Require Parents to Provide 69´«Ã½ Proof of Citizenship
    Leaders in at least three states have made efforts to collect data on undocumented students, or outright ban them.
    Ileana Najarro, January 28, 2025
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    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
    School Choice & Charters Opinion Teachers Might Embrace Private School Choice. Here's Why
    School choice is often discussed in terms of student impact. But what's in it for teachers?
    Rick Hess, January 28, 2025
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    Tennessee Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn is greeted by students at Fairmount Elementary in Bristol, Tenn., on Monday morning, June 14, 2021, during her "Accelerating TN Tour 2021." The students at Fairmount are taking part in the Summer S.T.R.E.A.M. Camp.
    Penny Schwinn is greeted by students at Fairmount Elementary in Bristol, Tenn., on June 14, 2021, during her tenure as Tennessee's education commissioner. Schwinn's nomination to serve as deputy education secretary in President Donald Trump's second term has drawn praise from across the political spectrum.
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    Federal How the K-12 World Is Reacting to Trump's Pick for the Ed. Dept.'s No. 2 Job
    While Linda McMahon brings a business background, Penny Schwinn brings a long resume in education.
    Brooke Schultz, January 27, 2025
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    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington on March 6, 2021.
    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington on March 6, 2021. He has criticized the Trump Administration's move in January 2025 to nix a school safety panel created by federal legisation.
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    Federal Schumer Tells Trump to Immediately Reinstate School Safety Board
    Trump must immediately reinstate a federal school safety board, Schumer demanded.
    Evie Blad, January 27, 2025
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    The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024.
    The U.S. Supreme Court has granted review in a potentially landmark case about whether a state may, or even must, include a religious school in its public charter school funding program.
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    Law & Courts Are Religious Charter 69´«Ã½ Legal? The Supreme Court Will Decide Soon
    The court's ruling could fundamentally alter the line between church and state in education.
    Mark Walsh, January 24, 2025
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    This combination of photos shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris during an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia.
    Donald Trump and Kamala Harris participate in the ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024. Supporters of both candidates say that they didn't hear enough about education during the election.
    Alex Brandon/AP
    Federal A Divided Electorate Agrees on One Thing: Education Didn’t Get Enough Airtime
    A newly released poll finds voters wanted to hear more.
    Alyson Klein, January 24, 2025
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  • President-elect Donald Trump speaks at meeting of the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington.
    Donald Trump speaks at meeting of the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. He returned to the White House this week, taking a flurry of executive actions, some of which could affect schools.
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    Federal Here Are Trump's First-Week Actions That Could Affect 69´«Ã½
    There's been a lot to keep track of during Trump's first week back in the White House. Here's how it all could affect schools.
    Brooke Schultz, January 24, 2025
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    John Kluge, a former Indiana teacher, pictured in an undated photo.
    John M. Kluge is an Indiana teacher who was dismissed for refusing to use transgender students' chosen names and pronouns.
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    Law & Courts Legal Fights Highlight Clashes Over Transgender 69´«Ã½â€™ Pronouns in 69´«Ã½
    A federal court weighs the case of a teacher who refused to use students' chosen names and pronouns, as similar questions arise elsewhere.
    Mark Walsh, January 23, 2025
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    Image of a school hallway with icons representing lockdowns, SRO, metal detectors.
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    Federal Trump Admin. Axes Newly Created School Safety Board
    The Trump administration disbanded a board that advises agencies on school safety strategies. Members include parents of school shooting victims.
    Evie Blad, January 23, 2025
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    Young girl working on an electrical panel in a classroom setting.
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    Federal Most Voters Reject Trump’s Push to Cut U.S. Education Department, Poll Finds
    Career-connected learning has broad support from voters across the political spectrum, according to the survey.
    Alyson Klein, January 22, 2025
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    69´«Ã½ arrive for school Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston.
    69´«Ã½ arrive for school Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday said it had revoked a policy that kept immigration agents from making arrests and conducting enforcement raids at schools and other places considered sensitive locations.
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    Federal Trump Admin. Lifts Ban on Immigration Arrests at 69´«Ã½
    A new change ends a policy that mostly prohibited agents from making immigration arrests at schools and other spots where children gather.
    Brooke Schultz & Ileana Najarro, January 22, 2025
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    Former U.S. Secretaries of Education Arne Duncan, John King, and Margaret Spellings discuss the future of the U.S. Department of Education.
    From left, former education secretaries Margaret Spellings, John King, and Arne Duncan. The three former agency heads, who served during the Bush and Obama administrations respectively, discussed the future of the U.S. Department of Education during a Jan. 21, 2025, event hosted by the Brookings Institution.
    Gerry Broome, Susan Walsh, Jacquelyn Martin/AP
    Federal What 3 Former Education Secretaries Think of Their Old Department's Future
    Though President Donald Trump’s first-term proposal to end the agency didn't materialize, he renewed the campaign promise last year.
    Brooke Schultz, January 21, 2025
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The reading and math results may not directly influence K-12 purchasing, but they will shape discussions over federal spending and strategy.
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EdWeek Market Brief's New Survey Has Implications for Providers of Academic Resources
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A leading advisor in AI discusses ideas from healthcare and other sectors, the use of "agentic" AI, and the technology's application in K-12.
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The administration says it will continue to attempt to impose conditions on federal spending separately, through executive orders.
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