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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened national origin discrimination investigations into the University of Louisville, the University of Nebraska Omaha, the University of Miami, the University of Michigan, and Western Michigan University. The investigations will determine whether these universities are granting scholarships only for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or “undocumented” students, in …

Gen Z is struggling to break into the entry-level job market—but young male college graduates may be hurting the most. The most recent data from the Federal Reserve indicates that the unemployment rate among recent college graduates is on the rise, at about 5.5%. Although it remains lower than the 6.9% rate among all young workers between 22 and 27 …

The US will quit the United Nations’ culture and education agency Unesco, the US state department said on Tuesday, as Donald Trump continues to pull out of international institutions. “Unesco works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN’s sustainable development goals, a globalist, ideological agenda for international development at odds with our …

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 15: U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon prepares to do a live TV interview … More with Fox News outside of the White House on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Department of Education quietly announced that student loan forgiveness under the IBR plan has been paused. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Getty Images The Department …

The U.S. Department of Education today released a ‘Dear Colleague Letter’ (DCL) outlining the immediate implementation of numerous higher education provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB). This action comes two weeks after President Trump signed the OBBB into law – delivering historic victories that will simplify federal student aid programs and repayment options.  “President Trump’s One Big …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states. President Donald Trump’s administration on July 1 withheld more than $6 billion in federal grants for after-school and summer programs, …

Depleted Education Department staff must brace for impossible to-do list, former officials caution  Politico A Constitutional Coup in the Shadows  Brennan Center for Justice Fired Education Dept. workers say the ‘fight isn’t over’  USA Today King Donald? Supreme Court grants Trump power to repeal laws at his whim  The Hill Supreme Court ruling allows Trump to gut Education Dept., sparking fears for vulnerable students  The …

In 2018, Dr Timberly Baker decided to home school her children after a local school in Arkansas failed to challenge her eldest child. Her daughter, Baker said, is gifted. But despite routinely testing off the charts during standardized exams, the school had no plan on how Baker’s daughter could take more advanced classes. Still new to home schooling, Baker decided …

The Trump administration is withholding more than $6 billion in grant funding for schools — money typically used for after-school and summer programs, professional development for teachers, English language instruction for non-native speakers and more. The first portion of the funding is usually sent to schools by July 1. The Unit 5 school district is waiting on almost $1 million. …

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled to allow the Trump administration to resume its efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. What will that mean to schools, students and families? STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next, we report on the implications of a plan to lay off almost 1,400 staffers at the U.S. Department of Education. As we’ve been reporting, the …