House Republicans’ Bills Could Dismantle the Education Dept.

Mark Harris introduces bill moving key K-12 and college functions from Education Department to Labor  

EXCLUSIVE — A new House Republican bill aims to move forward with President Donald Trump‘s plan to dismantle the Department of Education by shifting responsibilities to other agencies. Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC), a freshman member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, is introducing the “Less Bureaucracy, Better K-12 Education” and “Less Bureaucracy, []

10 bills introduced to codify outsourcing of federal education programs

Supporters say the Republican-led proposals would help “right-size” the U.S. Department of Education, while opponents predict inefficiencies.

A new GOP bill aims to make the transfer of millions of student-loan accounts to Treasury official

Rep. Tim Walberg introduced a bill to allow the transfer of student-loan account management from the Education Department to the Treasury. Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images House GOP introduced a slate of bills intended to “right-size” the Education Department. One of the bills codifies the department’s plan to transfer student-loan accounts to the Treasury. The []

Education Department Announces New Measure to Encourage Student Loan Repayment

America doesn’t just have a student debt problem—it has an accountability problem. If policymakers want an affordable higher education system, they must stop cycles of debt accumulation and forgiveness and require students to pay back the money they borrowed. Last week, the Department of Education announced a temporary 1 student loan interest rate reduction for...

दुई विधेयक दफावार छलफलका लागि स्वीकृत

काठमाडौँ। प्रतिनिधिसभाको बैठकले आज ‘पर्यटन विधेयक २०८२’ र ‘नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंक तेस्रो संशोधन विधेयक २०८३’ गरी दुई विधेयक दफावार छलफलका लागि सम्बन्धित समितिमा पठाउन सर्वसम्मतले स्वीकृत गरेको छ। सभाको आजको बैठकमा संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयनमन्त्री खडकराज पौडेलले राष्ट्रियसभामा उत्पत्ति भएको ‘पर्यटन विधेयक २०८२’ को प्रतिनिधिसभाबाट दफावार छलफलका लागि सम्बन्धित समितिमा पठाउन प्रस्ताव गरेका थिए []

Truman Scholarship, a Democrat ‘talent pipeline,’ on path to reform

A key House committee is moving forward with efforts to reform a federally funded scholarship program after extensive reporting from The College Fix uncovered the program’s overwhelming liberal bias. The House Committee on Education and Workforce advanced New York Rep. Elise Stefanik’s Truman Scholarship Clean House Act, which could soon be brought before the committee []...Click to read more

FOR INSIDERS | House GOP’s packed to-do list faces ticking clock

House Republicans are staring down a tight legislative calendar after an intraparty revolt forced Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to send lawmakers home early last week for the second time in a row, squeezing an already limited window for the party to advance an ambitious agenda amid a high-stakes election year. Lawmakers departed for the July...

House committee strikes bipartisan deal to regulate social media for kids

The KIDS Act combines portions of more than a dozen existing bills and still needs Senate approval and a presidential signature

Column: Teacher pension problems continue to get bigger – Champaign News-Gazette

“When you hear framings like ‘schools are underfunded’ or ‘schools are overfunded,’ usually those are missing the point. It’s that a growing share of what we already spend never reaches students, and until that problem is directly confronted, even the largest tax increases will struggle to deliver on their stated promises,” write Joshua Rauh and Gregory Kearney of Stanford’s Hoover Institute.

School Choice on the Brink: PA Democrats Put State Before Students

As many as 30,000 students could lose their scholarships.

We are shortchanging rural schools and the students they educate

An overhaul of the state's approach to funding rural school districts is desperately needed in order to provide their students with the education they deserve.

Ore. officials propose attendance law overhaul

The Oregon Department of Education has proposed repealing and replacing existing attendance laws to improve student attendanc -More-

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The Trump administration is in the midst of a sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Department of Education. Its stated goal is to “return education to the states.” But the more immediate question is whether the new structure will make the federal education system clearer and more accountable—or leave states, schools, and families facing a maze of agencies and unclear lines of responsibility. The administration is carrying out the overhaul through 14 interagency agreements that move at least 148 Read More

DeSantis's 'Stop WOKE' Law Struck Down — By A Judge Trump Appointed Himself

A federal appeals panel took a red pen to Ron DeSantis's Stop WOKE Act on Tuesday, handing the governor yet another lesson in constitutional law he apparently didn't attend. The 11th Circuit ruled 2-1 that the law's higher-ed provisions — which tried to muzzle professors from so much as discussing race and gender in class — violate the First Amendment, because it turns out the government doesn't get to script what college professors say. Bold concept, we know. The judges didn't mince words either, accusing Florida of puppeteering educators — turning them into state-approved mouthpieces rather than, you know, teachers. Judge Britt Grant — a Trump appointee who wrote the majority opinion — rejected Florida's argument that professors' speech belongs to the state simply because taxpayers fund their salaries, calling the theory Emphatically no, The Guardian reports. read more

Instead of tackling affordability, House Republicans bully trans college students

House Republicans advanced two higher education bills Thursday that LGBTQ+ advocates warn would weaken campus nondiscrimination protections and allow student groups to exclude LGBTQ+ people while still receiving recognition, funding, and other benefits from public colleges and universities.

(LEAD) U.S. lawmakers reintroduce Senate bill to reauthorize N. Korean human rights act

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Yonhap) -- Two U.S. lawmakers have reintroduced a Senate bi...

Pennsylvania Catholic schools brace for possible tax-credit cuts

If a bill passed by the state House eliminating the tax credits becomes law, scholarship organizations would lose their funding source and students would lose tuition assistance. [...]

San Antonio member of State Board of Education says new curriculum proposal offers dishonest view of history

A Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) member representing San Antonio is raising the alarm about statewide curriculum changes that could require Texas students to learn Bible verses in class and receive a whitewashed version of U.S. history. The Republican-led SBOE opted Thursday evening to allow final votes on a rewrite of Texas’ kindergarten through [] The post San Antonio member of State Board of Education says new curriculum proposal offers dishonest view of history appeared first on San Antonio Current.

USD 500 document says the district may not inform parents of their child’s gender transition, despite a legal requirement to do so

A whistleblower video confirms that, contrary to protestations, USD 500 Kansas City appears to continue flouting state and federal law concerning “social transitioning” of students by having the conversations “be like underground railroad conversationsso not stopping the work, just not making it so public.” Another speaker says.”Everybody’s kind of in the same garbled mess of [] The post USD 500 document says the district may not inform parents of their child’s gender transition, despite a legal requirement to do so appeared first on The Sentinel.

McMahon, Sanders Announce Education Authority Shift

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon joins Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Arkansas Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva for a press conference at 3:35 p.m. ET on July 7 to announce an initiative called “Returning Education to the States.”

When uneducated minds change the education system, by Owei Lakemfa

The Federal Government has announced it is replacing the 6-3-3-4 education system with a linear 12-year one. This is without wide consultations with the citizenry or the major stakeholders like parents, intellectuals, teachers, students, employers and labour. Just nine months ago, government had, with immediate effect, imposed major changes in the education system. That was on [] The post When uneducated minds change the education system, by Owei Lakemfa appeared first on Vanguard News.

Plans move forward to dismantle Dept. of Education, attacking civil rights, special ed

In a move widely criticized by as well as teachers’ unions, disability rights organizations, feminists and others, the Dept. of Education announced June 16 the plan to relocate several important education programs to other federal agencies without Congressional approval.

How $225 Million In School Funds Vanished Into Luxury Homes, Fake Invoices, And Disney Cruises

A deep dive into more than six years of federal watchdog records shows that over 225 million meant for classrooms across America was instead swallowed up by widespread corruption, insider dealing, and elaborate scams. Auditors from SFOF and Open The Books tracking the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General’s reports from October 1, [] How 225 Million In School Funds Vanished Into Luxury Homes, Fake Invoices, And Disney Cruises

Lawmakers narrow in on potential fix for Wyoming school activity funding disparities

Under the state’s newly recalibrated model, certain districts face plummeting funding for sports and activities like speech and debate. A legislative committee aims to amend that. The post Lawmakers narrow in on potential fix for Wyoming school activity funding disparities appeared first on WyoFile .

‘Broken and unfair’: Morrison-era policy slogging students with hundreds of millions in extra debt

'We are talking about students carrying a significant debt into their late 40s, and many will never repay it.' The post ‘Broken and unfair’: Morrison-era policy slogging students with hundreds of millions in extra debt appeared first on Crikey.

Meet The Members Of Congress Who Want To Turn Back Clock 100 Years On American Institution

Members of Congress are pushing to repeal the 17th Amendment and elect senators the way the Constitution originally decreed. Nine GOP House lawmakers have co-signed a joint resolution introduced by Republican Texas Rep. Keith Self to repeal the amendment that mandates that U.S. senators be chosen by direct election. If the resolution passes and is []

家长与校方支持恢复体罚 强调须设严格规范

随着国会近期掀起恢复学校体罚的讨论部分家长与校方代表公开表示支持但强调必须在严格规范下执行确保学生身心健康不受伤害 根据The Vibes报道两名小学生的父亲诺阿兹里指出当今教育体系在管控学生纪律方面面临“严峻挑战”包括逃学不尊重师长甚至霸凌等问题日益严重

PA House Democrats Advance Bill Restricting School Choice Programs

PA House Democrats Advance Bill Restricting School Choice Programs

John Thompson: Public Schools Are a Public Good, Not a Commodity!

John Thompson, historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma, reports on a discussion between historian Jack Schneider and journalist Jennifer Berkshire about the future of public schools. There is no denying the well-funded effort, supported by the Trump administration, to send public money to nonpublic schools. And yet more than 85 of American children still enroll []

Lyrical Error In Odisha: 'Nimbuda Nimbuda' Song In Class 5 English Textbook

It is suspected that the blunder occurred due to a major oversight. The gaffe has raised serious questions about the state's education system

States Need Better Adult Learner Strategies

States Need Better Adult Learner Strategies Joshua.Bay Fri, 07/10/2026 - 03:00 AM More than 43 million Americans have college credits but no credential. A new report from ReUp Education outlines how states can improve efforts to re-engage them. Byline(s) Joshua Bay