While America argues over elite universities and diversity programs, a quieter crisis is unfolding—one that threatens the very foundation of educational equity in this country. The Trump ...

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The source said "funds will be released to the states." The Trump administration has unfrozen more than $1 billion for critical after-school and summer education programming, a senior administration ...

The Trump administration on Monday moved to withhold a projected $6.8 billion nationwide in education funds — including at least $811 million from California — money appropriated by Congress to help ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Day camp providers and schools are warning that a Trump administration funding freeze could wreck summer for low-income American families and wipe out some after-school programming ...

The National Science Foundation has slashed funding available for research into STEM instruction in K-12 schools. The move—which amounts to a roughly 50% cut for such research, experts calculate —also ...

Officials removed decade-old guidance outlining the rights of students who are still learning English, which could weaken support for immigrant children. By Dana Goldstein The Trump administration has ...

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order about dismantling the Education Department alongside Education Secretary Linda McMahon at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2025.

Attorney General William Tong announces a lawsuit against the Trump administration at the attorney general’s office in Hartford on July 14. Connecticut is joining with 24 other states to sue the ...

Trump is holding back funds to help educate English learners and the children of migrant seasonal workers, among other programs. State officials are expected to challenge the moves as illegal. The ...