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From the Desk of AIA President Evelyn Lee – The American Institute of Architects
Editor’s Note: The featured image at top is by WP AI. From the Desk of AIA President Evelyn Lee What you need to know about the Department of Education’s new rule excluding Architects from the definition of “professionals.” The DOE is undermining the future of architecture. Here’s how we fight back. Dear AIA Members, I…
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A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown – USA Today. Photo by Jack Gruber.
A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown The historic funding crisis inflicted pain on Americans across the country. Christine Grassman still hasn’t fully recovered. By Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY FALLS CHURCH, VA – It all started right before dragon boat practice. Christine Grassman and her husband, Gary, had an…
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Trump’s Department of Education strips “professional” status from teaching, nursing and other essential fields – World Socialist Web Site
Trump’s Department of Education strips “professional” status from teaching, nursing and other essential fields By Nancy Hanover, Kimie Saito, 24 November 2025 The Trump administration’s Department of Education (ED) has effectively reclassified nursing, teaching, social work, and dozens of other essential professions as non-professional fields through changes to federal student loan regulations. This move will…
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Trump moves closer to closing the Education Department – Consider This from NPR – NPR
Consider This from NPR Trump moves closer to closing the Education Department November 21, 20255:24 PM ET 8-Minute Listen When President Trump nominated Linda McMahon as education secretary, he told her to put herself out of a job. She moved one step closer to that this week when the Trump administration shifted the responsibility of…
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Trump’s dismantling of the Department of Education raises urgent questions – The 19th
Education ‘Selling off the Department of Education for parts’: The agency’s major overhaul faces fierce backlash The Trump administration’s restructuring plan will create “more confusion, more mistakes and more barriers” for students and families in need of support, advocates say. By Nadra Nittle, Education reporter Published November 19, 2025, 11:21 a.m. PT Republish this story…
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Trump undertakes a MAGA-centric makeover of US civics education – The Highland County Press
The agency said patriotic education “presents American history in a way that is accurate, honest, and inspiring. … Education Secretary Linda McMahon …
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ED Wants Grants to Advance “Patriotic Education” – Inside Higher Education
News September 19, 2025 How the Education Dept. Wants to Advance ‘Patriotic Education’ Professional historians say the department’s plan is part of the Trump administration’s broader attempt to create an Orwellian “truth ministry” and omit the more troubling aspects of the nation’s past. By Kathryn Palmer The Education Department has called on conservative groups to…
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Donald Trump’s “Patriotic Education” – Daily Kos
American Progress is an 1872 painting by John Gast that … I am replying to a Department of Education grant guideline where patriotic education …
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Trump administration flips civil rights mission for schools – The Washington Post
Under Trump, the Education Dept. has flipped its civil rights mission The administration is prioritizing allegations that transgender students and students of color are getting unfair advantages while a backlog of other cases grows. Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT, 10 min Workers leave the Department of Education building during a rain storm in Washington on…
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Letters from an American – July 15, 2025 – by Heather Cox Richardson
By Heather Cox Richardson, July 15, 2025 Without any explanation, the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court yesterday granted a stay on a lower court’s order that the Trump administration could not gut the Department of Education while the issue is in the courts. The majority thus throws the weight of the Supreme Court behind…
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Let the colleges fail – The Hill
By Richard Vedder, Opinion Contributor – 05/17/25 9:00 AM ET The U.S. is known for having exceptional private business enterprises. It is the prime mover in creating the most powerful and bountiful economy in history and also for having great colleges and universities. Its schools dominate world college rankings and draw students from throughout the…
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Draft Order Offers Hints to How Trump Wants to Shut Down the Department – Inside Higher Ed IHE
March 06, 2025 The leaked draft gives higher ed leaders some idea of what could happen next. By Jessica Blake A draft executive order obtained Thursday by Inside Higher Ed directs the newly confirmed education secretary, Linda McMahon, to “take all necessary steps” to return authority over education to the states and facilitate closure of…
