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Education Department drops English-learner guidance for schools – The Washington Post
Exclusive Education Department quietly removes rules for teaching English learners The move is an acceleration of President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring English the country’s “official language.” August 20, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. EDT, Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT, 7 min Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Trump administration aims to “promote assimilation over division.” (Mark…
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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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MAGA is already rewiring American education – The Economist
The Department of Education is being dismantled; universities are being brought to heel WHEN AMERICAN presidents announce education policies, they are inevitably flanked by a phalanx of pupils. The executive order signed by President Donald Trump on March 20th was no exception—the children even held up their own mock executive orders after practising their…
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Education Department letter threatens federal funding of any school that considers race in most aspects of student life | CNN Politics
Source Links: Education Department letter threatens federal funding of any school that considers race in most aspects of student life | CNN Politics
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Trump preps order to dismantle Education Department as DOGE probes data – The Washington Post
Education Higher education Local Education Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime. By Laura Meckler, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Hannah NatansonFebruary 3, 2025 at 4:55 p.m. EST, Yesterday at 4:55 p.m. EST 8 min Source Links:…
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Is Your School Facing a Book Challenge? These Online Resources May Help | Education Week
By Ileana Najarro — September 01, 2022 Book challenges, restrictions, and outright bans on materials in K-12 classrooms and school libraries are popping up more and more across the country these days. Though such challenges are a perennial problem, school districts have seen an uptick in requests to ban books about LGBTQ characters, race, and…
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The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers — ProPublica
by Alec MacGillis In Hobbs, New Mexico, the high school closed and football was cancelled, while just across the state line in Texas, students seemed to be living nearly normal lives. Here’s how pandemic school closures exact their emotional toll on young people. Source: The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers — ProPublica
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Spring into STEAM at San Diego Public Libraries – YouTube
Published on Mar 2, 2017 Bug Out! at the launch event for Spring into STEAM. Between March 11 and May 13 free STEAM-focused events for kids will be held at all 36 San Diego Public Library branches. Check out sandiego.gov/STEAM for the full calendar.
