Trump poised to dismantle Education Department
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The University of Michigan is under federal scrutiny after two Chinese scientists linked to the school were separately charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States.
In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that had reinstated 1,400 Education Department employees laid off by the Trump's administration.
The president of the nation’s largest teachers’ union, the National Education Association, slammed the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday for siding with the Trump administration on dismantling the Department of Education.
Colorado has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education to prevent the freezing of federal education funds vital for diverse and underserved students.
The Education Department on Tuesday opened an investigation into the university’s foreign funding, citing the pair of cases that were announced days apart in June.
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The United States Department of Education was born as a political payoff by then-president Jimmy Carter to reward teachers’ unions for supporting his candidacy. While it doesn’t operate any schools or educate any children,
Colorado has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over a freeze in essential education funding.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Supporting an Executive Order from President Donald Trump, federal agencies clarified that most federal benefits are unavailable for undocumented immigrants.As a part of this push, the Department of Education said that undocumented immigrants cannot access federal aid,