EDUCATION

Fri, March 28, 2025:
Trump restricts federal research funding, a lifeblood for collegesAP

Tues, March 25, 2022:
‘Borrowers have zero power’: Trump moving student loans to SBA sparks concern, confusionThe Hill

Sat, March 22, 2025:
Dismantling Department of Education could cause chaos for Americans with student loans, experts warnCBS

Fri, March 21, 2025:
Trump says student loans moving to SBA, ‘special needs’ to HHSThe Hill

Thurs, March 20, 2025:
White House backs away from full Education Dept. shutdownWP
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the department will not be completely shut down, which would require congressional action, but said a smaller version will continue to administer “critical functions.” She said those functions included the student loan program, Pell grants, civil rights enforcement and major grant programs of Title I and IDEA, which helps pay the cost of educating students with disabilities. Together, those programs represent the vast majority of what the department does.” (emphasis added)
Trump defends his education overhaul with a backdrop of GOP governors and kids Politico
Rep. Bobby Scott, ranking Dem on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, says Trump’s plan to dismantle DoEd would put students at risk – The Hill

Wed, March 12, 2025:
With mass layoffs, McMahon and Trump begin mission to end Education DeptRoll Call

Tues, March 11, 2025:
Education Dept cuts half its staff as Trump vows to wind the agency downAP
Education Dept. cutting nearly half of workforceCNN

Thurs, March 6, 2025:
Draft of Trump executive order aims to eliminate education departmentWSJ
“The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025…laid out a detailed road map for closing the agency, which included placing the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights in the Justice Department and the student-loan portfolio in the Treasury Department. It calls for phasing out a longstanding funding stream for schools based on how many low-income students they serve. The Trump administration has already taken a series of steps to weaken the agency. It laid off probationary employees and offered others buyouts. It paused some of its civil-rights enforcement work and canceled many grants and contracts related to research and teacher quality….With around 4,500 employees as of last year, the department is the smallest cabinet-level agency.”

Tues, March 4, 2025
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Linda McMahon lays out Education Department’s “final mission”Politico

Fri, Feb 28, 2025:
Education Dept. to staffers: quit by Monday and get $25k in cashPolitico

Thurs, Feb 13, 2025:
Trump vows to end Education Dept. DOGE has already startedBloomberg

Mon, Feb 10, 2025:
DOGE announces $881 million in cuts for DoEd contractsPolitico

Thurs, Feb 6, 2025:
Dem letter to Education Dept. demanding answers on Trump’s plans to dismantleMurray/Sanders

Wed, Feb 5, 2025Trump and Musk are moving to smother these three pieces of the government-CFPB, AID, DoEd – CNN  

Tues, Feb 4, 2025:  In Trump’s quest to close the Education Dept,, Congress and his own agenda may get in the wayAP

Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data; Closing the agency requires congressional approval, so administration aims to diminish it in the meantime. – WP

Thurs, Jan 30, 2025: With executive orders, Trump tests local control of schoolsNYTimes

Wed, Jan 29, 2025:
Trump signs order to promote “patriotic education” in the classroomNYTimes
Trump signs orders on school choice and school funding – CNN
“Among its directives, the Department of Education – which Trump has vowed to shut down – is ordered to issue guidance on using federal funding to support scholarship programs for grade school students. The Department of Defense is ordered to submit a plan to Trump directly on how military families can use DOD funds to send children to their preferred school. The secretary of interior is ordered to submit a plan to Trump on how families with students attending Bureau of Indian Education schools can use federal money to attend the school of their choice. And the Health and Human Services Department must issue guidance on how states can use HHS funds to attend private or faith-based schools.”

Wed, Jan 29, 2025:  Students aren’t recovering from covid. Test scores are getting worse. WashPost

Thurs, Jan 16, 2025: Biden admin announces last round of student debt reliefThe Hill

Thurs, Dec 12, 2024: Trump wants to shut down the Dept. of Education. What that could meanCNN

Tues, Nov 12, 2024: Trump pledged to close the Education Dept. What would that mean?-WashPost

Wed, Feb. 21, 2024:  Biden Administration breakdown of student debt cancellation to date