Controversies

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (442+ words) Browse our guide on the best concerts, plays, galleries, and more to see this fall. Oakland Unified School District’s Latino Men and Boys and Latinx Mentoring and Achievement programs are aimed at helping Latino youth improve outcomes in their personal…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (540+ words) Since May, Kelly Rogers has had the difficult job of making parents of students with disabilities feel better about the Trump administration's plan to relocate oversight of special education services. On Wednesday, she abruptly stepped down, just as roughly 100 staff…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (366+ words) Updated September 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM CDT Catch up on what you missed with our Education newsletter, sent weekly. Kelly Rogers told employees Wednesday that she is resigning from her post overseeing special education at the U.S. Education Department as the agency is…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (406+ words) Kelly Rogers, acting head of the federal office overseeing special education, resigns effective September 11 as her staff prepare to move to HHS. Kelly Rogers, the official overseeing special education at the US Department of Education, told employees on Wednesday that…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (728+ words) When he ran for a second term in 2024, President Donald Trump pledged to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. More than 18 months into his term, not only is the department still very much alive, but it's carrying out ill-informed and seemingly…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (304+ words) The nation’s education data agency needs major changes to meet rapidly changing information needs, but years of staff and budget cuts have left the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics too unstable to adapt on its own....

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (596+ words) (WASHINGTON) — With hundreds of thousands of students returning to classrooms this week, President Donald Trump and Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon are hosting a “Back to School” event at the White House on Monday. But the “wins” the administration…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (596+ words) (WASHINGTON) — With hundreds of thousands of students returning to classrooms this week, President Donald Trump and Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon are hosting a “Back to School” event at the White House on Monday. But the “wins” the administration…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (202+ words) President Donald Trump emphasized his administration's education reforms during a "Back to School" event in the White House Rose Garden on Monday (August 24). Joined by Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, Trump spotlighted efforts to expand school choice and restore parental…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (596+ words) (WASHINGTON) — With hundreds of thousands of students returning to classrooms this week, President Donald Trump and Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon are hosting a “Back to School” event at the White House on Monday. But the “wins” the administration…...