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Democrats and teachers’ unions have demanded $305 billion in coronavirus aid, claiming the taxpayer funds are necessary to reopen public schools “safely.”

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos stated that withholding funding from schools that refuse to reopen is “something to be looked at” and she is “looking at this very seriously.” DeVos

Democrat attorneys general sue to block the Trump administration’s rule requiring due process for those accused of campus sexual misconduct.

Institutes of higher education are in the business of educating, but California community colleges are focused on suing the federal government for not providing money to students attending these schools who are not citizens but are protected from deportation for being in the country illegally through the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

Former Vice President Joe Biden is promising to scrap newly proposed guidelines by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos meant to ensure that individuals being accused of sexual misconduct on college campuses receive due process.

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Thursday the new federal Title IX rule that specifies how schools must handle allegations of sexual misconduct is a win for both victims and the accused.

The Education Department released its final rule that specifies how schools receiving federal aid must respond to allegations of sexual misconduct.

Republicans in the House of Representatives announced this week that they have launched an investigation into China’s influence on American universities and colleges. Many universities and colleges have cut ties with the Chinese government’s Confucius Institute over concerns that it sought to limit criticism of China on American campuses.

Cornell University announced this week that it will accept $12.8 million in federal coronavirus relief despite mounting public pressure to reject the funds. Several Ivy League institutions, including Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, announced last week that they would reject the federal funds after pressure from both President Donald Trump and the American public.

U.S. eighth graders’ scores in U.S. history and geography plummeted on the Nation’s Report Card assessment, with no improvement in civics.

Yale University announced on Wednesday that it will reject $6.9 million in federal bailout funds that the institution was entitled to receive under the CARES Act. Yale releases a statement saying: “We hope that the Department of Education will use Yale’s portion of the funding to support colleges and universities in Connecticut whose continued existence is threatened by the current crisis.

The Trump administration’s Department of Education released guidance Tuesday that asserts only United States citizens and some legal permanent residents are eligible to receive aid from coronavirus relief taxpayer funding.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Rep Jim Jordan (R-OH) said on Wednesday that they plan to introduce legislation that would bar universities with “massive” endowments from federal aid unless their plan to use the endowments to help students and cover the costs of the coronavirus. 

DeVos said she is urging Congress to change the CARES Act to ensure that elite, wealthy schools are not eligible for the taxpayer funding.

Fox News Channel made the decision Friday to cut away from the daily White House coronavirus task force briefing in order to have a panel discussion during The Story, which is hosted by Martha MacCallum.

The education department said it is holding Penn State accountable for failing to protect students from sexual abuse in the Sandusky scandal.

Betsy DeVos has halted collection actions and wage garnishments against students who have defaulted on their education loans.

The National School Transportation Association demands Congress either require ongoing funds from school districts or a $2.8 billion bailout.

“Borrowers should contact their lenders,” Trump said, adding that it was “going to make a lot of students happy.” 

Former Obama Secretary of Education Arne Duncan criticized President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest labor union, has endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president.

At least 10,600 schools have been closed or are scheduled to close in the United States as of Thursday night due to the novel coronavirus, a number that is over 8,500 more than Wednesday’s number of 2,097.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has released resources for K-12 teachers and local officials on managing student privacy and ensuring disabled students receive required services during school closures due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Education Department announced this week that it is investigating Harvard and Yale over their possible connections to foreign governments. Universities around the country have been accused of soliciting funding from foreign governments and have reportedly come forward to report $6.5 billion in previously undisclosed foreign funding.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will personally provide the scholarship that will allow Philadelphia fourth-grade student Janiyah Davis, who attended the State of the Union (SOTU) address, to enroll at the school of her choice.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reportedly begun a probe into allegations of ‘deep-rooted’ academic fraud in New York City’s public schools.

“It is a sacred principle of our Republic, that government must never stand between the people and God, yet in public schools, authorities are stopping students and teachers from praying, sharing their faith or following their religious beliefs,” Trump said. “It is totally unacceptable.”

Former Vice President Joe Biden appeared to reverse course on charter schools during Saturday’s MSNBC Public Education Forum 2020 in Pittsburgh.

Four House Democrats are seeking to block the Trump administration’s Title IX final rule that is expected to stress due process for those accused of campus sex misconduct.

A U.S. Education Department investigation has initially revealed $1.3 billion in unreported donations to U.S. universities from foreign countries such as China, Russia, and Qatar.

The DOJ issued a Statement of Interest on Monday regarding Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi, which is facing a lawsuit alleging that the public school threatened students with arrest for exercising their First Amendment rights on campus. “[The school’s] unconstitutional conduct cannot stand,” reads the DOJ’s Statement. “It should comply voluntarily with the First Amendment — and soon.”

Amidst the hubbub of the impeachment hearings and the release of the Department of Justice’s Inspector General report on Monday, President Donald Trump took the time to focus on school choice.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly got a standing ovation at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in Washington, DC, on Sunday.

Hillsdale College student and Turning Point USA Student Action Summit attendee Domine Clemons told Breitbart News that the quality of education in the U.S. has been “tanking” in the last 50 years, adding that school vouchers are practically considered a dirty word in Washington DC. Clemons spoke to host Alex Marlow in a Wednesday interview for SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily campus report.

#RedforEd teachers plan to hold a protest against state legislators who are members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) at the organization’s annual States and Nation Policy Summit meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Wednesday.

Results of an international assessment found American teens showed no improvement in reading, math, and science compared to the 2015 results.