U.S. Education Department

Grassroots education groups in North Carolina have called on the state’s General Assembly to halt funding of a program that teaches tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in preschool special education classrooms.

Flooded with cash to fund social–emotional learning (SEL), districts find themselves in a dilemma since SEL serves as the primary vehicle for CRT, an unpopular agenda.

The Biden Education Department announced Friday it will begin the rulemaking process for overturning the Trump administration’s Title IX rule on campus sexual harassment in April, one month earlier than originally planned.

House Republicans have demanded Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona turn over all communications with the National School Boards Association (NSBA), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the White House regarding the letter NSBA sent to President Joe Biden asking him to target parents at school board meetings as possible “domestic terrorists.”

The Biden administration will propose a rule to end federal funding for campus faith-based groups with pro-life and traditional marriage values.

The Biden administration walked back its promotion of a radical Critical Race Theory group in the ed department’s guide to reopening schools.

Education researcher Stanley Kurtz said Secretary Cardona’s comments appearing to back away from Critical Race Theory amount to “bogus window dressing.”

The Biden Department of Education outlined Wednesday how it will spend the “American Rescue Plan’s historic funding for schools” in order to advance “equity” as a central focus of education in the nation’s public schools.

The Texas legislature approved a bill that would ban the teaching of concepts associated with Critical Race Theory and Action Civics.

Biden said he will nominate Obama-era racial and gender equity activist Catherine Lhamon to a key education department civil rights post.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said he will allow illegal aliens and international college students access to pandemic relief funds.

Mitch McConnell and 38 other GOP senators urged Ed Secretary Miguel Cardona to withdraw the “1619 Project” from taxpayer-funded grant programs.

A national parents’ organization that grew out of the battle against the Common Core State Standards is calling for state legislatures to ban Critical Race Theory (CRT) in K-12 schools.

The Biden administration proposed a rule that urges the development of K-12 civics instruction based on Critical Race Theory programs such as the “1619 Project.”

The Biden education department denied a request to affirm Title IX rules will be enforced based on male/female sex, and not gender identity.

The still-closed San Diego Unified School District is run by Cindy Marten, Joe Biden’s nominee to be U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education.

Activists representing the interests of alleged sexual misconduct survivors are pressuring Biden to change how cases are handled on campus.

Education Secretary Cardona said it will “take years” to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation’s education system.

Feminists filed a petition asking the Biden administration to make a rule that ensures Title IX preserves the rights of women and girls.

Sen. Rand Paul challenged Biden’s Education Secretary nominee on his statement it is “appropriate” to allow boys to compete in girls’ sports.

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the U.S. Education Department (USED) will grant at least $85 million over the next five years to low-income children living in Washington, DC, to attend the private schools of their choice.

A national parents’ coalition that formed around the anti-Common Core movement told Breitbart News it is “thrilled” President Donald Trump has exposed the “indoctrination” of America’s children that has been occurring for decades in government schools.

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.

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

Teachers’ unions and other stakeholders in government-run K-12 schools are seeking billions of dollars in funding in coronavirus relief.

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.

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.

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.

Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn introduced a bill to move federal agencies out of Washington, DC, and to economically distressed regions.

Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) applauded a nine-year-old child who claims to be transgender during Thursday night’s CNN Equality Town Hall, and she suggested that the child assist her with choosing her education secretary, should she be elected.

Left-wing media are fuming that Secretary DeVos visited a Catholic elementary school that declares transgender ideology “immoral.”

The U.S. Education Department Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will investigate a Connecticut transgender athletic policy that allows biological males to compete against biological females in school sports.

Federal data released Thursday show serious incidents of violence in the nation’s public schools are on the rise at the same time more schools are employing Obama-era “restorative justice” disciplinary policies and nearly all schools are touting “social emotional learning” (SEL) practices.

Democrats this week are portraying the Trump administration as dismissive of children with disabilities because of proposed budget cuts to the Special Olympics organization.