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March 1, 2024

Ex-AZ education department workers used 'ghost students' to launder voucher money

Three former AZ Department of Education employees were charged with conspiracy and money laundering in an effort to defraud more than $600,000 from an education voucher program.

February 25, 2024

FAFSA workaround allows Texas students with non-citizen parents to apply for college financial aid

The Department of Education rolled out a FAFSA workaround allowing Texas students with non-citizen parents to still apply for federal financial aid.

February 16, 2024

Elite Vermont liberal arts college embroiled in antisemitism scandal: 'Hostile campus climate for Jews'

Amid growing antisemitism on elite college campuses in the U.S., a Jewish NGO filed a legal complaint about anti-Jewish conduct and rhetoric they said exists at Middlebury College.

February 8, 2024

ACLU calls on Biden administration to 'reject' Holocaust alliance's definition of antisemitism

The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday called for U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to "reject" the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism.

February 3, 2024

Reagan's education secretary urges schools to become a 'temple of learning, not social experimentation'

Ronald Reagan's education secretary Bill Bennett addresses the rising chronic absenteeism plaguing public schools and decline in the U.S. education system.

January 28, 2024

How most school choice policies will allow government to ‘destroy’ private schools: Nonprofit president

Sheri Few, president of U.S. Parents Involved in Education, warns that most school choice legislation being passed will end in a regulatory crackdown on private schools.

January 26, 2024

How most school choice policies will allow government to ‘destroy’ private schools: Nonprofit president

Sheri Few, president of U.S. Parents Involved in Education, warns that most school choice legislation being passed will end in a regulatory crackdown on private schools.

December 28, 2023

Biden administration's Title IX proposal receives stark warning from UN expert: 'Detrimental effects'

A U.N. expert on Wednesday scrutinized the Biden administration's Title IX proposal and offered a stark warning about the consequences should it be enacted

December 21, 2023

Judge Jeanine: Why are grads refusing to pay back their loans?

'The Five' co-hosts react to 40% of the 22 million student loan borrowers failing to make a payment as of mid-November after President Biden declined to extend the pandemic-era pause.

December 14, 2023

Georgia could see overhaul of A-to-F grading system in schools

The Georgia Department of Education may soon abandon the A-to-F letter grade system for schools. A new approach would break down performance into separate components.