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May 15, 2021

Obama education secretary decries violence Palestinian children facing from Gaza strikes

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan decried the violence Palestinian children in Gaza are facing on Twitter Saturday.

May 11, 2021

Betsy DeVos blasts Randi Weingarten's defense of critical race theory: '1619 Project is not history'

Former education secretary Betsy DeVos denounced the American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten on Tuesday following her aggressive defense of  The New York Times’ controversial "1619 Project" and critical race theory-based educational curriculums

May 11, 2021

Reps. Cawthorn, Foxx introduce bill to prevent federal funds from being used to push critical race theory

Freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., and House Education and Labor Committee ranking member Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., are planning to introduce the Protecting Equality and Civics Education (PEACE) Act on Wednesday, Fox News has learned.

April 30, 2021

McConnell, Republicans say Biden administration embrace of 1619 Project needs to stop: 'Divisive nonsense'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and fellow Republicans are demanding President Biden's Education Department block a planned history education proposal that invokes the 1619 Project.

April 27, 2021

GOP Reps warn against Biden administration's 'dangerous' and 'divisive' critical race theory push

A proposed rule by President Joe Biden's Department of Education would use taxpayer dollars to incorporate into America's classrooms what critics say is "dangerous" curriculum.

April 27, 2021

Biden to unveil $200B universal preschool plan for children aged three to four

President Biden will detail a proposal for $200 billion universal preschool program on Wednesday as part of the massive infrastructure and spending plan he is expected to detail during his first address to Congress.

April 27, 2021

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona worried about getting teachers behind new 'woke' curriculum in email

At his old job as the Connecticut education commissioner, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona wrote in a 2019 email that he wanted to take steps to ensure teachers were supportive of a new "woke" curriculum the state was implementing. 

April 19, 2021

Ingraham: Left's idea of education is 'reading, writing and inciting'

Fox News host Laura Ingraham opened Monday's "Ingraham Angle" blasting the Left for its indoctrination young people through "reading, writing and inciting"

April 9, 2021

As America's youth faces mental health 'crisis,' Biden admin sets focus on pandemic's impact on children

The Education Department on Friday issued the second volume of its COVID-19 guidelines to address the emotional and mental-health impact of the pandemic on America's students.

April 6, 2021

GOP lawmakers urge clampdown on Confucius Institutes at American colleges and universities

EXCLUSIVE: GOP lawmakers are calling on the Department of Education (DOE) to "find censorship-free alternatives" to Confucius Institutes at U.S. college campuses and to specifically look to Taiwan to teach Mandarin language instead of the controversial China-backed cultural centers.