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Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Maple Elementary in Cambridge, Maryland, as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s national History Rocks! Trail to Independence tour in celebration of America’s upcoming 250th birthday.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced $256 million in new Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grants to improve literacy nationwide.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced the launch of the Presidential 1776 Award, a nationwide competition recognizing exceptional student knowledge of the American founding.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced the launch of the Connecting Talent to Opportunity Challenge.

The Department today concluded the first week of its AHEAD negotiated rulemaking committee, where negotiators reached consensus to create the federal government’s new Workforce Pell Grant program as outlined in President Trump's Working Families Tax Cuts.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced over $208 million in new grant awards for the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration and School-Based Mental Health programs.

The U.S. Department of Education today announced that it has prevented $1 billion in Federal student aid fraud since January 2025.

The Department today issued a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit feedback from the public on how best to reenvision and update the Accreditation Handbook.

Yesterday, Chancellor of the University System of Georgia Sonny Perdue visited Allatoona High School in Acworth, Georgia as part of the national History Rocks! Trail to Independence Tour.

ED announced a proposed joint settlement agreement with the State of Missouri that would end the Biden Administration’s illegal ‘Saving on a Valuable Education’ (SAVE) Plan.