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U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced her first three proposed priorities for U.S. Department of Education (Department) discretionary grants: evidence-based literacy, expanding education choice, and returning education to the states.

As National Charter Schools Week 2025 comes to a close, Secretary Linda McMahon announced that the Department of Education will increase the Charter Schools Program (CSP) funding by $60 million this year (FY 2025), raising the program’s total budget.

May 13, 2025 statement from the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism on the Trump Administration’s multi-agency actions to terminate $450 million in grants to Harvard.

U.S. Department of Education Calls for Nominations to Serve on Negotiated Rulemaking Committee

The U.S. Department of Education celebrated President Trump’s nomination of David Barker to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.

U.S. Department of Education Opens Foreign Funding Investigation into the University of Pennsylvania After Discovering Inaccurate and Untimely Foreign Financial Disclosures

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Launches Title IX Investigation into Western Carolina University

The Task Force is encouraged by Acting President Shipman's strong and resolute statement regarding the unlawful, violent and disgraceful takeover of Butler Library.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education sent a letter to all chief state school officers providing guidance on the Unsafe School Choice Option provision.

The Departments of Education (ED), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced a review of recent incidents of anti-Semitic violence at the University of Washington (UW) and its affiliates.