As students prepare to return to class, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is asking Virginia’s college and university presidents and governing boards to review how they operate and make changes, with a specific focus on whether universities are delivering affordable, high-quality education while maintaining free speech, academic standards, and accountability to the public. McMahon […]
The U.S. Department of Education is expected to award $41.3 million in grant funding through the Alaska Native Education Program to 26 Alaska grantees after some delay, according to an announcement from Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The grant funding was expected on July 1, but has been delayed more than a month. Grantees […]
Republican U.S. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, left, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska talk during a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in February 2025. The two were the only Republicans on the committee to vote for a bill to block Education Department interagency agreements July 30. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
(The Center Square) – Linda McMahon, secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, on Tuesday spoke about education to a private audience in her native North Carolina hometown.
(The Center Square) – As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Department of Education and a coalition of organizations launched a nationwide initiative to strengthen civics education amid concerns about students' understanding of American history and government.
DETROIT — Linda McMahon dotes on students from a distance as she tiptoes between classrooms, dipping in just long enough to observe a bit of the lesson, whisper questions to the principal, and give the teacher an encouraging word. Class is just too important to interrupt.
While limiting strings-attached grants and curbing federal regulation, President Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education also take aim at a key tool bureaucrats use to oversee schools in all 50 states: civil rights investigations.
