"For the 27 years I worked at OMB, it never occurred to any OMB staff that a president or OMB director would do what Trump and Vought are doing." www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: Education and transparency advocates are suing Trump's OMB and Education Department, arguing they're illegally withholding hundreds of millions of dollars Congress appropriated for education research programs. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The White House Office of Management and Budget is still withholding more than $2 billion Congress appropriated in February for competitive Education Department grant programs. More than $1 billion will expire in three months if nothing changes. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

NEW: The Education Department told advocates this morning that special education programs will move to the Department of Health and Human Services, AND civil rights enforcement for schools and colleges will move to the Department of Justice. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

The latest: The White House/OMB is still blocking $2 billion in Congressionally approved education funds. More than $1 billion could expire in four months. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

So grateful to @marklieberman.bsky.social and @edweek.org for keeping careful track of this. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

🚨 "More than $1 billion of the currently unapportioned Education Department funds will expire and return to the Treasury if OMB doesn’t release the money in the next four months." by @marklieberman.bsky.social www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: The White House is blocking more than $2 billion Congress appropriated in February for K-12 and higher education. Here's a list of all 34 affected programs: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: The White House is blocking more than $2 billion Congress appropriated in February for K-12 and higher education. Here's a list of all 34 affected programs: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

🚨 EDSOURCE GUILD IS ON STRIKE! 🚨 Today—Thursday, May 14—EdSource Guild is on a one-day work stoppage due to the unilateral changes to our insurance and the lack of progress on key contract issues. PLEASE DO NOT CROSS OUR PICKET LINE AND VISIT @edsource.org TODAY! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

The White House is holding up funds for Education Department grants including: -Alaska Native Ed. -Arts Ed. -Civics Ed. -Comprehensive Centers -Community Schools -Native Hawaiian Ed. -Promise Neighborhoods -Ready to Learn -SEED/TQP/TSL for teacher training -and more: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: Trump's OMB is withholding more than $2 billion Congress approved in February for K-12 and higher education. Advocates and experts weigh in on what this means and whether it's time to panic: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: Trump's OMB is withholding more than $2 billion Congress approved in February for K-12 and higher education. Advocates and experts weigh in on what this means and whether it's time to panic: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: On Capitol Hill today, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said she still wants to relocate special education programs to other agencies: "“We have not made that determination yet.” www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

"Experts on federal education spending said they couldn’t recall any other time in recent decades when the executive branch adjusted congressionally approved program funding levels at all—let alone to this extent." h/t @marklieberman.bsky.social for keeping on this www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The Trump administration "reprogrammed" more than $700 million Congress appropriated last March for specific education programs. Which programs were affected? Is that legal? Will that happen again this year? Here's what we know: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Some new weekend reading from me: The Trump administration took more than $1 billion Congress appropriated for education last March and either spent it differently than lawmakers prescribed, or hasn't spent it at all: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Some new weekend reading from me: The Trump administration took more than $1 billion Congress appropriated for education last March and either spent it differently than lawmakers prescribed, or hasn't spent it at all: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Noon today! Rally for @edsourceguild.bsky.social! Signing up for the Zoom is preferred but you people are generally pretty lazy so it'll also be streamed on YouTube, Twitch, and Instagram Live. Links are all in the Linktree thingy.

Solidarity with my fellow unionized nonprofit news workers. They deserve fair compensation and the utmost respect

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

New: Two months after Congress rejected all of Trump's proposed cuts to education funding, Trump is proposing many of the same cuts again. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

"Everyone deserves equitable pay. Yet, with my current salary, I can't pay for basic necessities *and* save for retirement *and* pay rent. The math just doesn't work out." - @emmagallegos.bsky.social

There are at least 86 public schools named for César Chavez. They face tough, unexpected conversations about changing their names after and investigation surfaced new allegations about the labor leader. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

Congress approved level funding for K-12 schools. Now what? In just a few hours, I'll pose that question (and better ones) to a former Ed. Dept. official and a current school district CFO. Register here! event.on24.com/wcc/r/526832...

New: More federal funding disruptions like the ones that roiled schools all 2025 appear to be on the horizon. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Probably missed but the administration cancelled grants for Career Technical Education. These are programs to train students to be nurses, engineers, electricians, plumbers, software developers, dentists and so many other skills. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The Trump administration has touted efforts to prepare K-12 students for the workforce. But last summer, the Education Department canceled 19 ongoing grants for school-based projects doing just that. Scoop from me and @laurainegl.bsky.social: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The Trump administration has touted efforts to prepare K-12 students for the workforce. But last summer, the Education Department canceled 19 ongoing grants for school-based projects doing just that. Scoop from me and @laurainegl.bsky.social: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Donald Trump is dismantling the Education Department piece by piece. Since taking office they've laid off 40% of its staff and moved billions in grant programs to other agencies. We dug into the numbers and the impact of the White House's plan: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Just two hours until I share some behind-the-scenes insight from my reporting on federal education grants. Sign up for the @innovateedunyc.bsky.social webinar here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Background: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Thursday: Come watch me talk about my efforts to track discontinued and canceled federal grants for K-12 education, courtesy of @innovateedunyc.bsky.social: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

New: After 15 months of speculation over how a Republican-controlled Congress under Trump would handle education funding, we have the answer: Virtually no changes. -Level $$ for Title I, IDEA, Head Start -No new block grants -No programs or agencies eliminated www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The Washington-Baltimore News Guild strongly condemns the layoffs announced today at The Washington Post. These cuts represent yet another blow to a newsroom that has already been pushed to its limits and a disservice to the readers who rely on The Post for rigorous, independent journalism.

🚨New nonprofit media union contract just dropped :) wbng.org/2026/02/03/e...

Congress Has Passed an Education Budget. See How Key Programs Are Affected: Federal funding for low-income students and special education will remain level year over year.

Federal grant cuts/cancellations/terminations at the following agencies in the last year have affected K-12 schools: -AmeriCorps -Ag. -Commerce -Defense -Energy -Education -HHS -DHS -DOJ -Interior -EPA -IMLS -NEA -NEH -NSF www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: The Trump administration during its first year pulled back K-12/higher ed funding for more than 730 Department of Education grants, and hundreds more from other agencies. We pulled together a list: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Could Another Federal Shutdown Affect Education? What We Know: After federal agents shot a Minneapolis man on Saturday, Democrats are now pulling support for a spending bill due by Friday.

#SaveThePost, Jeff Bezos.

New: Congress is on the verge of (largely) rebuking President Trump's budget proposal for education. No major funding cuts, no block grants...but also no explicit block on ED efforts to shift program staff elsewhere. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

President Trump took office one year ago today. Since then, his administration has disrupted at least $12 billion in federal funding for education (and likely much more). I did my best to tabulate the damage for @edweek.org: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

President Trump took office one year ago today. Since then, his administration has disrupted at least $12 billion in federal funding for education (and likely much more). I did my best to tabulate the damage for @edweek.org: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

🚨PRESS FREEDOM ALERT: The NewsGuild-CWA strongly condemns the FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home and the seizure of her electronic devices by federal agents. More to come. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

I spent much of this year reporting on the chaos and disruption that resulted from policy changes and funding cuts the Trump administration implemented. Here's a quick roundup 🧵of some of the students and educators affected:

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An Idaho nonprofit with an active $50 million grant told the U.S. Department of Education it had proactively scrubbed DEI from its application. The department acknowledged the message--but canceled the grant anyway. Now dozens of K-12 educators may lose their jobs. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

An Idaho nonprofit with an active $50 million grant told the U.S. Department of Education it had proactively scrubbed DEI from its application. The department acknowledged the message--but canceled the grant anyway. Now dozens of K-12 educators may lose their jobs. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The cruelty is the point. To these educators, to these kids and families

New: The Trump administration abruptly canceled $168 million in Community Schools grants across 11 states and DC. Now dozens of K-12 educators nationwide might get laid off as soon as January. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...