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.

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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.

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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...

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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...

Federal grants for community schools help expand instructional time for children and stand up social services like health care and meals in low-income communities. The Trump administration just cut tens of millions of dollars in grants for these programs: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

SCOOP: Last Friday, the Trump administration quietly cut tens of millions of dollars in Education Department grants for efforts to expand instruction and improve social services in K-12 community schools. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

SCOOP: Last Friday, the Trump administration quietly cut tens of millions of dollars in Education Department grants for efforts to expand instruction and improve social services in K-12 community schools. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Linda McMahon met with Education Department staff yesterday to announce the agency is transferring much of its portfolio to Labor, HHS, etc. She did not clarify whether current staff will move with their programs or lose their jobs. She did not take questions. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

A Trump administration official said Tuesday that today's changes at the U.S. Department of Education are part of a decades-long conservative goal of eliminating the agency. Latest on changes, by @beeschultz3.bsky.social, @caitlynnpeetz.bsky.social, and me: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

A Trump administration official said Tuesday that today's changes at the U.S. Department of Education are part of a decades-long conservative goal of eliminating the agency. Latest on changes, by @beeschultz3.bsky.social, @caitlynnpeetz.bsky.social, and me: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

BREAKING: The Trump administration appears poised to undertake its most significant effort yet to dismantle the Education Department. More from @beeschultz3.bsky.social and me for @edweek.org: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: In September, the Trump administration canceled more than $20 million for teacher-training programs at HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions. Now some college students training for teaching careers may have to take out loans or drop out altogether. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

New: In September, the Trump administration canceled more than $20 million for teacher-training programs at HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions. Now some college students training for teaching careers may have to take out loans or drop out altogether. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Not good. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Federal funding cuts for K-12 schools continue to loom even as the government shutdown drags on. But what do the students who will be most affected by those cuts think? @laurainegl.bsky.social followed a few on Capitol Hill: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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1/ Last week, we delivered a letter to @propublica.org's board members, urging them to direct management to agree to a fair contract now. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/to-t...

As more universities whether they'll sign the compact, @insidehighered.com is keeping track of all the responses here. We even made a map for you. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

New: More than $50 billion (yes, with a b) for education is in jeopardy if the Education Department eventually proceeds with the layoffs it implemented last Friday. A federal judge put them on hold as of Wednesday. Here's a list of the affected funding streams: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Programs that will lack ED staff whenever the federal government shutdown ends: -Title I -Title II -21st Century Community Learning Centers -IDEA -Impact Aid -GEAR UP -TRIO -Preschool development grants www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: More than $50 billion (yes, with a b) for education is in jeopardy if the Education Department eventually proceeds with the layoffs it implemented last Friday. A federal judge put them on hold as of Wednesday. Here's a list of the affected funding streams: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

“If there are not people there to make sure the laws are followed, the laws are meaningless.” www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

“If there are not people there to make sure the laws are followed, the laws are meaningless.” www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: The Education Department was funding three grants for Braille training programs for teachers. The Trump administration canceled all three. Those are just some of the recent funding cuts that have hit particularly hard for children who are deaf, blind, or both. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

New: The Education Department was funding three grants for Braille training programs for teachers. The Trump administration canceled all three. Those are just some of the recent funding cuts that have hit particularly hard for children who are deaf, blind, or both. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

NEW from @beeschultz3.bsky.social: Education Department staff woke up today to find that the agency had, without their knowledge or consent, changed their automatic out-of-office email messages to blame Democrats for the federal shutdown. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

“This administration took away funding for low-income schools, special education students, and school-based mental health services. Now, making every federal worker a partisan pawn for their own ends is again about power, not students.”

“This administration took away funding for low-income schools, special education students, and school-based mental health services. Now, making every federal worker a partisan pawn for their own ends is again about power, not students.”

NEW from @beeschultz3.bsky.social: Education Department staff woke up today to find that the agency had, without their knowledge or consent, changed their automatic out-of-office email messages to blame Democrats for the federal shutdown. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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New: The Education Department has quietly shut down a Biden-era grant program for integrating public schools. Five big-city school systems, including three in "red states," are losing between $1.5 million and $3 million they had budgeted to spend this school year. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: The Trump administration wants to get rid of more than 40 education funding streams. Congress, so far, hasn't agreed. So instead of ditching programs altogether, the Education Department is targeting those programs and canceling hundreds of individual grants. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: The Trump administration wants to get rid of more than 40 education funding streams. Congress, so far, hasn't agreed. So instead of ditching programs altogether, the Education Department is targeting those programs and canceling hundreds of individual grants. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

As of Monday, it appears that Angelo State has softened its policies to allow preferred names and LGBQ content, but not transgender discussions. If anyone at Angelo State wants to chat with me about it, I'm on Signal at emmawhitford.96 www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

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