Until we get the job done at night, we have no hope of winning the day| www.educationdaly.us
Trump can’t end the Education Department by himself. Yet moves by DOGE to cut its funding and his assault on the federal bureaucracy could preview attempts to reduce its reach.| Chalkbeat
A new executive order directs the U.S. Department of Education to prioritize vouchers and other alternatives in its own grants and find ways for states to tap other federal money that currently flows to public schools.| Chalkbeat
What are parents looking for in a “good school”? Columnist Cafeteria Duty goes undercover at the playground to find out| hollykorbey.substack.com
It was the worst of times| www.educationdaly.us
Linda McMahon said at her confirmation hearing that an Education Department overhaul won’t hurt school funding. One Democratic senator wondered if the committee was being subject to an “elegant gaslighting.”| Chalkbeat
The Trump administration canceled dozens of contracts held by the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education. The president is looking to significantly scale back the size and work of the Education Department.| Chalkbeat
The president wants DEI out and school choice in. But it will take time to see just how much his executive orders about education change classrooms and schools.| Chalkbeat
Tennessee students held their ground on a major national test in a year when average student test scores declined nationwide.| Chalkbeat
The National Assessment for Educational Progress results show a dispiriting and growing gap between students who are academic stand-outs and those who struggle. Reading scores also fell. But fourth grade math was a bright spot.| Chalkbeat