The long-awaited hearing aimed to give lawmakers a chance to publicly question New York City Education Department officials on the state of school diversity efforts.| Chalkbeat
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 federally funded research program helped students with disabilities prepare for life after high school. DOGE’s sweeping Education Department cuts brought this and dozens of other studies to an abrupt halt.| Chalkbeat
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