The Department of Education has launched investigations of several school districts and state education departments. Each case shines a light on what exactly the federal agency is looking for and how you can avoid conflict.
DEI appears to be the reason the Trump administration is slashing $1 billion in school mental health grants created after the Uvalde mass shooting, according to multiple reports.
Education Department launches an investigation into an allegation that Chicago Public Schools' remedial program discriminates against students of other races.
Amid public defiance by education leaders to disregard the Trump Administration's anti-DEI policy, three separate judges delivered a heavy legal blow to the Department of Education.
The lawsuit argues that students' First Amendment rights were harmed by what the ACLU called the "censorship of materials about race and gender in military-run schools." The U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protects free speech.
A lawsuit challenging the EdChoice voucher program was filed by a coalition of over 130 school districts across the state and is scheduled to go to trial next year.
An oft-repeated phrase among parents and community members is that politics have no place in schools. But, this election, Florida's Constitution could be amended to make school board races partisan, meaning candidates would have to disclose whether they are Democrats, Republicans or members of another political party.
The Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a case from parents in Virginia and Michigan who argued the Justice Department targeted them for protesting at school board meetings. At the heart of the dispute was a 2021 memo Attorney General Merrick Garland aimed at combatting "a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation and threats of […]
The families, who are Jewish, Christian, Unitarian Universalist and nonreligious, alleged in court papers that the new law "substantially interferes with and burdens" the parents' First Amendment right to raise their kids in whatever religion they want.
A slew of education leaders in several states, including Florida, Texas, Montana, Oklahoma and South Carolina, publicly advised school districts not to comply with the Biden administration's ruling.
