Betsy DeVos, who resigned as education secretary Friday, supported limited federal involvement in education, promoted choice and offered flexibility during COVID.
Pre-kindergarten will likely get more attention in 2021 at President-elect Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress say early childhood education will be a top funding priority.
Leaders from across the education system are reacting with horror to the attack by followers of outgoing President Donald Trump on the U.S. Capitol building.
The most affluent school districts are far more likely to offer hybrid instruction, which experts say is currently the safest mode of in-person learning, according to a FutureEd analysis.
A critical issue facing leaders of the next Department of Education will be how to use assessments to measure progress after the disruptions of COVID and online learning.
