NPR found that changes over the last 18 months have cost an unknown amount of taxpayer dollars and made the agency's work more complex and potentially inefficient.
The "wins" the administration is celebrating include highlighting their efforts to shut the department down as well as progress on bolstering school choice.
Education Department has opened 20 investigations into unnamed school districts that are allegedly failing to address sexual misconduct by staff members.
The U.S. Department of Education says New York discriminated against a Long Island school district for keeping its Native American mascot, violating federal civil rights law. Secretary Linda McMahon said the state ban is unfair because mascots like “Dutchmen” and “Huguenots” are still allowed.
The U.S. Department of Education OKs Arkansas’ requests to consolidate federal funding and reduce the amount of paperwork and red tape required of school administrators.
