The Education Department dismissed civil rights complaints at such a rapid clip this year that former officials and advocates are concerned about a core agency function amid plans to make deep staffing cuts.
It鈥檚 a move with the potential to imperil afterschool programs, teacher training initiatives and education for migrant students. Some education advocacy groups estimate that approximately $5 billion is at stake.
The Trump administration is seeking to rescind key civil rights protections for sex discrimination in sports and education programs through a swift regulatory process at an unlikely agency: the Department of Energy.
California鈥檚 new ethnic studies requirement is causing tension in some school districts, as parents and officials debate how topics like race, privilege, and oppression are being taught. The controversy has sparked threats, resignations, and concerns about the lack of clear statewide curriculum standards.
The governor and lawmakers are nearing an agreement on a full-day smartphone ban known as 鈥渂ell to bell,鈥 a move supported by 62 percent of voters, according to a recent Siena poll.
Education programs across the country have plunged into uncertainty and chaos after the Trump administration announced a federal spending freeze and government officials tried to soften the blow of a directive that started paralyzing agency functions.
Florida Republicans, led by Gov. Ron DeSantis, want to let tiny private schools open in libraries, movie theaters, churches and other spaces where they can fit makeshift classrooms.
Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. downplayed the sizable enrollment declines plaguing some of the largest school districts in the state, labeling potential campus closures as a motivation for traditional public schools to 鈥渋nnovate and provide programming that is attractive to parents.鈥
As Florida's wildly successful school choice programs balloon, some of the states largest school districts are facing staggering enrollment declines鈥攁nd grappling with the possibility of campus closures 鈥 as dollars follow the increasing number of parents opting out.
This appears the be the first time a school has been penalized over the 2021 鈥淔airness in Women鈥檚 Sports Act鈥 touted by Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans transgender women and girls from competing in women鈥檚 and girls鈥 sports.
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