C.D.C. Calls On Schools to Reopen, Downplaying Coronavirus Risks
WASHINGTON — The nation’s top public health agency issued a full-throated call to reopen schools in a statement that aligned with President Trump’s pressure on...
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States Sue Education Dept. Over Relief for Cheated Students
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia sued the Education Department on Wednesday, claiming it broke federal law in adopting new rules for a program...
What Is Betsy DeVos Thinking?
As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the United States, some public K-12 schools may be able to reopen safely, but doing so will...
Student Loan Relief Denied in Some Fraud Cases
When Albert Paul Cruz opened a letter from the Education Department last month, he saw the words he’d been waiting for: “We approved your claim.”...
Trump Threatens to Turn Pandemic Schooling Into a Culture War
Two weeks ago, I asked Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, what a functioning Department of Education would be doing to prepare...
Lawsuits Aim to Block DeVos’s New Sexual Misconduct Rules
WASHINGTON — Students, women’s rights and education groups are suing to block Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s campus sexual assault rules from taking effect next month,...
Inclusion of Transgender Student Athletes Violates Title IX, Trump Administration Says
A high school sports policy in Connecticut that allows transgender students to participate in athletics based on their gender identity violates federal law and could...
Risky Strategy by Many Private Colleges Leaves Them Exposed
ImageMount Ida College in Newton, Mass., in 2018, the year the college closed because of financial troubles. In the wake of the pandemic, many private...
DeVos Funnels Coronavirus Relief Funds to Favored Private and Religious Schools
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is using the $2 trillion coronavirus stabilization law to throw a lifeline to education sectors she has long championed,...
Betsy DeVos Completes Sexual Assault Rules
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday issued final rules for how public and private schools and colleges must address allegations of sexual misconduct,...