Erica Meltzer

Gender gaps that had largely closed before COVID are widening again. Multiple measures are “giving flashing warning signs that there's something big happening here.”

Judge orders Trump’s Education Department to restore some pandemic relief money

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts nearly $6 billion from K-12 education. Unlikely to become law, the proposal offers insight into plans to give states more control over federal funds. Just don’t use them for DEI.

National charter leaders are worried that if the U.S. Supreme Court finds that charter schools are more like private schools — opening the door for religious charters — it could affect their funding, their autonomy, and more.

At least 16 states have said they won’t sign a certification that they are in compliance with the Trump Education Department’s contested interpretation of civil rights law. A looming standoff has been delayed, though, after judges issued preliminary injunctions.

The Trump administration wants schools to terminate what it says are unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion practices — or lose federal funding. But many states say they won’t comply and that they disagree with the federal government’s interpretation of civil rights law.

Books are generally exempt from tariffs, but not the paper they’re printed on. Most food for school lunches is purchased domestically, but not the equipment used to prepare it.

The Trump administration's interpretation of civil rights law is being challenged in court.

The extensions states and schools received from the Biden administration to spend the COVID relief set a bad precedent, a U.S. Department of Education spokeswoman said. But one state school superintendent called the move by the education secretary ‘catastrophic.”

Plans to support students who want to socially transition at school must be shared with parents, the U.S. Department of Education has told educators. Advocates for trans youth worry this approach could endanger some students and rob them of control over their lives.