Department of Education

President Joe Biden’s Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into New College of Florida, following a complaint alleging, in part, that author and New College of Florida board member Christopher Rufo “misgendered” the college’s former Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) director, who uses “ze/zir” pronouns.

Twenty Republican senators asked the Biden administration on Monday to withdraw a proposed rule that would override state laws banning males from playing on female sports teams, and instead allow schools to create rules on a case-by-case basis, the Washington Examiner reported.

The Education Department is “preparing to restart” federal student loan debt payments after a three-year pause during the pandemic.

Half of the nation’s governors wrote to Cardona asking he withdraw a proposed Title IX regulation they say would “prevent states from enforcing our duly-enacted statutes protecting fairness in women’s and girls’ sports.”

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) responded to President Joe Biden’s latest budget proposal, telling Breitbart News it’s the “wokest budget in history” as some of the federal tax dollars would be used to push leftist ideas “completely out of step with the needs of the American people.”

The Oregon Department of Education (DoE) is set to spend $2 million on a campaign to launch pro “LGBTQ2SIA+” curriculum, teacher training, and “pride events.”

On Monday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics in the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education Peggy Carr stated that school closures “may have had some contribution” to the drop in test scores

On Monday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics in the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education Peggy Carr stated that she doesn’t know “if there was a lot of choice” when it

On Monday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics in the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education Peggy Carr responded to a question on whether there’s a better way to handle education in

A veteran school board member in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, is facing a recall after she distributed a gender survey to K-12 students.

The Biden administration is coordinating with Democrat operatives with a history of pushing harmful education regulations and strengthening leftist universities.

The Texas affiliate of the National School Boards Association cut ties with the national organization Monday after an investigation showed the group colluded with the Biden administration to investigate concerned parents as “domestic terrorists.”

The National School Boards Association admitted Friday to colluding with senior White House officials to develop a letter asking the federal government to investigate concerned parents speaking at school board meetings as “domestic terrorists.”

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday used an online forum to enthuse over Democrat plans to forgive federal student loans. He assured left-wing activists President Joe Biden is closer “than ever before” to making the unilateral move that will leave taxpayers encumbered with more than $1.37 trillion in outstanding debt.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is demanding answers from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) regarding its “collusion” with the Biden administration to use federal law enforcement to investigate parents attending school board meetings as “domestic terrorists.”

A group of parents on Wednesday took to the steps of the historic Tweed Courthouse in New York City which houses the city’s Department of Education (DOE) headquarters, calling for continued mask mandates as the city begins lifting them almost two years after the coronavirus pandemic was first declared.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show,” host Guy Benson rhetorically wondered if the Biden administration would launch civil rights investigations into blue states that have recently lifted their mask mandates in schools like the Biden administration

The Department of Education will investigate Brighton council after reports surfaced that educators are teaching “concerning” race theories.

Government watchdog Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking records from the Department of Justice (DOJ) showing the timeline surrounding Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to sic the FBI on parents opposed to Critical Race Theory.

Male students are abandoning the pursuit of higher education in such numbers that they are now trailing behind female college students by record levels, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. At the end of the 2020-21 academic year, women made up 59.5 percent of college students, while men made up 40.5 percent, according to enrollment data from the National Student Clearinghouse. 

Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will continue targeting governors who have fought back against school mask mandates, warning Wednesday he plans to conduct “civil rights investigations” and take possible legal action against states with bans or limitations on the mandates.

President Joe Biden’s education secretary is trying to undermine GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s ban on mask wearing in schools by offering school districts money to not comply with the ban.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is using the confirmation of Biden’s pick for undersecretary of education as a way to advance student loan forgiveness.

Glenn Loury, a Brown University economics professor and host of the video blog The Glenn Show, criticized the need for affirmative action policies in education during the current era. Speaking at Malibu’s Pepperdine University School of Public Policy earlier this month, he explained black students do poorly on tests when they “don’t know the material” and not due to biases against them, urging educators to develop potential instead of lowering standards.

Seth Andrew, a former adviser in the White House under President Barack Obama, has been arrested for a scheme to steal $218,005 from a charter school network he founded, according to federal authorities.

Thursday on FNC’s “Fox News Primetime,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) discussed education policy under the new Biden administration, specifically as it pertains to the pandemic.

President Trump signed an executive order on Monday that would provide emergency scholarships for students affected by school closures.

The U.S. Department of Education recently launched a “free speech hotline” for students that are being deprived of their First Amendment rights at public universities and colleges around the nation. Students are also encouraged to email a dedicated email set up by the department to report censorship by administrators, professors, and students on campus.

The Department of Education published a report on Tuesday that found American colleges are illegally failing to report large gifts from foreign sources.

The U.S. Education Department has revealed that top universities, such as Cornell, MIT, and Georgetown, have failed to disclose billions of dollars they have accepted in foreign funds. Universities have failed to report at least $6.5 billion to the government according to the report, including money from the Chinese government, Huawei, and other countries.

Conservative women’s group wins complaint against university’s policy that allows biological males to compete against female athletes.

The attorney for a Fordham University student that was disciplined by administrators over a photo he posted to Instagram alleged in a recent court filing that the University has undisclosed ties to foreign nations, including China. Over the past several months, reports have revealed that many top universities and colleges have accepted multi-million donations from foreign governments.

Connecticut could lose federal funding for its policy to allow biological males to compete against biological females in sports competitions.

The Education Department informed Princeton it is investigating the school following an admission by its president “racist assumptions” are “embedded” within the school.

The Department of Education announced this week that it is investigating Princeton University in response to a claim by Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber that “racism” is “embedded in the structures” of the university.

Conservative black leaders are pushing back against the New York Time’s “1619 project” with the “1776 Unites” U.S. history curriculum.