Trump poised to dismantle Education Department
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The president of the nation’s largest teachers’ union, the National Education Association, slammed the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday for siding with the Trump administration on dismantling the Department of Education.
The Supreme Court on Monday said President Donald Trump may proceed with his plan to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education in the latest win for the White House at the conservative high court.
In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that had reinstated 1,400 Education Department employees laid off by the Trump's administration.
Colorado has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over a freeze in essential education funding.
The United States Department of Education was born as a political payoff by then-president Jimmy Carter to reward teachers’ unions for supporting his candidacy. While it doesn’t operate any schools or educate any children,
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KEY TAKEAWAYS Supporting an Executive Order from President Donald Trump, federal agencies clarified that most federal benefits are unavailable for undocumented immigrants.As a part of this push, the Department of Education said that undocumented immigrants cannot access federal aid,
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Explícame on MSNTwo big Trump changes for Department of Education and Health and Human Services (HHS) for immigrantsThe Trump administration is implementing two significant policy shifts affecting undocumented immigrants, further advancing its agenda to restrict access to federally funded services. Announced this week,
Republican schools chief Tom Horne says his small Empowerment Scholarship staff has other priorities and may eventually get to clawing back those funds.