Oklahoma education chief Ryan Walters accused schools of hypocrisy for skipping his Charlie Kirk moment of silence while hosting ‘pride parades’.
A coalition of university groups sued the Trump administration, calling its demand for $1 billion and policy changes at UCLA unconstitutional coercion.
Trump uses an executive order to shift federal public school funds to private vouchers, sidestepping congressional authority.
The Trump administration reallocates nearly $500 million to HBCUs and tribal schools, just days after defunding other minority college grants as racially discriminatory.
UC Berkeley provided the Trump administration the names of 160 students and staff for a federal investigation into campus antisemitism.
With the governor’s backing, Florida’s education commissioner is investigating state teachers for social media posts celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death.
After Sen. Marsha Blackburn called for her removal, Middle Tennessee State University fired an assistant dean for stating she had ‘zero sympathy’ for Charlie Kirk.
At least six historically Black colleges and universities canceled classes and locked down campuses nationwide following a coordinated wave of threats the FBI is investigating.
New Mexico becomes the first state to offer universal free childcare, expanding a program credited with reducing poverty.
Two federal judges blocked an Education and HHS Dept. policy issued in July that required immigration verification for families to access Head Start.
The Education Dept. cuts $350 million from minority-serving colleges, labeling the programs discriminatory two months after the Justice Dept. abandoned their legal defense.
A divided Supreme Court permits a transgender South Carolina student to use the boys’ restroom, ruling the state failed to justify an emergency stay.
A federal judge blocks a Trump administration rule cutting immigrant access to Head Start and health clinics in 20 states that challenged the policy.
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is fatally shot during a campus event in a killing Utah’s governor calls a “political assassination.”
Trump directs the Education Department to issue new school prayer guidance, claiming students are indoctrinated with anti-religious propaganda.
Texas’s state education agency changes guidance that blocked school nurses from most care, including bandages, days after the law’s author called the rule “insanity.”
Florida’s surgeon general says no study is needed for his plan to end all school vaccine mandates, a policy he previously likened to ‘slavery’.
A West Point alumni group abruptly cancels an award for Tom Hanks, a Biden supporter lauded for his military films, citing a need to prepare officers for war.
Northwestern University’s president resigns months into an $800 million federal funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is moving to end a school Wi-Fi hotspot program after a similar legislative ban from Sen. Ted Cruz passed the Senate but stalled in the House.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze more than $2 billion in Harvard grants, ruling the move was unconstitutional retaliation to coerce university policy changes.
Florida Gov. DeSantis and his surgeon general moved to end all vaccine mandates, targeting decades-old requirements for polio and measles in schools.
Texas AG Ken Paxton uses a new school prayer law to endorse the Lord’s Prayer just weeks after a court struck down a Ten Commandments mandate.
Two northern Virginia school districts serving more than 207,000 students sued the Education Dept. for freezing millions in funds over their transgender student policies.
Education Dept rules Denver schools violated Title IX by creating all-gender bathrooms, escalating Trump administration crackdown on LGBTQ protections.
DHS proposes a new rule to limit foreign student stays to a fixed four-year period, ending a policy in place since 1978.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressures West Virginia to weaken its school vaccine mandate, citing civil rights laws to demand a religious exemption.
GMU president rejects Education Dept. civil rights office demand for apology over DEI hiring despite finding of Title VI violation.
Judge strikes down Minnesota law excluding faith-based colleges from high school credit program, ruling it violated religious freedom.
Education Dept says George Mason University must comply and publicly apologize for race-based hiring policies or face potential loss of federal funds.
Trump DOJ refuses to defend Hispanic-Serving Institution grant program, calling it unconstitutional as Tennessee and Students for Fair Admissions press lawsuit.
Trump administration cuts $12 million California health grant after state refused to drop transgender content from teen pregnancy program.
Trump administration rescinds 2015 guidance on English learners’ education rights, weakening schools’ obligations to provide translation and support services.
Federal judge blocks Mississippi’s DEI ban law indefinitely, citing threats to free speech, academic freedom, and due process in schools.
Trump administration flips Education Dept. civil rights mission, dismissing most discrimination complaints while targeting programs for students of color and transgender students.
Oklahoma imposes political loyalty test on teachers trained in California and New York who seek certification to work in the state.
Education Dept. moves to cut federal funding for five Northern Virginia school districts serving nearly 400,000 students over transgender bathroom rules.
Federal judge blocks enforcement in Maryland of Education Department rule limiting diversity and equity programs, citing failure to follow required process.
Trump administration disbands FEMA’s youth advisory council after months of silence, ending climate-focused disaster preparedness projects by high school members.
Judge Rita Lin orders Trump administration to restore UCLA’s National Science Foundation grants after rejecting distinction between suspensions and terminations.
Justice Department finds George Washington University violated civil rights law by ignoring campus antisemitism and threatens federal funding cuts.
Trump administration investigates Harvard’s federally funded patents under Bayh Dole Act review after freezing billions in research funding earlier this year.
Trump administration demands over $1 billion settlement from UCLA including $172 million for victims after freezing $584 million in research grants.
Education Department opens civil rights probe into Baltimore City Public Schools over antisemitism after ADL complaint alleging Nazi salutes and harassment.
Trump orders federally funded colleges to report race-based admissions data, directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to expand oversight in a broader DEI crackdown.
Trump administration freezes $584 million in UCLA research grants, the first public university targeted over alleged antisemitism and affirmative action failures.
Trump administration cuts UCLA’s $200 million in federal research funding over claims university failed to address antisemitism after pro-Palestinian protests.
Federal judge allows NSF to continue withholding hundreds of millions from researchers after Trump administration cut grants targeting misinformation and diversity programs.
Trump order revives Presidential Fitness Test in schools, naming golfer Bryson DeChambeau to lead sports council as part of broader conservative sports agenda.
