Trump, Department of Education

Trump pledged to close the Education Department. What would that mean?
The Department of Education provides about 10% of K-12 funding, enforces civil rights laws and runs the $1.6 trillion student loan program.
Fact Check Team: Trump's promise to close to Education Department, give control to states
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to close the Department of Education and have the states run the education system. But, he can't do it alone.
Tommy Tuberville backs Trump’s plan for Department of Education: ‘SHUT IT DOWN!’
Educators nationwide have expressed concerns about the department’s future after Donald Trump vowed to eliminate it throughout his campaign.
Can Donald Trump close the Department of Education all on his own?
President-elect Trump has said he wants to close the Department of Education, but can he actually shut down a longstanding federal agency?
Can Donald Trump Stop the US TikTok Ban? What We Know
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to try to stop the potential ban on TikTok when he takes office next year, sources told The Washington Post. According to a law passed in April, the social media platform must find a new owner not based in China or lose its U.
What Donald Trump’s Win Means For Inflation
What is Donald Trump’s position on UFOs?
Lawmakers are holding a new public hearing on UFOs on the heels of the election of President-elect Donald Trump, who has said he supports UFO disclosure. Trump has said he supports transparency on the subject of UFOs but has not necessarily expressed deep interest in the subject.
So, Which Celebrities Will Donald Trump Pardon This Time?
Processing Donald Trump’s shocking win over Kamala Harris will take some time, but one thing is for certain: He’ll soon have presidential pardon power. This means that Trump, a recently minted convicted felon who’s facing additional serious charges,
Donald Trump calls out NFL
This season, the NFL introduced a new kickoff format, but United States President-elect Donald Trump is clearly not a supporter of the change. The “dynamic kickoff” was implemented to encourage more kickoff returns.
Why Ukraine thinks it can still win over Donald Trump
The relationship between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has always been, to put it mildly, a little complicated. In 2019, there was the “ perfect phone call ,” in which Trump allegedly leveraged US aid to Ukraine to pressure Zelenskyy to investigate Hunter Biden.
1 in 5 U.S. schools are struggling with shortage of special education teachers
A meeting in Washington this week will address a national shortage of special education teachers. Nearly one-in-five public ...
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WA superintendent prepares for Trump education policies
Washington voters elected Chris Reykdal to the state’s highest education office for a third time. As of Friday afternoon, ...
Nearly 1 in 5 US public schools short on special education teachers, lawmakers to hold hearings
A recent study by the National Center for Education Statistics reported that almost 20% of public schools were not fully ...
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What Trump's second term could mean for student debt in Washington
By the numbers: About 780,000 people in Washington have federal student loan debt, according to the Department of Education. Together, those borrowers owe nearly $29 billion in federal student ...
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2025 Best Elementary Schools in Washington
Spread the loveWashington state is known for its commitment to education, and its elementary schools continue to excel in ...
As President-elect Trump heads back to Washington, proposals forecast big changes to education
I’m going to close the Department of Education and move education back to the states. And we’re going to do it fast,” ...
MGP writes state schools superintendent seeking to expand CTE education
Skamania, has written to the Washington state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to encourage the office to expand career and technical education (CTE) to the sixth grade. While ...
Keep federal government out of civic education
Election Day is past. But we need to reflect on what happens afterward, and how we can create a healthier discourse moving ...
The Case for Education Secretary Justice | Opinion
President Trump's most promising pick for Secretary of Education would be Tiffany Justice, the co-founder of Moms for Liberty ...
How Democrats became the party of education credential hierarchy
One cannot fully appreciate the mutual animosity of contemporary politics without recognizing this shift that the Democratic ...