An NC House committee advanced a resolution on June 2 urging Congress to abolish the US Department of Education and hand authority back to the states.
NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a lawsuit filed on Tuesday against the US Department of Education over a new rule that could restrict access to federal student loans for people pursuing professional degree programs in health care-related fields.
Baesler was tapped by Trump in February, then confirmed by the US Senate in October, following her role as North Dakota’s state education chief.
The federal plan caps the amount nursing graduate students can borrow for tuition by redefining which graduate programs qualify, but analysts say critics miss the mark.
New national test results released show a sharp drop in academic performance among the nation’s high school seniors, with math and reading scores falling to levels not seen in decades and the gap between the highest- and lowest-performing students widening.
HHS demands Duke University cooperate with federal probe into widespread racial discrimination at Duke School of Medicine and other Duke Health entities.
The US Department of Education is releasing $6.8 billion in education funding that it had originally frozen on June 30, including over $165 million for North Carolina.
More than 250 years ago, a group of women defied a distant government, demanding transparency and the right to make their own decisions. Today, mothers are once again standing up to challenge bureaucrats who presume to know what’s best for their families.
US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Raleigh this week to deliver the keynote address at the 20th anniversary celebration of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC). McMahon’s visit puts a national spotlight on North Carolina’s school choice movement.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday designed to weed out DEI criteria in public school discipline policies.
In a bold move that signals a significant shift in US education policy, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that will drastically reduce the size and influence of the U.S. Department of Education. While the order does not fully dissolve the agency, it will significantly scale back its operations and responsibilities, shifting those responsibilities to the states.
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