Brooke Schultz

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Staff Writer at Education Week

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1 week ago | timesofisrael.com | Marc Levy |Linley Sanders |Frank Bajak |Brooke Schultz

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Defending Ed. Dept. Cuts, Linda McMahon Says It's Time to 'Do Something Different'

2 weeks ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Brooke Schultz

Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended the Trump administration’s deep cuts to the U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday by saying it’s time to “shake it up” and “revamp” some of the agency’s key data collection and accountability functions that have been subject to some of the steepest reductions.
Defending Ed. Dept. Cuts, Linda McMahon Says It's Time to 'Do Something Different'

2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Brooke Schultz

Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended the Trump administration’s deep cuts to the U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday by saying it’s time to “shake it up” and “revamp” some of the agency’s key data collection and accountability functions that have been subject to some of the steepest reductions.
Trump Admin. Funding Cuts Could Hit Efforts to Restore School Libraries

2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Jennifer Vilcarino |Brooke Schultz

Philadelphia in recent years has had only two full-time librarians in a school district with 216 schools and 118,000 students. It’s a challenge Debra Kachel, an affiliate faculty member at Antioch University, has been working to solve. Kachel is partnering with the district on a federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to study how other urban school systems rebuilt their school library programs and funded training for a new generation of librarians.
Groups Sue Over Trump's Cuts to Education Department Research Arm

2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Brooke Schultz

Organizations representing scholars and researchers are asking a federal judge to order the reinstatement of canceled contracts and laid-off employees at the U.S. Department of Education’s data-gathering and research arm, arguing that the cuts have “functionally eliminated” a congressionally mandated office.
No Federal Funds If You're Using DEI

2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Brooke Schultz

The U.S. Department of Education is ordering school districts and states to certify in writing that they’re not using diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, in order to continue receiving federal education funds. In a letter sent out Thursday, the Trump administration gave state education chiefs 10 days to sign a certification saying they’re complying with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits race-based discrimination in federally funded programs.
Trump Admin. Tells States, Schools How to Use Title I for School Choice

3 weeks ago | edweek.org | Brooke Schultz

Making good on an order from President Donald Trump’s first days in office to look into how it could expand school choice, the U.S. Department of Education on Monday reminded states of existing flexibility they have to spend some of their federal funds to allow parents more of a say in customizing their child’s education. The department said the move was a first step to push states to embrace existing freedom in law to advance a key education policy priority for the new administration.
Linda McMahon Abruptly Tells States Their Time to Spend COVID Relief Has Passed

3 weeks ago | edweek.org | Brooke Schultz

Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Friday told states that their time to spend COVID relief money had suddenly come to an end—canceling extensions the department had previously granted to states to allow schools more time to spend the money on previously planned projects and services. McMahon alerted state education chiefs in a letter dated Friday that the deadline to spend all remaining funds was that same day at 5 p.m. EST.
McMahon Says Schools With 'Gender Plans' Could Be Violating Federal Privacy Law

3 weeks ago | edweek.org | Brooke Schultz

The U.S. Department of Education is using the primary federal law governing student privacy to investigate two state education departments over policies concerning how schools disclose changes to students’ gender identities to their parents. It’s a fresh attempt by the Trump administration to threaten federal school funding for states and school districts that flout the president’s agenda concerning transgender students.
Why Trump's Move to Shift Special Ed. to HHS Is Rattling Educators

3 weeks ago | edweek.org | Mark Lieberman |Brooke Schultz

Half a century ago, hundreds of thousands of children with disabilities nationwide either had to attend costly private schools or forgo education altogether. Students with disabilities who were in school were isolated from their peers for most of the school day. And the prospects for a parent securing disability services for their child depended heavily on the state where they lived.