Brooke Schultz

2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Brooke Schultz

The U.S. Department of Education was already working behind the scenes to move two key programs to other federal agencies before a court order halted the work, according to a new legal filing.

2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Brooke Schultz

The U.S. Department of Education has hired a Project 2025 author whose chapter of the conservative policy document proposed dismantling the federal agency, phasing out Title I funding for schools, and scaling back other federal involvement in education. Lindsey Burke will join the Education Department as deputy chief of staff for policy and programs, the department announced late last week.

3 weeks ago | edweek.org | Brooke Schultz

The U.S. Department of Education won’t cut loose more than a thousand employees next week, as originally planned in its March reduction in force, but the affected staff have not yet returned to work, according to an email sent out to the employees Friday. The message is the latest, but most significant, step the agency has taken to date to comply with a federal judge’s order last month that directed the department to reinstate the staff it shed through layoffs.

3 weeks ago | edweek.org | Brooke Schultz

Benja Luke knew she needed a job that would be flexible as she completed student teaching—and she wanted one that would help her be even better prepared when she stepped into a classroom. It brought her to an AmeriCorps position through Communities In Schools of Georgia, a nonprofit focused on dropout prevention. For 20 hours a week, she tutored children who needed additional help with reading. That was almost two decades ago.

3 weeks ago | edweek.org | Brooke Schultz

The nominee for the U.S. Department of Education’s No. 2 spot stopped short of a full-throated endorsement of closing the federal agency during her confirmation hearing Thursday—but, leaning on her time as a state education chief, stressed that states should be further empowered to spend federal funds largely as they see fit.