Dana Goldstein

New York

National Correspondent at The New York Times

National correspondent @NYTimes. Author of THE TEACHER WARS.

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Articles

Teachers Worry About A.I. for Students. For Themselves It's Another Matter.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Dana Goldstein

Educators are increasingly using generative A.I. in their own work, even as they express profound hesitation about the ethics of student use. As artificial intelligence makes its way into schools, a paradox is emerging.
Education Department Is Threatening to Cut All Federal Funding for Maine Schools

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jenna Russell |Dana Goldstein

The Trump administration has been targeting Maine since the president sparred with Gov. Janet Mills over transgender athletes at the White House in February. The Department of Education said on Friday that it was moving to cut off all federal funding for Maine's public schools because the state had ignored President Trump's executive order banning transgender athletes from girls' sports teams.
The Public School Programs Trump Has Threatened

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dana Goldstein |Melanie Bencosme |Karen Hanley |Laura Salaberry
How the Trump administration might target DEI in public schools

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Dana Goldstein

What counts as a DEI program in a school? And how do such programs differ from simply learning and talking about race and identity? Those questions have been central to local education debates over the past five years.
How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dana Goldstein

Kimberlé Crenshaw, a leading Black studies and legal scholar, said the administration was reaching well beyond established legal precedents, and argued that schools should not rush to accept the administration's interpretation that civil rights law allows curriculum restrictions.
Trump challenges California on transgender parental notification

3 weeks ago | lasvegassun.com | Dana Goldstein |Laurel Rosenhall

The Trump administration asserted Thursday that California’s new law protecting transgender students from unwanted disclosures to their parents was a violation of federal law. The announcement foreshadowed a potential legal battle over one of the most contentious issues in education — and a threat to a state law that is considered a milestone in transgender rights.
Trump Challenges California on Transgender Parental Notification

3 weeks ago | gvwire.com | Dana Goldstein |Laurel Rosenhall

The Trump administration Thursday asserted that California’s new law protecting transgender students from unwanted disclosures to their parents was a violation of federal law. The announcement foreshadowed a potential legal battle over one of the most contentious issues in education. The move could empower conservative school boards and parent activists in California and across the country, who have resisted efforts from liberal educators and policymakers to affirm transgender identities.
Trump Challenges California on Transgender Parental Notification

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Dana Goldstein |Laurel Rosenhall

The Trump administration will investigate whether a new California law banning parental notification requirements in schools violates federal policy. The Trump administration announced an investigation Thursday into the state of California, saying its new law protecting transgender students from unwanted disclosures to their parents violated federal law.
Trump signs executive order to dismantle US Department of Education

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Dana Goldstein

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that directs the federal Department of Education to come up with a plan for its own demise. “We are sending education back to the states, where it so rightly belongs,” secretary of education Linda McMahon said in a statement after Mr Trump signed the order. Only Congress can abolish a Cabinet-level agency, and it is not clear whether Mr Trump has the votes in Congress to do so.
Can Trump End the Department of Education?

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Dana Goldstein

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that directs the federal Department of Education to come up with a plan for its own demise. Only Congress can abolish a Cabinet-level agency, and it is not clear whether Mr. Trump has the votes in Congress to do so.