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Kara Arundel

Washington, D.C.

Senior Reporter at K-12 Dive

National education journalist/ Author of Raising America's Zoo 🦍🦍 https://t.co/pYr4LEbUQW

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  • Institute of Education Sciences cuts imperil high-quality research, lawsuits say

    1 week ago | k12dive.com | Kara Arundel

    This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. "Dramatic, unreasoned, and unlawful actions" taken by the Trump administration to significantly downsize the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences are making it impossible to carry out education research, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the American Educational Research Association and the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness.

  • Bills in Congress detail path to closing the Education Department

    1 week ago | k12dive.com | Kara Arundel

    This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Several Republican-led bills introduced in Congress this year propose how to divide up the U.S. Department of Education's responsibilities among other federal agencies — and thereby carry out President Donald Trump's plan to eliminate the 45-year-old agency.

  • States sue to recover ESSER extended spending allowances

    1 week ago | k12dive.com | Kara Arundel

    This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia sued the U.S. Department of Education on Thursday for halting previously approved extended spending timelines for emergency pandemic funding, calling the department's action "tremendously harmful" to states, school districts, private schools and contractors.

  • TItle I at 60: The debate continues

    1 week ago | k12dive.com | Kara Arundel

    This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. On April 11, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, which featured Title I as a cornerstone of Johnson’s War on Poverty. Title I provided annual financial assistance to school districts serving students from low-income families.

  • States, lawmakers push back on ‘abrupt and chaotic’ reversal of COVID funds

    2 weeks ago | k12dive.com | Kara Arundel

    This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Democratic leaders in Congress are demanding the U.S. Department of Education immediately reverse the cancelation of billions of dollars in spending extensions for previously approved pandemic emergency aid approved by Congress.

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Kara Arundel
Kara Arundel @KaraArundel
10 Apr 25

States, lawmakers push back on ‘abrupt and chaotic’ reversal of COVID funds. #SchoolFunding #ESSER https://t.co/oJVU0wvsEO via @K12DiveNews

Kara Arundel
Kara Arundel @KaraArundel
10 Apr 25

House committee advances ‘gender ideology’ bills. #Congress #SchoolPolicy https://t.co/sDJoZK3d8R via @K12DiveNews

Kara Arundel
Kara Arundel @KaraArundel
7 Apr 25

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ overhaul has sparked concerns about access, affordability and safety of young children in #HeadStart programs. #EarlyChildhoodEducation https://t.co/RBwfGUmIPo