Kara Arundel

4 days ago | k12dive.com | Kara Arundel

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. WASHINGTON — A confident U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon told a panel of senators Tuesday how the U.S. Department of Education's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal aims to reduce federal bureaucracy and empower state-level decision making. Several senators on both sides of the aisle, however, questioned the depth of some of the proposed cuts to K-12 and reasoning behind the financial reforms.

5 days ago | k12dive.com | Kara Arundel

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Trump administration revealed more details of its fiscal year 2026 budget proposal for the U.S. Department of Education on Friday, detailing its vision for how the agency would support students with disabilities and those from low-income families while also cutting federal red tape and expanding school choice incentives.

1 week ago | k12dive.com | Kara Arundel

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. Department of Education is investigating a Wisconsin school district over allegations that it discriminated against a White elementary school student with dyslexia on the basis of race, according to a statement from the agency Wednesday.

1 week ago | k12dive.com | Kara Arundel

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A lawsuit against three long-time literacy experts, whose early reading curricula was criticized for not emphasizing daily phonics instruction, has been dismissed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, according to an order released May 22. The legal challenge was filed last year against Lucy Calkins, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell.

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Kara Arundel

Share This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback . Findings from the Virginia investigation, announced by Attorney General Jason Miyares on May 21, faulted the district's 2020 revised admissions policy for putting Asian American students at a disadvantage. Admissions for Asian American students dropped from 73% to 54% in the year after the policy went into effect, according to the investigation.