K-12 Dive

2 days ago | k12dive.com | Naaz Modan

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is undergoing a slew of changes, including a significantly increased caseload after the Trump administration let go of hundreds of its employees. With the nomination of Kimberly Richey to fill the role of assistant secretary for civil rights, it's likely the office tasked with enforcing equal educational access will shift even more.

3 days ago | k12dive.com | Naaz Modan

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday warned California public school districts that they were "exposed to legal liability" after a transgender athlete won gold in a state high school track and field championship over the weekend. The win was shared with cisgender athletes who won first place alongside athlete AB Hernandez.

4 days ago | k12dive.com | Naaz Modan

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Every state except New Hampshire now publishes chronic absenteeism data on its department of education website, according to a report by Attendance Works released Tuesday. The organization noted that when it was founded in 2010, Maryland was the only state to do so. A majority of states — 43 — had published their chronic absenteeism data for 2023-24 as of April.

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.