Tag: Education Department

DeSantis Camp Puts Longtime Right-Wing Effort To Demolish Fed Govt Front And Center

By Emine Yücel | June 29, 2023 11:56 a.m.

Five Debates You’ll Hear If Biden Officially Announces A Targeted Student Debt Forgiveness Plan

By Kate Riga | June 2, 2022 9:46 a.m.

Liberty University’s Handling Of Sexual Assaults Under Investigation By Education Dept

ProPublica previously detailed how the evangelical school had dismissed reports of rape and threatened to punish accusers for running afoul of its moral code. Investigators are now looking into whether Liberty violated federal law.

By Hannah Dreyfus | April 29, 2022 10:41 a.m.

Biden Extends Moratorium On Federal Student Loan Payments Until May

By Summer Concepcion | December 22, 2021 1:38 p.m.

Ed Dept Follows Lead Of Disability Rights Groups Challenging School Mask Mandates

By Summer Concepcion | August 30, 2021 6:20 p.m.

DeVos Urges Education Department Employees To ‘Be The Resistance’ In Biden Administration

By Zoe Richards | December 16, 2020 10:39 a.m.

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, July 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ Abaca Press

Ex-Private Student Loan CEO Leaves Education Dept, Calls For Cancelling Student Loans

By Cristina Cabrera | October 24, 2019 11:32 a.m.

Admin Threatens To Pull Funds From University Program Deemed Too Focused On Islam

By Cristina Cabrera | September 19, 2019 4:53 p.m.

speaks onstage at Conversations About America's Future: Senator Elizabeth Warren during the 2019 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater on March 8, 2019 in Austin, Texas.

Warren Torches DeVos: She’s ‘The Worst Secretary Of Education We’ve Seen’

By Cristina Cabrera | May 13, 2019 2:02 p.m.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos arrives for a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House Dems Grill DeVos As Uproar Over Special Olympics Funding Cut Mounts

By Collin Binkley | March 27, 2019 4:11 p.m.