Families say school civil rights investigations have stalled after federal cuts
Amy Cupp hugs her daughter, G, for a portrait in her home in northern Indiana. G is 12 and has multiple disabilities. Cupp has filed…
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DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is ‘devastated’
Logan, 17 and a junior at Newton South High School, stands in his room in Newton, Mass. Logan was part of a program called Charting…
How are college presidents handling funding threats? Preparing for the worst
Shane Tolentino for NPR Education Why this Yale professor is fleeing America In even a typical year, running a college or university is a complex…
How the Education Department helps students with disabilities get an education
Kellen Hedler leads his fellow classmates at Frontier Elementary School near Oklahoma City. Kellen has Down syndrome, a genetic condition that causes a range of…
6 things borrowers should know about federal student loans right now
Eight million federal student loan borrowers are waiting for the courts to decide if their repayment plan is legal, while another 9 million are late…
How the Ph.D. Project, and 45 colleges, became a target of the Trump administration
The campus of Yale University seen in New Haven, Conn. Yale is one of 45 colleges that are under investigation for allegedly engaging in “race-exclusionary…
Trump says Education Department will no longer oversee student loans, ‘special needs’
The federal student loan portfolio – which manages about $1.6 trillion in loans for roughly 43 million borrowers – is currently overseen by the Education…
How the Education Department cuts could hurt low-income and rural schools
Students hold signs and chant during a March 13 rally in front of the U.S. Department of Education to protest budget cuts. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images…
Trump signs order aiming to close the Education Department
On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive action to begin dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle…
The Education Department is being cut in half. Here’s what’s being lost
A view through the doors of the U.S. Department of Education, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, the day after the agency said it would lay…