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Coronavirus · United StatesState Superintendent Dr. Michael F. Rice and State Board of Education President Dr. Pamela Pugh are issuing statements on how recent action by the U.S. Department of Education to pull back federal funding will harm Michigan students and schools.See the Story
State Superintendent, State Board President Issue Statement on U.S. Ed. Dept. Pulling Back Funding
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Donald Trump · SacramentoSchools that don’t treat student “gender plans” like an educational record violate a federal law on student and family privacy, the Education Department has told educators.See the Story
Withholding a child’s gender identity info from parents is illegal, Trump official says
67% Right coverage: 3 sources
Air Quality · United StatesHere’s an explanation of how indoor air quality is linked to infectious diseases like bird flu, and what preparedness work states could do now for safer air.See the Story
Why improving air quality in schools would minimize the threat of bird flu spread
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Donald Trump · United StatesPresident Trump’s efforts to shutter the U.S. Department of Education are in full swing.On Thursday, he signed an executive action instructing U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education,” and to do so “to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law.”Before that, the department had already announced it was shrinking its workforce by nearly half, with cuts…See the Story
How the Education Department cuts could hurt low-income and rural schools
50% Left coverage: 12 sources
Donald Trump · United StatesPresident Trump signed an executive order Thursday seeking to facilitate his longstanding goal of eliminating the Department of Education. While the order recognizes it would take an act of Congress to completely shutter the department, Trump directed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to do all she can to achieve its end. See the Story
Trump signs executive order aimed at dismantling U.S. Department of Education
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