Education researchers warn budget proposals from the White House and House Republicans would impose steep cuts on some of the nation's most vulnerable students and disadvantaged school communities.

The longer a federal shutdown lasts, the harder it will be for local school districts, universities and the federal Education Department to provide services. In the short term, most in the education sector will be fine because much of the funding dedicated over the summer and through Oct.

The Trump administration last week said it concluded that a Minnesota policy letting transgender student athletes compete on teams consistent with their gender identity is a violation of Title IX.

Consumer advocates criticized the department’s new focus on financial literacy, saying more pressing issues exist. In a CNBC interview, Carolina Rodriguez, director of the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program in New York, said the move “diverts attention from the urgent need to resolve consumer complaints and systemic servicing failures.”

The Trump administration has begun canceling dozens of competitive federal education grants years before they were set to expire—and the educators behind hundreds more in-progress projects are worried that funding delays mean their grants could be next.

As President Donald Trump has sought to make major changes to higher education institutions across the country, California universities have spent millions on lobbying efforts in 2025.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — The U.S. Department of Education has notified Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) that it cannot certify their Magnet School grant applications “as they are in violation of federal civil rights laws, including Title IX.”

The USC Academic Senate held a special meeting to discuss the Trump administration's education compact, which was presented to the school last week.

State legislative sessions around the country are coming to a close, and fights over public versus charter school funding and cell phones were among the biggest policy battles this year.

""The National Defense Education Act broke a logjam of opposition to federal aid to elementary and secondary education in 1958. Many believe that the launch of the Soviet's Sputnik satellite enabled the bill's proponents to get it through Congress.