by Matthew Junkroski | May 28, 2026 | Education, Featured, Social Justice
WASHINGTON — Of the five minutes Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla, had to question Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon about the 2027 Department of Education budget, he spent four of them expressing his concerns about how a new rule creating a federal cap on student...
by Jordan Owens | May 28, 2025 | Education
Education Department Secretary Linda McMahon testified at a House appropriations committee on the department’s proposed budget for the 2026 Fiscal Year. McMahon says the department is looking at cutting Head Start programs and mental health services for...
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by Jordan Owens | May 16, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — As protesters gathered on the front steps of the Supreme Court, the justices inside heard arguments in a Maryland case that could determine whether parents, due to their religious beliefs, have the right to pull their children out of classes that...
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by Jordan Owens | May 12, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — As anti-Israel protests increased on campuses this week, some Republican members of Congress blasted universities for failing to stop anti-semitism. “It’s a moral issue, and every school that allows this chaos to continue needs to lose all...
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by Jordan Owens | May 6, 2025 | Education
WASHINGTON – In a recent letter to Northwestern University President Michael Schill, the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce Chairman Tim Walberg, R-Mich., accused Schill of failing to keep his promise to discipline students involved in antisemitism on...
by Leonardo Pini | May 1, 2025 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON – Some Senate Democrats voiced concerns this week about damage to free speech from a new law that would define antisemitism, however, several Democrats co-sponsored the bill with most Republicans. “I worry that this bill is unconstitutional and will...
