Erica Meltzer

Kindergarten test scores can be an important warning sign, researchers said, and early gaps don't just clear up on their own. But the solutions aren’t obvious.

Parceling out key Education Department functions should be viewed as a pilot program, not an end run around Congress, and five other takeaways from our interview with agency leaders.

The decision marks another legal setback for transgender youth as the Trump administration and Republican-led state legislatures have advanced policies limiting transgender rights.

The SCOTUS decision allowing states to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports was a big ruling. It also left a lot of big questions unanswered.

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At the current pace, each state would see a federal auditor just once every 25 years. Recent monitoring reports have found a host of problems in how states support students with disabilities.

A federal law known as FERPA protects student privacy. The Trump administration says it also requires schools to tell parents about gender transitions.

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A new report raises concerns that under the Trump administration, the federal government has scaled back special education oversight.

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