Naaz Modan

The move would give the agency broad authority to end grants, including “for convenience,” after such approaches have led to legal disputes.

A federal initiative has so far led to over $14,000 in civil penalties in one district and criminal charges against two of its former educators.

The U.S. Department of Education is seeking to give itself more leeway in how and why it cancels federal grant funding, according to a proposed rule publis

A Dear Colleague letter said such surveys are automatically considered “required” because students may feel influenced to fill them out.

More than half of these students experienced one negative event, such as verbal harassment, in the last year, Glisten and Trevor Project find.

As some districts push back against investigations and federal funding threats, others are changing their policies after warnings from the government.

The findings come as career and technical education has gained traction and are “concerning” amid broader postsecondary shifts, a Rand report said.

Dive Brief: High Schoolers Say School Counselors Emphasize College Pathways, Not CTE

The department quietly released results of the Civil Rights Data Collection for the 2023-24 school year, but redacted data collected on nonbinary students' experiences.

The findings come as career and technical education has gained traction and are “concerning” amid broader postsecondary shifts, a Rand report said.