Washington, D.C. — In an executive order issued this week, President Donald Trump announced the reestablishment of the Presidential Fitness Test and a significant overhaul of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, aiming to combat the nation’s rising health crisis ahead of America’s 250th anniversary in 2026. On Thursday, Trump signed the order […]
Current Events in Education
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Public broadcasting to Shut Down After $1.1 Billion Federal Funding Cut
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it will begin a “wind-down of its operations” and cut a majority of its jobs by the end of September following Congress’s approval to cut $1.1 billion in its federal funding. On Friday, PBS told its employees that the majority of staff positions will be cut by Sept. […]
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35 years later, High School reading lists still lack diversity, NCTE study finds
According to a study funded by the NCTE, despite nationwide efforts to diversify texts used by teachers in secondary English literature classrooms, the list of books most taught by the nation’s teachers is written by dead, white men. In the study “The State of Literature Use in US Secondary English Classrooms,” funded by the National […]
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Trump abruptly returns $5 billion in funding back to schools
In an abrupt move, the Department of Education announced on Friday that it would release over $5 billion in funding to school systems after the Trump administration paused it on July 1 without warning. These already approved federal funding is intended to support summer and after-school programs for migrant students, English learners, and underserved communities were […]
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The life, legacy, and lessons learned from Malcolm Jamal Warner
Like so many Gen X adults, the death of Malcolm Jamal Warner was a shock. As the kids often say, it hit different. I have read so many articles and seen so many tributes to his impact and legacy that I felt compelled to capture how much his life has impacted my own. From phone […]
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NEA Executive leadership votes to maintain relationship with Anti-Defamation League
Last night, the nine-member NEA executive committee voted against severing ties with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) over claims of how it treated organizations critical of Israel. “Today, following the culmination of a thorough review process as governed by NEA rules, including a vote by NEA’s Executive Committee earlier this week, NEA’s Board of Directors—representing the […]
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Trump plans to unfreeze $1 billion for after-school funding
The Trump administration will unfreeze more than $1 billion for after-school and summer programming, according to a source within the administration. This comes after funding was paused on July 1, and across the country, school districts and state officials have been on the official. According to ABC News, “The programmatic review is over for 21st […]
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New rule immediately stops undocumented immigrants from accessing Head Start
On July 10, Head Start providers nationwide were notified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that they must now verify children’s citizenship and immigration status before enrollment, a policy that could prevent some families from accessing the program. Head Start, a program dedicated to promoting school readiness among low-income children, supports more […]