Education

Education

The Beef Industry Is Quietly Rewriting Climate Education

Gabriella Sotelo / Sentient May 28, 2025 Students learn about regulating methane emissions, but not about the clear benefits of eating less meat. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Education

District Court Blocks Trump’s Department of Education Shutdown

Amy Zimmer / Chalkbeat May 23, 2025 A federal judge blocked plans to eliminate the Department of Education and ordered the agency to bring back hundreds of employees it laid off. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Activism

Education in Solidarity

Joel Suarez / n+1 May 23, 2025 The Trump administration has unwittingly created the grounds for a powerful alliance among scientists and humanists, medieval literature students and assembly line workers. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

TD Column

Discipline and Punish

Victoria Livingstone / Truthdig May 7, 2025 Attacks on international students are part of a bigger project to suppress critical thought and demand obedience from universities. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Education

A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda

Jennifer Smith Richards, Jodi S. Cohen / ProPublica May 5, 2025 The department’s decimated civil rights office is enforcing its anti-diversity campaign while making discrimination investigations practically impossible. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Education

Department of Education’s Anti-DEI Campaign Hits a Roadblock

Erica Meltzer / Chalkbeat Apr 25, 2025 The Education Department had given states until Thursday to certify compliance with its controversial interpretation of civil rights law. Federal judges complicated that effort hours before the deadline. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Race

Resisting the Erasure of Black History

Douglas H. White / TomDispatch Apr 18, 2025 As the Trump administration attempts to bury this country's legacy of racism, it is more important than ever not to remain silent about the past. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Education

Department of Education Demands States Certify That Schools Aren’t Using DEI

Erica Meltzer / Chalkbeat Apr 4, 2025 Schools have 10 days to certify that they do not engage in practices that the administration says illegally promote diversity, equity and inclusion. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Media

Legacy Media Paved Way for Trump’s Targeting of Columbia

Ari Paul / FAIR Mar 25, 2025 The New York Times, Atlantic and Washington Post fanned the flames of the right-wing pearl-clutching at the anti-genocide protests. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Education

The Spread of Schoolyard Astroturf

Maurice Cunningham / Independent Media Institute Mar 24, 2025 How news reporters are being deceived by fake groups of ‘moms’ and ‘parents’ attacking public schools. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Activism

Whose Side Are College Administrators On?

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd / History News Network Mar 21, 2025 There’s a long history of politicians targeting student protesters — and of campus leaders abetting those efforts. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Education

Linda McMahon Slashes Department of Education Staff

Erica Meltzer, Kalyn Belsha / Chalkbeat Mar 12, 2025 Through layoffs and voluntary buyouts, the department intends to halve the current staff by the end of the month. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )