Education

The Trump administration announced a dramatic funding cut on Friday, saying it would cut federal grants and contracts worth $400 million from Columbia University for “inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.”

While some see the Department of Education as vital to ensure education access and quality, others say it’s a bureaucracy that must be abolished.

Districts across the Philadelphia region and the nation are working against a deadline set by the U.S. Department of Education. It’s warning schools about what it calls “Race-Based Preferences,” and federal leaders say if districts let these programs continue, consequences will follow. NBC10’s Deanna Durante reports. 

Meet Sahli Negassi, a high school student in New Jersey who has accomplished an extraordinary academic feat.

Sahli Negassi is quite the student as the West Orange High Schooler scored a 1600 on the SAT among his many other accomplishments.

Here is a look at some of the department’s key functions, and how Trump has said he might approach them.

Efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle the Education Department are underway. Here’s what it could mean for students.

It’s unclear to what degree the Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences will continue to exist after Musk’s team slashed scores of contracts.

The Department of Education took another step Tuesday in advancing the Trump administration’s new transgender policy for sports by asking the NCAA and a key high-school sports organization to restore titles, awards and records it says have been “misappropriated by biological males competing in female categories.”

During a staff-wide meeting Wednesday, leaders of the Department of Education told employees that the Trump administration’s resignation offer comes with major caveats.

A study conducted by researchers at Stony Brook University found teenagers spend an average of 90 minutes a day on their phones during school.

With the Trump administration looking for ways to close parts or all of the U.S. Department of Education, many of the country’s 42 million federal student loan borrowers are likely feeling on edge.

A letter to the affected employees obtained by NBC News said they would continue to receive their full salaries and benefits and would not be required to do any work-related tasks.

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Wednesday that would prioritize and free up federal funding to expand school choice programs.

New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing last week’s Department of Education announcement that calls bans a “hoax.”

At least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather, the United Nations Children’s Fund said in a new report Friday.

School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington officially kicked off his “Thrive At Five” campaign with the goal of getting as many children registered for kindergarten as soon as possible.

School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington is launching the “Thrive at Five” campaign to get parents to register their children for kindergarten for next school year.

A $1.1 million grant is looking to benefit Camden students who need extra help to thrive. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle has the details.