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ED states unequivocally that there are no findings against GCU (May 16, 2025) – The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has rescinded a $37.7 million fine, with prejudice, that was proposed against Grand Canyon University, clearing the university of any wrongdoing. In a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal order issued by ED’s Office of Hearings and […]
CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago Public Schools is now under the federal microscope. There was new reaction Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into alleged racial discrimination.
The Chicago Public Schools are under federal investigation again — this time for a program that CPS said is meant to provide a fair education to all students. A complaint claims the CPS is actually using the program to discriminate on the basis of race. This is the second time in two months that the […]
CHICAGO (WLS) — The Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into Chicago Public Schools for alleged racial discrimination. A DOE statement says its Office for Civil Rights is looking into allegations that CPS’ Black Students Success Plan violates Title VI. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch
President Trump flew briefly this weekend into a European continent he has thrown into chaos in recent months, paying respects to Pope Francis at his funeral, but also meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a critical moment that may decide both the country’s boundaries and its fate. Mr. Trump was on the ground […]
The Education Department said Monday it will be restarting “involuntary” repayment of federal student loans that are in default. The payments were paused during President Donald Trump’s first term in 2020 as a response to the Covid pandemic. “Beginning May 5, the department will begin involuntary collection through the Treasury Department’s offset program, which withholds […]
The NAACP is challenging the Trump administration in a new federal lawsuit that accuses the U.S. Department of Education of violating the civil rights of Black American students with its broad anti-DEI policies. In the lawsuit, filed in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, joined by the Legal Defense Fund, targets […]
Mike Jacobson is the founding director of Empowerment Through Aviation (ETA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to introducing young women from Baltimore City Public Schools to the aviation industry. Jacobson’s role involves strategic leadership, program development, and community outreach to ensure that young people, particularly those from communities underrepresented in this field, have access to aviation […]
Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., spoke to a crowd of roughly 500 people during a packed town hall event in one of the state’s Republican-leaning districts. It was a bid by the first-term senator to both outline the consequences of Trump’s policy efforts and draw attention to the recent decrease in the number of Republican town […]
Students hold signs and chant during a March 13 rally in front of the U.S. Department of Education to protest budget cuts. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images President Trump’s efforts to shutter the U.S. Department of Education are in full swing. On Thursday, he signed an executive action instructing U.S. […]