Readers sound off on gifted students, electing Mamdani and COLA calculations

Manhattan: Highly gifted students are the closest things we have to superheroes. These students can do mathematics at a ...
WNYT.com

Government shutdown offers schools a glimpse of life without an Education Department

The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for educators, wondering how long grant money will last and who can help ...

Kathy Hochul declares state of emergency for NY over SNAP food stamps freeze during shutdown

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a “food emergency” across the state Thursday as the federal government says SNAP benefits will run ...

New York declares State of Emergency to provide funding for SNAP benefits amid government shutdown

About 3 million New Yorkers utilize monthly SNAP benefits, which will not be distributed on Nov. 1 due to the shutdown.
KNOE

This Day in History: U.S. Department of Education created on Oct. 17, 1979

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Education Organization Act on Oct. 17, 1979. The bipartisan act separated education from the Department of Health, Education, and ...
The Journal

Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the ...
Staten Island Advance

Trump’s Education Department layoffs come for special education, civil rights

WASHINGTON — A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s ...
NPR

Federal workers sue the Education Department over partisan shutdown emails

A federal workers union is suing the Trump administration for inserting language into Department of Education employees' out-of-office email messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown.
The Hill

Federal worker union sues over Education Department shutdown emails

A federal worker union sued the Trump administration on Friday due to automatic email responses from employees at the Education Department that blame Democrats for the government shutdown. The ...
The New York Times

Plans to End Government Shutdown Fail in Senate for 4th Time

The federal shutdown was set to stretch through the weekend after Republicans and Democrats failed to attract enough bipartisan support for their proposals. The New York Times The Senate adjourned for ...
Chalkbeat

Trump gave the Labor Department more control over career-technical education. Will students benefit?

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. Career and technical education is a lot more than learning ...
NBC News

Union sues Education Department over manipulation of workers' email messages

A federal workers union has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for altering U.S. Department of Education employees’ out-of-office email messages to include partisan language about a ...