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One of the chauvinistic, self-glorifying myths of American liberalism is that the US has especially strong institutions. In this story, trotted out occasionally since 2016 to…

The Education Department is moving quickly to carry out the higher ed changes in the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The agency announced Thursday…

The White House has announced that it will release $5.5bn in frozen education funds back to US states.That announcement came on Friday after Donald Trump’s administration…

The largest pot of grant money frozen by the Trump administration consisted of roughly $2.2 billion for professional development for educators. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption toggle…

The Trump administration is drastically changing the federal government’s role in education. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Federal education policy has seen a lot of changes in the…

Matt Wrack, a former leader of the firefighters’ union, has been elected as permanent general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union after a ballot in which…

The children’s writer Michael Rosen, one-time political strategist Alastair Campbell and former education secretaries Charles Clarke and Estelle Morris have urged the prime minister to honour…

Amy GarciaBBC News, YorkshirePro-Stock Studio/GettyThe use of educational technology – or ed tech – is being encouraged in schools, but some worry about the consequencesThe head…

Before the Department of Education laid off half its staff in March, college financial aid officers on the west coast could typically help a student track…

The government is facing another political battle as backbench MPs, campaigners and parents have voiced concern at plans to overhaul support in England for children and…