Our public schools educate nearly 50 million students. They provide warm meals, a trusted adult, access to mental health support, and the chance to discover a passion that changes the course of their life. They don’t turn anyone away. That is not a small thing — that is everything.
Linda McMahon and Donald Trump are gutting the Department of Education — carving off one slice at a time.
Hundreds of employees in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) — including staff in both the Special Education Programs and Rehabilitative Services divisions — were laid off on Friday.
Join NPE President Diane Ravitch as she and Carol Burris discuss her recently released memoir.
SB 414 is the WRONG BILL to enact true charter reform--which is why the charter lobby pressured the legislature to pass it.
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The Trump administration informed state education departments that it is defying Congress and immediately withholding $6.2 billion in federal K-12 education funds—a devastating blow to public schools across the nation. Tell your member of Congress to insist that funding be restored.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz brought down the house with his wisdom and humor at our 2025 conferene earlier this month.
The sweeping, unprecedented directive is not only illegal, but will have severe consequences for real people in every part of the country—in red states and blue states and everywhere in between.