Education

House Passes PROTECT Kids Act on Student Gender Identity Changes

Why it matters: The House passed the PROTECT Kids Act floor vote Wednesday, 217-198, a bill that would require federally funded public elementary and middle...

Congress

Senate Examines Charter Schools' Impact on Student Needs

Charter schools are expanding their footprint across the country as families exit traditional public schools in growing numbers, federal grant dollars flow...

Legislation

Farm Bill Debate: Formula Funding Versus Competitive Grants

Congress is deep in negotiations over a new farm bill, and a fresh Congressional Research Service report on farm bill agricultural research lays bare a set...

Congress

Committee Demands Answers on Frozen Education Funding

The House Education and Workforce Committee is set to examine the Department of Education at a moment when the administration has withheld roughly $2...

Social Welfare

# Federal Watchdog Finds Three Early Childhood Programs Operating Without Any Performance Measures

More than 200 federal programs direct money, food, healthcare, and childcare toward one of the most vulnerable populations in the country: pregnant women,...

Defense

Military Schools Face Pressure Amid Readiness Concerns

A new Congressional Research Service report on the Department of Defense Education Activity's domestic school system lands at a moment of genuine tension:...

Labor and Employment

College Sports Reform Threatens U.S. Olympic Pipeline

The financial and legal upheaval reshaping college athletics reform isn't just a dispute over athlete pay. A new Congressional Research Service report warns...

Education

Congress Debates Campus Free Speech Protection

Congress is preparing to weigh in on one of the most charged debates in American higher education: whether universities are protecting or suppressing free...

Congress

DEI Policies Underlying Education are in Congress' Crosshairs

The House Education and Workforce Committee's Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education is set to hold a House Education hearing...

Labor and Employment

Why Are STEM Graduate and Post-Doc Students So Poorly Paid?

The United States spends billions of federal dollars each year training the scientists and engineers it says it needs to remain competitive globally. But a...

Legislation

Federal Education Formula Quietly Documents What's at Stake in the Fight Over School Funding

A new Congressional Research Service report on Title I-A grants FY2024 offers Congress a precise baseline — arriving just as the Trump administration moves...

Education

Senate Takes Aim at College Sports Chaos in Student Athlete Hearing Congress Has Long Delayed

Why it matters: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee convened a student athlete hearing Congress has been building toward for years —...

Legislation

Senate Targets Unregulated College Athlete Billions

College athletics is in the middle of a financial transformation with no federal rulebook. NCAA Division I athletes are on track to receive an estimated...

Congress

House Panel Questions Reading Science Funding Amid Proposed Cuts

The House Appropriations subcommittee that controls the federal education purse held its first hearing of the year on February 10, 2026, tackling a question...

Congress

College Spending Hearing Exposes Higher Ed Cost Divide

Why it matters: The House Education Committee's College Spending Hearing exposed stark ideological differences over college affordability, with Republicans...

Labor and Employment

House Panel Backs Employer-Led AI Workforce Training

The House Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee held its fifth hearing in the "Building an AI-Ready America" series on March 4, 2026,...

Congress

# House GOP Leverages Mahmoud Ruling for Federal Parental Rights Law

Why it matters: House Republicans used the Supreme Court's Mahmoud v. Taylor decision as a launching pad for potential federal legislation mandating...