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Graduate students in education programs will face new limits on federal student loans under a regulation finalized by the U.S. Department of Education on Thursday.President Donald Trump’s administration argues that the “common sense” regulation, which excludes education from a list of “professional” graduate degrees subjected to higher loan limits, will help control growing costs for higher education.The broader regulation, which includes a slate of changes to student loan programs, will address “decades of failed policies that have lined the pockets of colleges and universities, enabled overborrowing, and created a confusing repayment system,” the Education Department said in a statement.But K-12…

Aaron Olson first learned in January 2020 that the federal government might help pay for a new tornado shelter for the 670-student school district he oversees in rural, southwest Wisconsin.One pandemic, two presidential elections, one federal lawsuit, and more than six years later, it still hasn’t happened.The Federal Emergency Management Agency in August 2022 selected the Cuba City district for an infrastructure grant meant to limit damage from natural disasters. Superintendent Olson and his team spent the next three years working through the paperwork for the district to secure the money—only for the Trump administration last year to revoke the…

Quick-thinking middle school students in Mississippi kept their school bus from crashing after their driver passed out while on a four-lane highway.The bus had just left Hancock Middle School in Hancock County on Wednesday with about 40 children on board when Leah Taylor, 46, had an asthma attack. She reached for her medication but blacked out before she could get it.In a matter of seconds, the students sprang into action.Sixth grader Jackson Casnave, 12, who was sitting directly behind the driver, noticed the bus beginning to swerve. Casnave jumped up to steer and told others to call for help.“I didn’t…

More than a year after signaling major changes to federal programs for students with disabilities, the Trump administration continues to weigh shifting pieces of the U.S. Department of Education’s special education office to the departments of Labor or Health and Human Services, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Tuesday.“Currently we are still evaluating where those programs would best be located,” McMahon testified during a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing Tuesday to review the Trump administration’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal. “We have not made that determination yet.”The same is true, McMahon said, for whether and where to move the Impact Aid program, which…

Years ago, college was held up as the ultimate destination for every K-12 student. These days, policymakers in both parties are quick to say that preparing students for the workforce is every bit as important as getting them ready for college.In response to the Trump administration’s pledge for greater flexibility on K-12 policy, states are putting the idea that career and technical education is on par with college to the test—literally.Alabama is seeking a waiver from the Every Student Succeeds Act that would require all students to take both the ACT college entrance exam (which the Yellowhammer State already uses…

Education savings accounts, tax-credit scholarships, vouchers, charter schools, home schooling, tutoring, course choice, dual enrollment, and microschools are transforming K–12. In “Talking Choice,” Ashley Berner and I try to make sense of the shifting landscape. Ashley directs Johns Hopkins’ Institute for Education Policy and is a leading authority on “educational pluralism.” Whatever your take on educational choice, we seek to foster a more constructive conversation about what it means for students, families, and educators. Today, we discuss the politics and policy of the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, adopted by Congress as part of last summer’s One Big Beautiful Bill…

The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump as federal authorities suggested an attack that disrupted one of Washington’s glitziest events had been planned for at least several weeks.Cole Tomas Allen appeared in court Monday to face federal charges after the chaotic encounter Saturday that resulted in shots being fired, Trump being hurried off the stage unharmed and guests ducking for cover underneath their tables. He was ordered to remain jailed pending additional court hearings, and faces up to…

This story has been updated with reporting from Education Week staff.Social media posts that appear to match the California man arrested Saturday in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner show he is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer.A May 2025 profile photo of Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, Calif., seems to match the appearance of the man in a photo of the alleged attacker being taken into custody that was posted after the incident by President Donald Trump. The photo, posted to the social networking site LinkedIn, shows him in a cap and gown after…

The U.S. Department of Education took roughly $1 billion Congress appropriated for specific education programs during the first months of President Donald Trump’s second term and either spent it differently than how lawmakers intended or hasn’t spent it at all, the agency acknowledged in recently published budget documents. That figure includes more than $700 million the agency says it shifted from one funding stream to another, and another $300 million expiring in five months for education research the administration hasn’t spent.Congress in March 2025 belatedly approved spending for fiscal year 2025, which ran from Sept. 30, 2024, to Oct. 1,…

Lawmakers in Washington state and Oregon have codified federal protections for homeless students into state law, and other states are considering similar measures as advocates flag concerns that President Donald Trump’s administration might cut funding for the program or fail to enforce it.The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act requires schools to identify students experiencing homelessness, appoint liaisons to serve them, address barriers to their enrollment and achievement, and transport them to attend their school of origin—even if they move outside of attendance boundaries.“These states want to ensure that no matter what happens at the federal level, basic access to education would…