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Boy at Head Start

Trump administration backs off Head Start budget cuts, but problems persist

Project 2025

Trump education policies hew closely to Project 2025 despite campaign denials

Trump’s moves to eliminate Department of Education are already having sweeping impacts

Photo by Eliott Reyna on Unsplash

New law helps disadvantaged Michigan students with out-of-pocket expenses

Student walking down an aisle of bookshelves.

School vouchers suck money out of public schools, hurt low-income kids, expert says

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign event, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

J.D. Vance says school shootings are ‘a fact of life’

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Michigan reports a drop in child vaccination rates as students return to school

Tim Walz

Tim Walz’s record highlights differences between Democrats, Republicans on education

Project 2025 would change public education as we know it, experts say

Graduating college students sitting during a ceremony.

Biden administration forgives more student loan debt

A Lion electric school bus is seen on display in Austin, Texas, Feb. 22, 2023. The Transportation Department is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero and low emission buses, with the money going to transit projects in 46 states and territories. The grants will enable transit agencies and state and local governments to buy 1,700 U.S.-built buses, nearly half of which will have zero carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Michigan schools get federal funds for new clean school buses

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the Detroit NAACP's annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit, Mich., on May 19, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Roth/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Gov. Whitmer announces new director for Michigan education agency