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Education Department Reverses Stance on Connecticut’s Transgender Athlete Policy
The group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) said the office’s action on Tuesday was “defying common sense.”
The group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) said the office’s action on Tuesday was “defying common sense.”
The outgoing president backed federal aid for Catholic schools hammered by the pandemic and reversed Obama’s school bathroom rules, but the long-term impact of his school-choice campaign is unclear.
COMMENTARY: Whether public or private, they will lose federal funding if they stifle free speech and religious freedom, according to new rules from the Department of Education.
The Department of Education on June 25 said that if private schools close, local public schools could be forced to enroll thousands of transfer students “at a time when public schools are already under their own financial strain.”
The Trump administration’s proposal would make Catholic schooling more accessible, but it raises concerns about federal overreach.
Declaring the previous Common Core and No Child Left Behind initiatives as top-down failures, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to transfer responsibility back to parents and local authorities.
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