U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Education is named in 23 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 2005 to 2026.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | Trump Moves Education Department Programs to HHS and State Without Congressional Approval U.S. Department of Education · HHS (Department of Health and Human Services) · Department of State · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Trump Education Department Issues Guidance Allowing Teachers to Pray Visibly With Students During School Day Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | GAO Report Reveals Education Department Paid $38M to Idled Civil Rights Staff U.S. Government Accountability Office · U.S. Department of Education · Linda McMahon · Bernie Sanders · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-17 | DOGE Claims $881M in Education Research Contract Cancellations Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. Department of Education · Institute of Education Sciences · Linda McMahon | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-08 | Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Violated First Amendment by Forcing Partisan Auto-Reply Messages on Federal Employees Christopher Cooper · U.S. Department of Education · American Federation of Government Employees | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | Trump Demands '$500 Million' From Harvard to Restore Frozen Federal Research Funding Trump · Harvard University · U.S. Department of Education · Alan Garber | reported | |
| 2025-08-01 | Columbia University Agrees to Monitor Foreign Students for Trump Administration in $221 Million Settlement Columbia University · U.S. Department of Education · White House · Bart Schwartz · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | Education Department announces 50% workforce reduction Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | Education Department Civil Rights Division Slashed from 550 to 243 Employees U.S. Department of Education · Russell Vought · Office for Civil Rights | confirmed | |
| 2023-01-01 | 90/10 Rule Loophole Closes, Ending For-Profit Colleges' Predatory Targeting of Veterans by Counting GI Bill and Military Tuition Assistance as Federal Aid U.S. Department of Education · Veterans Education Success · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Holly Petraeus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-06-24 | Sweet v. Cardona Settlement Approves $6 Billion in Automatic Debt Cancellation for 200,000 Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges, Ending Years of Trump-Era Delays U.S. District Court for Northern California · U.S. Department of Education · Miguel Cardona · Betsy DeVos · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2020-03-13 | COVID-19 Emergency Triggers Student Loan Payment Pause - 44 Million Borrowers Get Relief Donald Trump · Joe Biden · U.S. Department of Education | confirmed | |
| 2019-10-24 | Federal Judge Holds DeVos in Contempt for Illegally Collecting on Corinthian Loans - $100K Fine Betsy DeVos · Sallie Kim · U.S. Department of Education | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-01 | Betsy DeVos Repeals Gainful Employment Rule, Eliminating All Accountability for For-Profit College Job Outcomes Despite $1.3 Billion Projected Cost to Taxpayers Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education · Robert Eitel · Julian Schmoke Jr. · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-01-18 | Dream Center Education Holdings Enters Receivership, Art Institutes Collapse Leaves Thousands Stranded, $16 Million in Student Aid Disappeared Dream Center Education Holdings · Art Institutes · Argosy University · South University · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2017-12-21 | DeVos Replaces Full Debt Relief With Earnings-Based Formula - Corinthian Victims Get Pennies on Dollar Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education | confirmed | |
| 2017-12-11 | Betsy DeVos Blocks Debt Relief for 200,000 Defrauded For-Profit College Students Despite Career Staff Recommendations Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education · Corinthian Colleges · ITT Technical Institute | confirmed | |
| 2016-09-06 | ITT Technical Institute Closes Permanently After Federal Fraud Findings Leave 35,000 Students With Worthless Degrees ITT Technical Institute · Kevin Modany · Daniel Fitzpatrick · U.S. Department of Education · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-04-27 | Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Federal Crackdown on For-Profit College Fraud Corinthian Colleges · U.S. Department of Education · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities | confirmed | |
| 2014-06-12 | Federal Government Cuts Off Corinthian Colleges - 72,000 Students Trapped by Fraud U.S. Department of Education · Corinthian Colleges · Arne Duncan | confirmed | |
| 2011-06-13 | Department of Education Issues Gainful Employment Rule to Regulate For-Profit Colleges, Industry Immediately Challenges in Court U.S. Department of Education · Barack Obama · Arne Duncan · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2009-12-14 | University of Phoenix Settles $78.5 Million False Claims Act Lawsuit for Illegal Recruiter Incentive Compensation University of Phoenix · Apollo Group · Mary Hendow · Julie Albertson · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-07 | Armstrong Williams Paid 40K for Illegal Government Propaganda Armstrong Williams · Rod Paige · U.S. Department of Education · Ketchum Inc · +1 | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Betsy DeVos
5× shared
Linda McMahon
4× shared
Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities
3× shared
Corinthian Colleges
3× shared
Donald Trump
3× shared
For-Profit College Industry
3× shared
Arne Duncan
2× shared
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
2× shared
ITT Technical Institute
2× shared
Office for Civil Rights
2× shared
Trump Administration
2× shared
Alan Garber
1× shared
American Federation of Government Employees
1× shared
Apollo Group
1× shared
Argosy University
1× shared
Armstrong Williams
1× shared
Art Institutes
1× shared
Barack Obama
1× shared
Bart Schwartz
1× shared
Bernie Sanders
1× shared
Christopher Cooper
1× shared
Columbia University
1× shared
Daniel Fitzpatrick
1× shared
Debt Collective
1× shared
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