#Education
Events indexed under #Education — 37 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | DOJ Sues Harvard Alleging Antisemitism, Seeks to Recover Billions in Federal Subsidies DOJ Civil Rights Division · Harvard University | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Education Dept Announces Transfer of $1.6 Trillion Student Loan Portfolio to Treasury Linda McMahon · Scott Bessent · Department of Education · Treasury Department | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | 17 State AGs Challenge Education Dept Demand for Seven Years of College Admissions Data AG Letitia James · AG Andrea Campbell · AG Bob Ferguson · 14 other AGs | confirmed | |
| 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 | |
| 2026-02-18 | Federal Court Permanently Blocks Trump Administration's DEI Ban in Schools Nationwide Judge Landya McCafferty · U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire · American Civil Liberties Union · ACLU of New Hampshire · +5 | 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 | |
| 2026-01-08 | Minneapolis Public Schools Cancel Classes, Offer Remote Learning Through February Due to ICE Operations Minneapolis Public Schools · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-09 | Department of Justice Eliminates 50-Year-Old Disparate Impact Standard from Civil Rights Enforcement, Requiring Proof of Intentional Discrimination Pam Bondi · Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-26 | Trump Appoints Nicholas Kent, For-Profit College Insider, as Education Under Secretary Donald Trump · Nicholas Kent · 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 | |
| 2025-01-31 | DOE Reverts Title IX to Trump-Era 2020 Rules, Narrowing Sexual Harassment and Gender Identity Protections Department of Education · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2023-06-29 | Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action in College Admissions in Students for Fair Admissions Decisions U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · Justice Samuel Alito · +12 | confirmed | |
| 2023-01-04 | Varsity Blues mastermind Rick Singer sentenced to 3.5 years, $19M forfeiture Rick Singer · Federal Prosecutors | confirmed | |
| 2020-06-30 | Espinoza v. Montana - Supreme Court Strikes Down State Bans on Religious School Funding Chief Justice John Roberts · Justice Clarence Thomas · Justice Samuel Alito · Institute for Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-03-12 | Operation Varsity Blues indicts 50 in largest college admissions fraud scheme Rick Singer · Lori Loughlin · Felicity Huffman · U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-27 | Janus v. AFSCME - Supreme Court Strikes Down Public Sector Union Fees, Targeting Teachers' Unions Justice Samuel Alito · Justice Neil Gorsuch · National Right to Work Foundation · State Policy Network · +4 | 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 | |
| 2015-05-06 | Oklahoma Governor Signs HB 1749 Banning State Payroll Deductions for Teachers Union Dues Despite Technical Flaws Governor Mary Fallin · Oklahoma Legislature · Oklahoma Education Association · American Federation of Teachers Oklahoma · +2 | 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 | |
| 2012-07-30 | Senate Harkin Report Documents Massive Fraud and Abuse in For-Profit College Industry Senator Tom Harkin · Senate HELP Committee · University of Phoenix · Corinthian Colleges · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2009-07-24 | Race to the Top Competition Uses Federal Funds to Incentivize Charter Expansion and Teacher Evaluation Reforms President Barack Obama · Secretary of Education Arne Duncan · Bill Gates · Gates Foundation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2004-01-22 | DC Opportunity Scholarship Program - First Federally-Funded School Voucher System President George W. Bush · Speaker Dennis Hastert · Senator Judd Gregg · DC Public Schools · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2003-06-23 | Grutter v. Bollinger - Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action but Sets 25-Year Limit Justice Sandra Day O'Connor · Justice Clarence Thomas · University of Michigan Law School · Lee Bollinger · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2002-06-27 | Zelman v. Simmons-Harris - Supreme Court Upholds School Vouchers for Religious Schools Chief Justice William Rehnquist · Justice Sandra Day O'Connor · Justice Clarence Thomas · Institute for Justice · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2002-01-08 | No Child Left Behind Act Creates Testing-Industrial Complex and Punitive Accountability Regime President George W. Bush · Senator Ted Kennedy · Representative John Boehner · Pearson Education · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2000-05-05 | ALEC's 'Environmental Literacy Improvement Act' Mandates Teaching Climate Denial in Schools American Legislative Exchange Council · Sandy Liddy Bourne · Heartland Institute · Koch Industries · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1998-10-07 | Higher Education Act Reauthorization Loosens Regulations, Enables For-Profit College Explosion President Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · University of Phoenix · Career Education Corporation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-01 | ALEC Develops Tax and Expenditure Limitation Act - Model Bill to Restrict State Revenue and Manufacture Fiscal Crisis American Legislative Exchange Council · Colorado General Assembly · Corporate funders | confirmed | |
| 1991-06-04 | Minnesota Enacts First Charter School Law, Creating Template for Education Privatization Governor Arne Carlson · Minnesota Legislature · Citizens League · Ted Kolderie · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1990-03-27 | Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Creates First Publicly-Funded Private School Vouchers Governor Tommy Thompson · Representative Polly Williams · Bradley Foundation · Milwaukee Public Schools | confirmed | |
| 1983-04-26 | A Nation at Risk Report Launches Education Reform Industry, Lays Groundwork for Privatization National Commission on Excellence in Education · Secretary of Education Terrel Bell · Ronald Reagan · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 1974-07-25 | Milliken v. Bradley - Supreme Court Blocks Cross-District School Desegregation, Entrenches White Flight Chief Justice Warren Burger · Justice Thurgood Marshall · U.S. Supreme Court · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1973-03-21 | San Antonio v. Rodriguez - Supreme Court Upholds Property Tax School Funding, Entrenches Inequality Justice Lewis Powell · Justice Thurgood Marshall · Demetrio Rodriguez · Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1965-04-11 | Elementary and Secondary Education Act Establishes Federal Role in Education Funding President Lyndon B. Johnson · U.S. Congress · National Education Association | confirmed | |
| 1959-06-26 | Prince Edward County Virginia Closes Entire Public School System for Five Years Rather Than Integrate Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors · Virginia General Assembly · Harry Byrd | confirmed |