| 2026-03-20 | DOJ Sues Harvard Alleging Antisemitism, Seeks to Recover Billions in Federal Subsidies
4 src DOJ Civil Rights Division · Harvard University |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-19 | Education Dept Announces Transfer of $1.6 Trillion Student Loan Portfolio to Treasury
4 src Linda McMahon · Scott Bessent · Department of Education |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-11 | 17 State AGs Challenge Education Dept Demand for Seven Years of College Admissions Data
3 src AG Letitia James |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-24 | Trump Moves Education Department Programs to HHS and State Without Congressional Approval
3 src U.S. Department of Education · Department of State · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-18 | Federal Court Permanently Blocks Trump Administration's DEI Ban in Schools Nationwide
6 src American Civil Liberties Union · Department of Education |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-02 | GAO Report Reveals Education Department Paid $38M to Idled Civil Rights Staff
3 src 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
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. Department of Education · Linda McMahon |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-08 | Minneapolis Public Schools Cancel Classes, Offer Remote Learning Through February Due to ICE Operations
3 src 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
3 src Pam Bondi · Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-26 | Trump Appoints Nicholas Kent, For-Profit College Insider, as Education Under Secretary
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | | confirmed |
| 2025-02-01 | Education Department Civil Rights Division Slashed from 550 to 243 Employees
3 src 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
4 src Department of Education · Donald Trump | | confirmed |
| 2023-06-29 | Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action in College Admissions in Students for Fair Admissions Decisions
12 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito · +9 |
| confirmed |
| 2023-01-04 | Varsity Blues mastermind Rick Singer sentenced to 3.5 years, $19M forfeiture
2 src Federal Prosecutors | | confirmed |
| 2020-06-30 | Espinoza v. Montana - Supreme Court Strikes Down State Bans on Religious School Funding
3 src John Roberts · Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito · Institute for Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2019-03-12 | Operation Varsity Blues indicts 50 in largest college admissions fraud scheme
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |
| 2018-06-27 | Janus v. AFSCME - Supreme Court Strikes Down Public Sector Union Fees, Targeting Teachers' Unions
6 src Samuel Alito · Neil Gorsuch · State Policy Network · Bradley Foundation · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-12-11 | Betsy DeVos Blocks Debt Relief for 200,000 Defrauded For-Profit College Students Despite Career Staff Recommendations
4 src Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education · Corinthian Colleges |
| confirmed |
| 2016-09-06 | ITT Technical Institute Closes Permanently After Federal Fraud Findings Leave 35,000 Students With Worthless Degrees
4 src U.S. Department of Education · Securities and Exchange Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2015-05-06 | Oklahoma Governor Signs HB 1749 Banning State Payroll Deductions for Teachers Union Dues Despite Technical Flaws
3 src Oklahoma Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 2015-04-27 | Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Federal Crackdown on For-Profit College Fraud
4 src 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
3 src Senate HELP Committee · University of Phoenix · Corinthian Colleges · Education Management Corporation (EDMC) |
| confirmed |
| 2009-07-24 | Race to the Top Competition Uses Federal Funds to Incentivize Charter Expansion and Teacher Evaluation Reforms
3 src Barack Obama · Bill Gates |
| confirmed |
| 2004-01-22 | DC Opportunity Scholarship Program - First Federally-Funded School Voucher System
3 src George W. Bush · Heritage Foundation · American Federation for Children |
| confirmed |
| 2003-06-23 | Grutter v. Bollinger - Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action but Sets 25-Year Limit
3 src Sandra Day O'Connor · Clarence Thomas |
| confirmed |
| 2002-06-27 | Zelman v. Simmons-Harris - Supreme Court Upholds School Vouchers for Religious Schools
3 src William Rehnquist · Sandra Day O'Connor · Clarence Thomas · Institute for Justice · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2002-01-08 | No Child Left Behind Act Creates Testing-Industrial Complex and Punitive Accountability Regime
3 src George W. Bush · Ted Kennedy |
| confirmed |
| 2000-05-05 | ALEC's 'Environmental Literacy Improvement Act' Mandates Teaching Climate Denial in Schools
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Heartland Institute · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 1998-10-07 | Higher Education Act Reauthorization Loosens Regulations, Enables For-Profit College Explosion
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · University of Phoenix |
| confirmed |
| 1995-01-01 | ALEC Develops Tax and Expenditure Limitation Act - Model Bill to Restrict State Revenue and Manufacture Fiscal Crisis
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Corporate funders |
| confirmed |
| 1991-06-04 | Minnesota Enacts First Charter School Law, Creating Template for Education Privatization
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 1990-03-27 | Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Creates First Publicly-Funded Private School Vouchers
3 src Bradley Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 1983-04-26 | A Nation at Risk Report Launches Education Reform Industry, Lays Groundwork for Privatization
3 src Ronald Reagan · Heritage Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 1974-07-25 | Milliken v. Bradley - Supreme Court Blocks Cross-District School Desegregation, Entrenches White Flight
3 src Warren Burger · Thurgood Marshall · U.S. Supreme Court · NAACP Legal Defense Fund |
| confirmed |
| 1973-03-21 | San Antonio v. Rodriguez - Supreme Court Upholds Property Tax School Funding, Entrenches Inequality
3 src Lewis Powell · Thurgood Marshall · U.S. Supreme Court |
| confirmed |
| 1965-04-11 | Elementary and Secondary Education Act Establishes Federal Role in Education Funding
3 src Lyndon B. Johnson · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1959-06-26 | Prince Edward County Virginia Closes Entire Public School System for Five Years Rather Than Integrate
3 src | | confirmed |