/tags/department-of-education Department of Education en-US Copyright Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:04:00 GMT /education/2025-04-24/department-of-education-closure-texas-schools-impact If the U.S. Department of Education closes, it’s unclear how much money Texas could lose — or how the state might handle a shut-down Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:04:00 GMT /education/2025-04-24/department-of-education-closure-texas-schools-impact Bill Zeeble /education/2025-02-19/federal-judge-vacates-title-ix-change-carroll-isd Carroll ISD last year sued the DOE over the Biden administration’s changes to Title IX that would’ve added gender identity to the definition of “sex” to protect against discrimination. In Wednesday's ruling, the judge reiterated the change “endangers students and has no basis in reality.” Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:33:50 GMT /education/2025-02-19/federal-judge-vacates-title-ix-change-carroll-isd Bill Zeeble /education/2024-07-11/carroll-isd-argues-against-title-ix-changes-in-federal-court The district says expanding protections to include gender identity will hurt the district, its staff and its students. The Department of Justice disagrees. Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-07-11/carroll-isd-argues-against-title-ix-changes-in-federal-court Bill Zeeble /politics/2023-11-01/student-loan-borrowers-in-north-texas-face-repayments-after-three-year-break Thousands of recent and soon-to-be graduates in North Texas are once again making payments on their student loan debt after the more than three-year federal freeze on them ended at the beginning of October. Wed, 01 Nov 2023 19:58:57 GMT /politics/2023-11-01/student-loan-borrowers-in-north-texas-face-repayments-after-three-year-break Juan Salinas II /news/2023-07-20/nearly-64-000-texas-borrowers-will-have-their-federal-loans-forgiven A U.S. Department of Education review identified 804,000 borrowers across the country with loans taken more than two decades ago and whose debts should have been canceled but were not because of “administrative failures.” Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:10:14 GMT /news/2023-07-20/nearly-64-000-texas-borrowers-will-have-their-federal-loans-forgiven Francisco Urganda | The Texas Tribune /education/2022-12-20/granbury-isd-superintendent-banned-lgbtq-themed-books-now-the-federal-government-is-investigating The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has opened what appears to be the first-of-its-kind investigation into the Granbury Independent School District after it banned school library books dealing with sexuality and gender. Tue, 20 Dec 2022 22:38:31 GMT /education/2022-12-20/granbury-isd-superintendent-banned-lgbtq-themed-books-now-the-federal-government-is-investigating Mike Hixenbaugh | NBC News, Jeremy Schwartz | The Texas Tribune and ProPublica /news/2022-01-18/trans-kids-and-supporters-say-new-texas-law-will-keep-them-out-of-school-sports School districts have said they will abide by the law, but it’s still unclear how they will determine whether a student’s birth certificate was issued near the time of birth. Tue, 18 Jan 2022 15:56:41 GMT /news/2022-01-18/trans-kids-and-supporters-say-new-texas-law-will-keep-them-out-of-school-sports The Texas Tribune /2020-02-13/harvard-yale-accused-of-failing-to-report-hundreds-of-millions-in-foreign-donations The Ivy League schools have been singled out in a federal crackdown on institutions of higher learning for allegedly not reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign donations. Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:37:00 GMT /2020-02-13/harvard-yale-accused-of-failing-to-report-hundreds-of-millions-in-foreign-donations Scott Neuman, Cory Turner /education/2018-01-30/cautiously-optimistic-parents-lawyers-see-texas-first-steps-toward-special-ed-reform Texas says it promises to reform its special education services following federal findings that the state denied thousands of children those services for… Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:51:25 GMT /education/2018-01-30/cautiously-optimistic-parents-lawyers-see-texas-first-steps-toward-special-ed-reform Bill Zeeble