Education

'Stunning and Dangerous': DeVos Memo Reveals Plan to Roll Back Civil Rights

Trump, DeVos 'Betray' Students With Gift to Predatory For-Profit Schools

Jake Johnson, staff writer

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced that rules designed to protect students from predatory for-profit schools will be delayed and possibly scrapped entirely. "We need a Department of Education that will vigorously defend protections for vulnerable students, not enable the continued abuse and fraud we have fought against for years." —...

Elizabeth Warren Launches 'DeVos Watch' in Bid to Make Education 'Corruption-Free'

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced on Wednesday the launch of ' DeVos...

Come Together and Fight the Oligarchy, Sanders Tells Young Graduates

Jon Queally, staff writer

Sen. Bernie Sanders delivered the commencement address at Brooklyn College on...

Trump's "Manifestly Cruel" Education Budget Would Crush Kids' Dreams

Senator's Bill Would Punish DeVos for Screwing Over Low-Income Students

Trump Administration to Raid Public Ed to Fund School Choice Programs

To Fight 'Surveillance Culture,' Activists Release Kid-Focused Privacy Toolkit

Fate of LA's Public Schools Hangs in Balance in Major Trump-Era Election

Michelle Obama Offers Great Question To Ask Trump: 'What Is Wrong With You?'

Labour Party's Leaked Draft Manifesto Reveals Plan to 'Transform' UK

Graduates Turn Their #BackstoBetsy DeVos at HBCU Commencement Speech

Opposing Trump's "Moral Chaos," People's Budget Offers Roadmap for Resistance

Trump's USDA Rolls Back School Lunch Guidelines Championed by Michelle Obama

'We Reject Politics of Fear': Groups Urge Congress to Build Schools, Not Wall

Dennis Kucinich Is Back, With His Sights Set on For-Profit Education

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Where $300 Million Of Our Money Went Wednesday - Hint: Not Education - Which Was Still Way Cheaper Than Tuesday

In the name of a sometimes questionable transparency - if you don't like something but can't do much about it, does it help to know about it? - the Defense Department publishes daily reports on the contracts they've awarded. On Jan. 14, it authorized spending over $800 million on military equipment and services. That was down to just under $300 million the next day, when the House passed a massive budget bill that includes $572 billion for defense - down from what was requested, but still...