What the Education Department layoffs could mean for students with disabilities
The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Donald Trump and his education ...
Education Department layoffs gut civil rights offices in Chicago, nationwide
At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...
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How the Department of Education layoffs, proposed cuts affect Illinois
Attorneys general in 21 states, including Illinois' Kwame Raoul, have filed a lawsuit attempting to "stop the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Department of Education," according to a ...
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What Cuts to the Department of Education Could Mean for Illinois
The U.S. Department of Education will soon ... everybody's going to get him got a couple minutes left to the Illinois State Board of Education says that so far they've received no formal ...
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Gov. Pritzker Joins Illinois Education Leaders Amid Unprecedented Federal Attacks on Public Education
Governor JB Pritzker joined hundreds of representatives from the Illinois Education Association (IEA) including leadership, ...
Pritzker and Illinois educators condemn Trump’s cuts at Department of Education
Gov. JB Pritzker warned at an Illinois Education Association convention Thursday that cuts to federal education funding could “damage the future of the people of Illinois,” shortly ...
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20 states, including Illinois, suing over Trump's Department of Education layoffs
Democratic attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit to block President Donald Trump's administration from dismantling the Department of Education.
How chaos at the Education Department affects Illinois schools
Trump is moving to cut the staff by half and dismantle the department. He’s also going after DEI in higher education and ...