Local food banks and school districts are scrambling after the U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled more than $1 billion in funds to purchase food directly from local farmers via the Local Food to School program and the Emergency Food Assistance Program..
Thomas is starting to settle into a new role as the brand ambassador and chief of social media for the Washington Park institution.
The Republican president has argued the federal office hasn’t improved student outcomes and is unnecessary in a country where states and local districts primarily control education from funding to hiring and curriculum.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for a plan to shut down of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades.
IU President Pamela Whitten announced the appointment of Arrick Jackson as IU Northwest’s next chancellor in a Thursday news release. Jackson is currently provost and senior vice president for academic and student affairs at Minnesota State University Moorhead, where he’s served since 2019. His IUN appointment is effective July 1.
The Chicago Board of Education postponed a budget amendment pushed by Mayor Brandon Johnson raising doubt about who will pay for Chicago Public Schools’ teachers contract and a pension payment.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Education Department.
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department, according to a White House official, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives.
Illinois lawmakers advanced a controversial bill that would place a number of regulations on homeschooling as opponents packed the Capitol.
Mayor Brandon Johnson called in Chicago Public Schools’ chief Pedro Martinez and Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates for a special meeting before a budget amendment vote.