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Reorganizing the Education Department requires more than moving programs
6+ hour, 39+ min ago (905+ words) The Trump administration is in the midst of a sweeping reorganization of the U. S. Department of Education. Its stated goal is to "return education to the states." But the more immediate question is whether the new structure will make the federal…...
Department for the Economy to cut skills funding amid Executive budget stalemate
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (589+ words) The Department for the Economy is preparing to cut funding for skills due to the failure by the Executive to agree a budget. Training providers of the Apprenticeships NI programme have been given one month's notice of the withdrawal of…...
The University of Manchester Library launches Imagine2035
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (100+ words) AI and Ideas Adoption Directorate of the University Librarian Library teams and services Project and Operational Planning Support Induction guidance for new staff Library Staff Learning and Development Developed over a year of engagement with almost 200 colleagues, Imagine2035 has been shaped…...
Retirement solves ultimate math problem: How to walk from 32 years?
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (623+ words) For 32 years, Craig Bennet spent his days asking students to solve for X and a few other math equations. As of Friday, he finally solved a problem of his own." As hundreds of PCI graduates from the Class of 2026 walked…...
Registration is Open for Dallas County Extension's Master Conservationist Program
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (179+ words) Iowa State University Extension and Outreach of Dallas County invites community members to join a seven-week program on the history and current opportunities for conservation highlighting Iowa's forest, prairies, wetlands and rivers in the area." Horticulture and Conservation Program Educator…...
Historical museum requests stable funding amid rising costs, volunteer challenges
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (13+ words) abilene-rc. com...
The Department of Education Was a Bad Idea Then " and It Still Is
1+ week, 6+ day ago (15+ words) National Review...
What's going on at Laurene Powell Job's ed nonprofit?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (913+ words) Connie Matthiessen | June 16, 2026 It all began with an anonymous email." Contributions to XQ, the vast majority of which come from Powell Jobs, have totaled close to $530 million between 2015 and 2024, based on 990 documents. What kind of organization has that half-billion-plus actually…...
Education Department Moves Special Ed. and Civil Rights to Other Agencies
2+ week, 1+ day ago (815+ words) The U. S. Department of Education has begun outsourcing responsibility for overseeing the nation's sprawling special education system and enforcing civil rights law in schools to other federal agencies, after months of previewing dramatic efforts to restructure both core functions. Department officials…...
FAS Turns To Internal Recruitment As Layoffs Loom | News
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1326+ words) The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is preparing to carry out an administrative overhaul that could leave as many as one in four staff jobs on the chopping block. Its first step in implementing that plan? Hiring. The school opened…...