Department of Education

What America Could Look Like If Project 2025 Becomes Fully Implemented Under Trump

Jul 6, 2025

At a little over 150 days into Donald Trump’s second presidency, America finds itself at a constitutional and cultural crossroads. What began as a conservative policy roadmap — Project 2025, spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation — is rapidly transforming into a governing reality. Despite Trump’s early claims of having “nothing to do with” the initiative,…
Federal Judge Sides with Trump, Dismisses Concerns Over Student Loan Data Access by Musk-Linked DOGE

Feb 19, 2025

The Trump administration secured a legal victory on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, after a federal judge ruled that employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a unit linked to Elon Musk, can continue accessing sensitive student loan data from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed…
New Lawsuit Alleges New York City Jails Flout Young People’s Legal Right to Education

Apr 24, 2024

A recent lawsuit accuses New York City jails of flagrantly denying young people their legal right to education, in direct violation of court orders mandating educational access for incarcerated individuals. Filed by the Legal Aid Society’s Prisoners’ Rights Project, the lawsuit alleges that the city has failed to comply with a 2016 federal court order…

What America Could Look Like If Project 2025 Becomes Fully Implemented Under Trump