New: The payment platform Head Start providers nationwide use to pull down federal money for payroll and expenses is down again nationwide, several state association leaders have told me this morning. Just the latest disruption in a two-week saga: edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: Linda McMahon, potential U.S. Education Secretary, declined to commit that Black history classes in K-12 schools are allowed under Trump's EOs. "I’m not quite certain, and I’d like to look into it further and get back to you on that," she said. edweek.org/policy-politic…

In many states, K-12 students' NAEP scores are dropping. But as some argue that growing $$ for public schools is to blame, experts cite ample evidence that's not true. Sarah Schwartz and I report for Education Week on an increasingly contentious debate: edweek.org/policy-politic…

New from me/@beeschultz3: DOGE has ended hundreds of U.S. Department of Education contracts and grants. Many were mandated by Congress and were supporting efforts to: -improve K-12 instruction -expand the teacher pipeline -evaluate prior investments edweek.org/policy-politic…

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"We walked off a cliff into a black hole." edweek.org/policy-politic…

Here's a great explainer on Trump's FY2026 education budget proposal from Mark Lieberman. Link in next post. Andrew Rotherham Dan Goldhaber Ashley Jochim Michael Petrilli

New: If Donald Trump gets his way, more than 40 federal funding streams for education will disappear. Education Week listed every single one: edweek.org/policy-politic…

The Trump administration is disrupting federal funding for K-12 schools left and right: cutting funds, terminating contracts, delaying allocation notices, tweaking grant opportunities. The mess is only beginning. New for Education Week: edweek.org/policy-politic…

Given local news reports this afternoon I am here to remind you that education funding being withheld does not have to do with the House vote today This was a concern based on the structure of a Congressional budget vote in March, Education Week reported: edweek.org/policy-politic…

New: Ten Republican senators are urging the Trump administration to release $6.8 billion in education funding it's withholding nationwide. edweek.org/policy-politic…

Bringing my X account back from the dead to share that my last day at Forbes was August 8. Starting tomorrow, I'm returning to Inside Higher Ed to cover all things faculty! Get in touch at emma.whitford@insidehighered dot com.