The president signed an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education. Will that increase internet access for students or create more barriers?

The Trump administration has frozen $790 million in federal funds to Northwestern for what it calls alleged civil rights violations.

As part of a national day of action, students rallied on campus to demand that Northwestern leaders defend the campus against President Donald Trump’s attacks.

The Justice Department sued Maine’s Department of Education on Wednesday over its refusal to comply with demands to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, an escalation of a months-long standoff over the issue between the Trump administration and the state.

The lawsuit came just days after the administration threatened to cut off funding to the state’s public schools and lunch programs through grants from the Education and Agriculture Departments.