The Trump administration has conceded defeat in its effort to force public school districts to abandon civil rights protections and diversity, equity and inclusion programs that benefit students. The victory came Jan. 21 when the U.S. Department of Education filed…
Grand Canyon University’s return to nonprofit status approved
Grand Canyon University’s year of very good news continued Monday when the U.S. Department of Education affirmed the school’s nonprofit status, which will increase its access to private scholarships and various partnerships. “This decision removes the cloud of confusion over…
Facing lawsuit, Trump admin will fund schools
The Trump administration will disburse billions in education funding it has withheld from public school districts for weeks. “The White House will release $5.5 billion in frozen education funds, administration officials announced on Friday, bringing an end to a chaotic…
Judge blocks Trump’s plan to dismantle Department of Education
A federal judge in Boston called out the Trump administration for attempting to abolish the U.S. Department of Education while claiming it was merely seeking to restructure the agency. “The record abundantly reveals that defendants’ true intention is to effectively…
Trump administration grants two legal victories to Grand Canyon University
A month after the first meeting of the Trump administration’s new Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias, Grand Canyon University, the nation’s largest Christian school, has declared victory on two major long-running legal issues: On Friday, the Department of Education…
Understanding the background to today’s battles over the Department of Education
In March, Donald Trump dismissed half the workforce at the U.S. Department of Education and signed an executive order calling for the department’s elimination as part of his effort to “send education back to the states.” “Ultimately, the Department of…
What will your church do, if …
On Dec. 1, 1955, a Black woman named Rosa Parks, sitting in the “no man’s land” of a Montgomery, Ala., bus, declined to relinquish her seat to a white rider as required by law. The refusal led to her arrest…
Cuts to Education Department threaten religious liberty, BJC head warns
The Trump administration’s decision to cut nearly half the U.S. Department of Education workforce is a careless action that will wreak havoc in public schools and erode religious freedom, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty said. “This action is not…
Dismantling Education Department is straight out of Project 2025
News that President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order dissolving the U.S. Department of Education has riveted attention on Trump’s adherence to Project 2025, a conservative evangelical blueprint for dismantling the federal government. The Wall Street Journal…
Ryan Walters cites states’ rights in call to end U.S. Education Department
Donald Trump’s victory last Tuesday prompted embattled Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters to prepare parents there for elimination of the U.S. Department of Education. On Thursday, Nov. 7 — two days after the presidential election — Walters sent…
Appeals court puts the final nail in student effort to hold religious school accountable for LGBTQ discrimination
An advocacy group for more than 30 LGBTQ students marginalized by religious colleges and universities will continue the struggle for justice after the recent dismissal of its class action lawsuit against three Christian colleges and universities and the federal government….
Second lawsuit charges Grand Canyon University with lying to doctoral recruits
Legal woes have expanded for Grand Canyon University, the nation’s largest Christian university and a school with deep Baptist connections. Late last year, the Federal Trade Commission sued GCU in a federal court in Arizona, seeking monetary relief and a…