Trump Education Plan Raises Fears Over Future of Testing and Accountability

The CSI authorized Colorado Military Academy in Colorado Springs was one of 27 schools to receive the designation which recognizes school communities for their work to support military-connected students and their families. 

Chalkbeat
President Donald Trump’s assault on what he’s called “discriminatory equity ideology” is underway, and it’s been virtually impossible to miss.

AEI
St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond is a sleeper case coming before the Supreme Court this spring with potentially enormous ramifications for education across the country.

Chalkbeat
The winning pole vault at Maine’s Class B girls’ track and field championship in February missed the state record by 7 inches. But it was high enough to catapult Maine to the top of President Donald Trump’s enemies list.

Chalkbeat
Measles cases in Colorado are rising amid a national resurgence of the contagious disease. At least one Colorado case was in an unvaccinated infant, and public health officials are now warning of “possible community transmission.”

Fordham Institute
Red states are lining up to test just how much leeway they can get from Uncle Sam’s education mandates, with some pushing for block grants that would allow them to consolidate federal aid into a single grant with few spending restrictions.