Education

Education Secretary Linda McMahon spoke about antisemitism and the situation at Columbia University during an appearance at a South Florida school Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

After touring several classrooms, Linda McMahon did address some of the main concerns about her agency being gutted. 

Education Secretary Linda McMahon addressed concerns over funding being slashed as the Trump Administration slashes the Department of Education. NBC6’s Ari Odzer reports

For parents of kids with disabilities, advocating for their child can be complicated, time-consuming — and expensive.

Maybe you are a parent, a teacher or a student. It’s no secret that the pandemic transformed the education sector, and as we near five years since the coronavirus pandemic, we look back at all of the impacts to our schools and how classrooms have changed in South Florida. According to the nation’s report card released in January of...

Twenty states and the District of Columbia announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday over its mass firings at the Department of Education.

Massive layoffs initiated this week at the Education Department could hamstring the federal government’s efforts to assist students with disabilities, former officials and education experts said, citing blows to the agency’s civil rights and research divisions.  On Tuesday, the department began laying off around 1,300 employees, cutting nearly half the staff in its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and over 100 from the Institute...

The lawsuit claims the layoffs are so severe that the department “can no longer function, and cannot comply with its statutory requirements.”

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the education sector. NBC6’s Sophia Hernandez shows us how those changes look in South Florida schools today.

President Trump campaigned on shutting down the Department of Education. However, seeing it happen, with the department laying off about half of its workforce, sends shockwaves through the local education community and through many families. 

The U.S. Department of Education is laying off about half of its workforce, sending shockwaves through the local education community and through many families. NBC6’s Ari Odzer reports

Massive layoffs hit the Education Department after President Trump vowed to close it down.

The Department of Education distributes billions in federal money to colleges and schools and manages the federal student loan portfolio. Closing the department would mean redistributing each of those duties to another agency.

The Broward County School Board is awaiting state approval for its comprehensive sex education curriculum. NBC6’s Ari Odzer reports

The Trump administration announced a dramatic funding cut on Friday, saying it would cut federal grants and contracts worth $400 million from Columbia University for “inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.”

While some see the Department of Education as vital to ensure education access and quality, others say it’s a bureaucracy that must be abolished.

Here is a look at some of the department’s key functions, and how Trump has said he might approach them.

Efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle the Education Department are underway. Here’s what it could mean for students.

It’s unclear to what degree the Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences will continue to exist after Musk’s team slashed scores of contracts.

The Department of Education took another step Tuesday in advancing the Trump administration’s new transgender policy for sports by asking the NCAA and a key high-school sports organization to restore titles, awards and records it says have been “misappropriated by biological males competing in female categories.”