Dive Brief: Following controversial guidance from the U.S. Department of Education on CARES Act funding distribution between public and private schools, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced Thursday a final rule giving school districts some choice in how they distribute their allocations. According to the final rule, a district can choose to distribute the funds […]
The Future Focus Programme is a new initiative which will provide $200,000 per sector in funding to help peak bodies seed innovation projects. The school, university, private training establishment, polytechnic, English language, and education products and services...
In a House Education and Labor Committee hearing Monday, lawmakers predicted the ongoing coronavirus pandemic could widen racial funding gaps between wealthy and low-income public school districts. Reports cited by committee members suggest public schools already...
Dive Brief: The National Education Association is calling on the Senate to take up the education funding measures spelled out in House Democrats’ Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act. Including that funding in the next...
It was close, but all 50 states and the District of Columbia have applied and been approved for the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund — a relatively small block grant within the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, but one state leaders...
