The Latest Breaking News from Institute of Education Sciences

AI Is Already in Latino Classrooms, The Federal Research System Built to Vet It Has Been Dismantled

A 150-member coalition demands AI-in-education research funding as the federal agency that vets classroom tools runs on a skeleton crew.

Latin Times · Oct 19

Musk’s ‘Doge’ guts nearly $1bn in US education department’s research office

Cuts in effect wipe out Institute of Education Sciences, one of the country’s largest funders of education research

The Guardian - US · Feb 11, 2025

Helping teachers learn what works in the classroom − and what doesn’t − will get a lot harder without the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences

The future of the Institute of Education Sciences, the nonpartisan research arm of the Education Department, is suddenly in jeopardy. The Department of Government Efficiency, a Trump administration task force led by Elon Musk, has announced plans to cancel most of the institute’s contracts and training grants.

The Conversation · Feb 11, 2025