Education Reform

Trump’s Cuts Kill an LA Youth Garden

Trump’s Cuts Kill an LA Youth Garden Trump’s Cuts Kill an LA Youth Garden

SNAP-Ed helped children in food-insecure Los Angeles neighborhoods grow fresh produce. Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill cuts have ended the program that made those gardens possible.

Jul 17, 2026 / StudentNation / Zachary Clifton

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Can Social Media Influencers Save Public Schools? Can Social Media Influencers Save Public Schools?

As school choice continues to grow, public schools vie for students with innovative marketing approaches.

Jun 18, 2026 / StudentNation / Samantha Camire

An unfurnished dorm room at Yale in New Haven.

Yale’s Summer Storage Wars Yale’s Summer Storage Wars

Yale just cut summer storage reimbursements for first-gen and low-income students. The university has a $44 billion endowment. What it chooses to budget for says everything.

Apr 10, 2026 / StudentNation / Zachary Clifton

Kindergarten students at Coal Creek Elementary in Louisville, Colorado, on March 11, 2026.

Diminished Lives: an Assault on the Humanities Diminished Lives: an Assault on the Humanities

More and more students are being indoctrinated into a cult of cold “efficiency,” where the training of workers for corporate employment are held to be the ultimate priorities.

Apr 8, 2026 / Jonathan Kozol

Banners hanging from Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Trump’s New Endowment Tax Is Already Reshaping Higher Education Trump’s New Endowment Tax Is Already Reshaping Higher Education

The “Big, Beautiful Bill” added additional taxes on a small set of universities. Now budget cuts have hit campuses across the Ivy League and elsewhere.

Jan 13, 2026 / StudentNation / Zachary Clifton

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The Trump Administration’s Education Agenda: A Tragedy in 2 Acts The Trump Administration’s Education Agenda: A Tragedy in 2 Acts

The Trump administration’s funding cuts and attacks on public education are just the beginning.

May 29, 2025 / Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire

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Mar 28, 2025 / Steve Brodner

A visitor in silhouette at an art gallery.

We Need to Reengage My Generation In Art Appreciation We Need to Reengage My Generation In Art Appreciation

Art history, once a staple in every college humanities curriculum, is now seen as elitist and futile. With Donald Trump back in the White House, the arts are more at risk than eve...

Mar 24, 2025 / StudentNation / Allegra Devine Lief

Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2025.

Trump’s Order Dismantling the Education Department Continues His Attacks on the Agency Trump’s Order Dismantling the Education Department Continues His Attacks on the Agency

The president plans to sign an executive order directing officials to take all “necessary steps” to shut down the department, but a complete closure would require an act of Congre...

Mar 20, 2025 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp

A protester holds a poster with an image of Elon Musk that reads “I Am Stealing From You” at the US Department of Education in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2025.

Why Hasn’t Trump Already Closed the Department of Education? Why Hasn’t Trump Already Closed the Department of Education?

Maybe because its support for students is popular with Republicans as well as Democrats. And because cutting that funding would blow a big hole in the budgets of red states.

Feb 21, 2025 / Jack Schneider

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