Education

San Diego State University is implementing a hiring freeze effective immediately as the university looks to reduce its budget amid federal and state funding concerns, SDSU’s president announced.

The 19th Annual San Diego FIRST Robotics Competition challenged more than 1500 high school students to build the best robots.

While some school board members supported President Donald Trump signing an executive order on Thursday to close the Education Department, others worry it may impact their already struggling budgets and critical programs that many of their students rely on.

While big questions about the agency’s future remain unanswered, here is everything to know about its history, and some of the plans conservatives have pushed for dismantling it.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to close the Department of Education.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department.

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department.

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

There is an new investment being made to expand classes and hire more teachers at San Diego Unified. NBC 7’s M.G. Perez explains.

San Diego Unified opens online applications for its growing TK program.

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.”

Educators across the country are worried about the impact from major job cuts at the Department of Education. NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes spoke to the representative for California’s 58 superintendents about what it could mean for schools and students.

The employees being laid off started working remotely Wednesday and will go on paid administrative leave starting March 21.

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 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.

The school board in the Grossmont Union High School District voted 4-1 Thursday night to eliminate dozens of positions.