In Case You Missed It, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke to Rick Hess for Education Week’s Straight Up opinion blog regarding her accomplishments, frustrations, and takeaways during her tenure as Chairwoman of the Education and the Workforce Committee. The Trump Administration Should ‘Devolve the Ed Dept.'s Responsibilities to the States’ Rick Hess Decembe... Read more »
Students are falling behind. The latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) confirmed it again today: American students had the lowest test scores in two decades. Why then, are so many students being forced to spend their valuable time in the classroom focused on things like “slavocracy” and radical sexual ideology instead of the basics in reading, math, and civics? That ... Read more »
Students are falling behind. The latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) confirmed it again today: American students had the lowest test scores in two decades. Why then, are so many students being forced to spend their valuable time in the classroom focused on things like “slavocracy” and radical sexual ideology instead of the basics in reading, math, and civics? That ... Read more »
ICYMI: Chair Foxx Talks AmeriCorps and DOGE on Fox Business In Case You Missed It, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke to Fox Business about the abysmal record of AmeriCorps and recommended the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) take a good look at the program as Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk seek out ways to shrink the federal government. On the... Read more »
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is designed to make postsecondary education accessible and affordable for students. But under the Biden-Harris administration, the FAFSA has been plagued by delays and uncertainty. As a result, hundreds of thousands of students may never enter postsecondary education. In fact, roughly 430,000 fewer students submitted a FAFSA for the 2024-2025 aw... Read more »
In a shocking report, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) highlighted the abysmal failures of several so-called elite universities in addressing antisemitism. From hummus boycotts to anti-Israel faculty members derailing disciplinary decisions, the findings have sent shockwaves through the nation and raised serious questions about the operations of and support for... Read more »
In Case You Missed It, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the End Woke Higher Education Act, a bill under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, that ensures colleges and universities uphold key constitutional freedoms while addressing growing concerns over speech restrictions and DEI mandates. The grades are in, and the Daily Signal describes the legislation as a... Read more »
In Case You Missed It, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) penned an op-ed for Fox News ripping Governor Walz for overseeing the “greatest grift in U.S. history”—a $250 million scheme that took funds from hungry children. In fact, following the release of a report indicating the Walz administration’s actions and inactions allowed the fraud to continue, Walz said, ... Read more »
The struggle in communities around the country to hire and retain good teachers took center stage at today’s Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee hearing. The hearing, led by Chairman Aaron Bean (R-FL), identified the shortcomings in the teacher preparation system and examined potential ways to fix it. In the post Covid era, the struggles facing K-12 education are well... Read more »
Today, the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee met to address the ongoing failure of the Biden-Harris administration’s attempt to implement the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). FAFSA is an essential resource for all students, especially low-income students, to know their financial aid eligibility. In 2020 and 2021, Congress enacted legislation setting July ... Read more »
