Department of Education Archives

Morning Update: What the Shutdown Taught Us About the Dept. of Ed

December 4, 2025November 19, 2025 The Morning Update

Today, on the morning update, the Democrat shutdown continues to reap rewards and an unexpected lesson (for Democrats) about the Federal Department of Education. We already knew, or suspected. Please give today to keep the content coming! Links: Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, … Read more

MacDonald: Job Options for Former Department of Education Employees

July 16, 2025 Steve MacDonald

The Federal Department of Education is finally getting a haircut. The 1400 workers it tried to let go can stay gone. If the streamlining goes as planned, the Department of Education may one day find itself able to achieve its statutory objectives with very few employees and at a fraction of its nearly $ 268 … Read more

School Deficiency

March 27, 2025 Charles Bradley

One of the latest attacks against President Trump is his Executive Order to close the Department of Education. He wants to return educational standards to parents and each state. Daily, we hear how poorly students are doing, even though the United States spends more per student than any other nation. Two recent stories concern students … Read more

Shut Down the Department of Education!

March 26, 2025 Ron Paul

President Trump’s executive order from last week titled “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities” could help bring about a major step toward restoring constitutional government and improving education. The executive order directs that the secretary of education, “to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law, take all necessary steps to facilitate … Read more

It Is Okay to Abolish the Department of Education

February 13, 2025 Hal Shurtleff

A Federal Government Publication Affirms That Education is “A matter reserved for the states” About ten years ago, I stopped in a library in Medfield, Massachusetts, a town about 40 miles West and South of Boston. At its book sale, I found “Formation of the Union Under the Constitution” in 1943 which was published to … Read more

Biden Admin Withdraws Title IX Gender Bending Rule Change

December 21, 2024December 21, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Yesterday (12/20/24), Biden’s Department of Education withdrew a rule change to Title IX regarding allowing students to play school sports based on gender instead of sex. The intent of the Athletics NPRM was to “propose a regulatory standard under Title IX that would govern a recipient’s adoption or application of sex-related criteria that would limit … Read more

Is the US Department of Education Departing?

December 13, 2024 John Klar

I regularly join four fellow panelists at Liberty Nation News to discuss current events (and engage in a light-hearted trivia game that I almost always lose). In this brief segment, the crew discusses Donald Trump’s proposals to close down the US Department of Education — is it possible? What will the Department of Education look … Read more

Trump Says He Will End The Department of Education

November 13, 2024 Steve MacDonald

President Trump says what we’ve been saying for years – what many of you have said: shut down the Federal Department of Education

Complaint Filed Against Kearsarge School District for Ignoring State Law

October 5, 2024October 5, 2024 Ann Marie Banfield

Dear Ms. Fenton, After repeated complaints by residents and parents around New Hampshire, I am requesting an investigation into the illegal actions by the Kearsarge school district, and any other district that has participated in their illegal activity. HB1205 was signed into law in July by Governor Sununu, and requires schools to designate athletics by … Read more

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Biden Department Of Education Concerned A.I. Might Allow Parents to Snoop on Teachers

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 Steve MacDonald

A few years back, there was a debate in the Granite State about police body cameras. We thought, sure, but how about putting them on Teachers? A few years later, look at what a great idea that would have been.

How the Sununu Admin. Illegally Changed Remote Learning Requirements in NH (Part 2)

March 1, 2022 Op-Ed

This is the second part of a two-part article explaining how the Sununu administration and the New Hampshire Department of Education (DOE) colluded to use COVID-19 to secretly eliminate limits on the remote education of children in the state.

Breaking: NH Dept. Of Ed. Launches Web Page to Report CRT Based Discrimination

November 10, 2021 Steve MacDonald

This is very clever. The New Hampshire Department of Education (DoE) has launched a new Anti-Discrimination web page. Granite Stater’s can now report any “discrimination” to the DoE directly, including CRT race-shaming discrimination prohibited by the passage of HB2.

NH Homeschooling More Than Doubles in 2020

January 4, 2021

The New Hampshire Department of Education released preliminary home education student enrollment just prior to the holidays. The enrollment figures are those new homeschooling children who notified the various Participating Agency options across the state: their local public school districts, the Department of Education, and private schools that offer this service.

Princeton Uses the “Everybody Else Does it” Defense.

Princeton University’s “Everybody Else Does it” Defense

September 25, 2020

The Department of Education (DoE) is investigating Princeton’s admission of violation of the Civil Rights Act. What happened is the school’s president said racism remains “embedded” in the university. In response to the DoE’s inquiry, Princeton claims the school does not actively discriminate.

NH State Board of Education Adopts Learn Everywhere Rules

August 13, 2020 Op-Ed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: State Board adopts Learn Everywhere rules. Innovative program will give students alternative path to graduation credits.

Special Request from the NH Senate Study Commission for GrandFamilies: a survey on GFs and coronavirus

March 23, 2020 Skip

As you all know, I am the NH Department of Education liason to the the GrandFamilies Study Commission (appointed by Commissioner Frank Edelblut). Marylou Beaver is the Chair of the Commission and just sent an email out to the Commission members that contains a survey that I am asking all of you in this position … Read more

ACTION ALERT: Public Charter School Grant Heads to Senate

February 18, 2020

UPDATE: The hearing today at 1pm has been moved to Representative’s Hall in the State House! The Fiscal Committee has killed the Public Charter School Grant (of $46 million) four separate times, including today. Rep. Ken Weyler announced today’s vote was 7 Democrats to table, 3 republicans no. Senator D’Allesandro and Chairman Wallner took great … Read more

Self-Draining Swamp: Trump Plan Moves Federal Lands Bureau Out West – Majority of Staff Says it will Quit

December 14, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The Trump Administration is moving the Bureau of Land Management out to where it will be near most of the land it, well, manages. Out west. But the urbanite DC swamp creatures are not hankering to leave the warm embrace of DC and the inside-the-beltway smell of other people’s money.

NH Dept of Ed Permanently Revokes Concord School Teacher’s Credentials

October 30, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut has permanently revoked the education credentials of a Concord Teacher accused of multiple sexual assaults.

Parents and families are key to educational success

July 17, 2019 Op-Ed

by Frank Edelblut – Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Education |

ALL OF THE education research tells us that when parents and families are active participants in a student’s education, the attainment and outcomes are better.