Institute of Education Sciences
United States Department of Education research branch
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| February 10 2025 | The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Trump administration announced plans to cancel $881 million worth of contracts across 169 projects at the Institute of Education Sciences. Researchers and contractors were directed to immediately stop work on ongoing research and program evaluation projects. |
| October 7 2022 | President Biden announced the intention to appoint 15 new members to the National Board for Education Sciences (NBES). |
| September 3 2021 | The Biden administration acknowledged the validity of the NBES Board appointments and formally terminated them, resulting in the withdrawal of the lawsuit by Hanke and Yoo. |
| August 2021 | Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for The District of Columbia against Secretary Cardona and the Department of Education regarding the NBES Board appointments. |
| July 2021 | The Pacific Legal Foundation obtained emails from White House officials confirming the Department of Education's possession of credentials and sent a demand letter on behalf of Hanke and Yoo. |
| May 2021 | Steve Hanke and John Yoo published a commentary in The Wall Street Journal, claiming their Board commission documents were signed and certified, but Secretary Miguel Cardona refused to acknowledge the appointments. |
| December 2020 | During the winter, the Trump administration made controversial appointments to the NBES board, filling vacancies that had existed for several years, drawing criticism from education organizations for lacking academic or educational research credentials. |
| 2018 | The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act was passed, establishing the Commissioner as the Statistical Official for the U.S. Department of Education under Section 314. |
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