Under the new priorities, the department would be more keen to send money to projects that increase access to charter schools or expand or replicate successful charters that focus on STEM, students with disabilities, career-technical education, and two education emphases popular among Republicans: patriotic education and classical education.

President Donald Trump suggested boosting trade schools, opening a new dimension of his administration's escalating fight with Harvard University.

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to redistribute $3 billion in grant money from Harvard to trade schools, opening up yet another chapter in his escalating fight with the university. “What a great investment that would be for the USA,