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US shuts 110-270 truck driving schools over English proficiency

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the closures, citing violations of federal language rules.

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White semi truck driving down a rural road. (Credit: Daphne Fecheyr)

What this story says

  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the closure of truck driving schools.
  • The schools were shut down for English proficiency violations.
  • Reports differ on the number of schools closed, with figures ranging from 110 to 270.
  • The closures are part of an effort to crack down on fraud in the trucking industry.

Who covered it

Left 14%(17)Centre 40%(47)Right 46%(55)

Percentages are shares of the 119 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 29 of the 148 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

45/100

Hype

61/100

148 sources · methodology

Missing from the left

Only 17 of the 119 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the shutdown of commercial truck driving schools. The closures are attributed to violations of federal English proficiency requirements for drivers. CDLLife reports this action is part of an interagency effort to reduce fraud within the trucking industry.

Number of schools closed

Reports vary on the exact number of schools affected. The Epoch Times and Fox Business state 270 schools were shut down. Other reports, including those from Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, CDLLife, Washington Examiner, news-pravda.com, WND, and OpsLens, indicate 110 schools were closed.

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated reports mention the specific date of the announcement or the location where Secretary Duffy made the announcement, beyond a general reference to Detroit in the Fox Business digest. No left- or centre-rated outlet ran this story.

Tags:#Trucking#Transportation#USPolitics#Immigration#Fraud

Coverage settled. We checked this 14 times and stopped on 6 Sept 2026, 03:45. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

17 rated outlets

  • The New Republic reported that the shutdown of 110 truck driving schools was an attack on immigrants. It stated that the officials claimed the schools enabled 5,000 violations of English proficiency rules. USA Today reported the crackdown targeted schools licensing drivers who did not speak English.
  • The New Republic quoted a reporter who said foreign-born drivers were responsible for only one percent of fatal crashes. It also noted that in 2021, 22.5 percent of drivers in fatal crashes had no commercial license. The outlet stated that about 20 percent of US truck drivers are immigrants.
  • The New Republic suggested the move could make roads more dangerous by undermining access to safety training. It mentioned that the Trump administration had previously revoked non-domiciled commercial licenses for 200,000 drivers.

Centre

47 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated outlets reported that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the shutdown of 110 truck driving schools. The reason given was that the schools issued commercial driver's licenses to drivers who failed English proficiency tests.
  • NewsNation and KYMA also noted that Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was involved in the announcement. KYMA stated the action was a nationwide crackdown on fraud within the trucking industry.

Right

55 rated outlets

  • Right-rated outlets focused on the number of schools closed and the reason for the shutdown. The Epoch Times and Fox Business reported 270 schools were closed, linking the action to thousands of failed English tests and a crackdown on fraud. Washington Examiner and Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion stated 110 schools were shut down, with Washington Examiner noting the schools trained over 5,000 drivers later cited for English proficiency violations. WND and OpsLens also reported 110 schools were closed, with WND quoting Duffy on the need for drivers to speak the language and be well-trained to avoid endangering the public.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover US shuts 110-270 truck driving schools over English proficiency?
Of the 119 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 14% are rated left, 40% are rated centre, 46% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 148. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is US shuts 110-270 truck driving schools over English proficiency left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 119 rated outlets on this story, 14% are rated left, 40% are rated centre, 46% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of US shuts 110-270 truck driving schools over English proficiency biased?
US shuts 110-270 truck driving schools over English proficiency is one event reported by 148 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting US shuts 110-270 truck driving schools over English proficiency?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered US shuts 110-270 truck driving schools over English proficiency?
148 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
How many truck driving schools were shut down?
Reports vary on the exact number of schools closed. The Epoch Times and Fox Business reported 270 schools were shut down, while other outlets stated 110 schools were affected. The closures are due to English proficiency violations.
Why were the truck driving schools shut down?
The schools were shut down for violations of federal English proficiency requirements. This action is part of a broader effort by the US Department of Transportation to crack down on fraud within the trucking industry and ensure drivers can communicate effectively.
Did any left- or centre-rated outlets report on this story?
No left- or centre-rated outlets reported on this story. All the verified reports came from right-rated or unrated sources, indicating a potential blindspot in coverage from outlets with different political leanings.

Read it at the source

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