Education
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Idaho Senate passes school choice bill, heads to governor's desk
Proposal would give qualifying families a $5,000 tax credit per student to cover private education expenses.
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Trump administration tells universities to end DEI programs before deadline or risk losing funding
The Department of Education on Feb. 14 put out a memo that said schools had to stop using “racial preferences” when considering hiring in admissions, financial aid or other areas.
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Cellphone ban begins in Los Angeles Unified School District
Nation’s second largest school district voted 5-2 in June to ban cellphones, smartwatches, AirPods and earbuds during school hours.
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Higher education in Pennsylvania faces declining enrollment, federal uncertainty
Recent years have seen the consolidation of six of the state universities into two, Commonwealth and PennWest.
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Cornell evaluating Trump’s DEI executive order, NYU has no comment
“As more concrete information becomes available, we will provide guidance on how the executive orders and other directives may impact our programs and community members,” a Cornell spokesman said.
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Trump's Department of Education says public schools could lose federal funding if DEI policies stay
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency published the letter on X.
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Oklahoma schools superintendent: Plan to ask parents about immigration status 'common sense'
GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt says he will stop the plan that's being pushed by state Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters.
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Linda McMahon to face Senate confirmation hearing for Education secretary on Thursday
McMahon's confirmation hearing comes a week after the president announced that he would like to eliminate the Department of Education.
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Education Department to investigate five universities accused of continuing to allow antisemitism
Columbia University last year had some of the biggest and longest pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests, last about three months before dismantled.
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Trump expected to sign an executive order to abolish the Department of Education
Trump is unable to abolish the department unless he gets the approval of Congress.
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Boston U closing its antiracist research center after founder Ibram X. Kendi leaves for Howard
The university hired Kendi in 2020, when he was employed by American University in Washington, D.C., to open the center.
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Trumps gave Day One ordered for colleges to end DEI programs but most top schools have yet to comply
Trump made it one of his goals to eliminate DEI departments and initiatives through an executive order, but some colleges colleges and universities still haven't done anything.
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US 'national report card' shows reading decline among middle-, elementary-schoolers post pandemic
National Center for Education Statistics