Education
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Linda McMahon presents the Department of Education a WWE-style 'SmackDown'
The co-chair of the Trump transition team, McMahon has also served as chairwoman of the board for America First Policy Institute and notably co-founded World Wrestling Entertainment with her husband, Vince McMahon.
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Advocacy group files federal complaint against Boston public schools over whites only training
"BPS appears to have affinity groups for staff that excludes certain races. There is at least one affinity group that is for ‘White Staff and Parents Challenging Racism,'" PDE's complaint read.
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Oklahoma school boss prepares for a post-U.S. Education Department era that empowers parents
"We're going to end education coming out of Washington, D.C.," Trump said in a policy video. "We're going to close up all those buildings all over the place.......we're going to send it all back to the states."
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Columbia University places three deans on leave over inappropriate texts on antisemitism
"The Dean of Columbia College informed his team today that three administrators have been placed on leave pending a university investigation of the incident that occurred at the College alumni reunion several weeks ago," a spokesperson for the school said.
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Bragg drops trespassing charges against nearly all Columbia protesters
Of the 46 charged, 14 were undergraduate students at Columbia, nine were graduate students, and two were employees.
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Americans unimpressed with Ivy Leagues, poll finds after anti-Israel protests
The poll is not heavily split along party lines.
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Signatures being gathered to get charter schools protected in Colorado constitution
Advance Colorado has until July 25 to gather signatures.
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Louisiana is first state to require the Ten Commandments be exhibited in public school classrooms
Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed the bill into law Wednesday.
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Columbia professor says mainstream media is 'owned by Jews' and tells students to avoid it: report
Columbia has experienced many anti-Israel protests throughout the year, resulting in the school's commencement being canceled.
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CUNY, University of Michigan mishandled antisemitic and Islamophobia, Education Department finds
The schools resolved a total of 11 complaints with the agreements.
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NAACP chapter, students sue Virginia school district over reinstating Confederate names of schools
“When Black students are compelled to attend schools that glorify the leaders and ideals of the Confederacy, they are subject to a racially discriminatory educational environment, which has significant psychological, academic, and social effects,” the complaint said
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Milwaukee parents, activists launch school board recall for lack of transparency over funding
The chaos also led Gov. Tony Evers to call for, then begin to organize a dual audit of Milwaukee Public Schools.
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Public school enrollment has declined in most populous U.S. cities but spending increased: Report
Nationwide enrollment decreased by 2% from 49.9 million to 48.8 million over a 10-year period between 2013 and 2023, the new report revealed.