Education
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Student suspended for pro-ICE flyer while teacher’s union spends $1.7M to help anti-ICE protests
A “Four Weeks of Power” training series is organized and led by Free the Future, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, New York University’s Steinhardt Metro Center and the Midwest Academy.
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California ordered to pay $4.5 million after losing lawsuit against 'gender secrecy' in schools
"To this day, the Defendants continue to fight about the merits based on the thinnest of arguments," judge says, blaming California's "litigation intransigence" for the staggering sum.
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Educators, Christian leaders push back on humanoids, AI teaching children
Humanoids are non-human machines powered by AI.
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Jewish students walk out after MIT commencement speaker's anti-Israel remarks
Vemuri accused Israel of trying to wipe Palestine "from the face of the Earth."
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College not preparing students for workforce, managers avoid hiring them, poll finds
A May release on the Resume.org poll said that “the class of 2025 college graduates [are] entering a difficult job market. Not only is there economic uncertainty, but hiring managers also express skepticism about the capabilities and professionalism of young workers joining the workforce.”
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MIT shuts down DEI office, focusing on diverse community at 'local level'
The office is being shut down after MIT conducted a review that began in January 2024.
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Harvard revokes tenure of business professor over alleged data fraud
Revoking a professor's tenure has not been done by the university since at least the 1940s, when rules for the academic protection were formalized.
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Trump threatens to strip Harvard of $3B in grants and give money to trade schools
This follows the earlier freezing of $2.2 billion in grants, based on concerns over antisemitism on campus. Trump is now accusing Harvard of being "very slow" to turn over information on foreign students.
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University of Colorado Boulder offers courses on critical race theory
Courses entitled “Critical Race Theory,” “Spoken Word Latinx Poetics and Poetry,” and “Indigenous Representations in the United States” are all available through CU Boulder’s Department of Ethnic Studies.
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You Vote: Do you agree with the Trump admin order to ban Harvard from enrolling foreign students?
The DHS order required current foreign students enrolled there to leave the school or risk losing their legal status in the U.S., and would affect more than 7,000 current visa holders studying at Harvard.
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Feds launch civil rights probe into Fairfax schools after Miyares referral
Miyares’ office concluded changes at one high school l were designed to reduce the number of Asian American students.
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Judge blocks Trump admin from revoking Harvard's international student privileges
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard's ability to admit international students.
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Trump stops Harvard from enrolling international students
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Thursday that Secretary Kristi Noem had ordered the elimination of the school's Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification, Reuters reported.