Education
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California rejects Education Department's Title IX violation offer regarding transgender athletes
McMahon slammed the state for its rejection, including California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom who previously stated that it was "unfair" to let transgender athletes compete on girls’ teams.
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Teachers union boss takes down X post after grammatical error, new one reads '4rth of July'
The original post spelled peaking as "peeking." It was corrected in the new post but many users criticized Weingarten for the way she spelled July fourth or July 4th.
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University of California system reminds student governments of ban on protesting against countries
The letter comes after multiple schools within the UC system, including UCLA, participated in anti-Israel protests and riots across the state last year that shut down graduation ceremonies and events on campus.
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Virginia school board restores names of Confederate leaders to schools
Measure reversed board's 2020 decision to change the names of schools that had been linked to Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby
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Cornell president to step down, third leader of Ivy League school this year
Pollack, a computer scientist, will leave the Ithaca, New York, school in June.
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USC faculty censures president and provost over 'widespread dissatisfaction' in handling of protests
The vote to censure Folt and Guzman passed in a 21-7 vote with six abstentions, according to the Hill. The censure resolution also “endorse[d] the immediate creation of a task force” to investigate USC's handling of Israel related controversies. The task force would also include a report on the findings.
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Antisemitism in public K-12 schools spotlights activist teachers and radicalized students
A major issue is that public school teachers "are behaving as activists," one expert said.
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Restoring History: Movement to return Confederate-linked names to schools garners traction
The main issue for organizers is what the renaming process was based on, and who was -- and wasn't -- involved in these decisions.
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Anti-Israel protesters take over building at Rhode Island school
Two dozen students and community members were given a deadline of 8 a.m. to clear the building.
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MIT becomes first elite school to eliminate diversity and inclusion hiring requirement
The university confirmed that it was removing the DEI criteria on Sunday, claiming it would no longer request a diversity statement when hiring faculty. The decision was made by university President Sally Hornbluth, and supported by all six academic deans, the school's chancellor, and provost.
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Columbia cancels university-wide commencement after protests
The school pledged to focus on keeping the smaller ceremonies "safe, respectful, and running smoothly."
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Columbia president calls building takeover 'violent act' that jeopardized campus security
She said "many people" involved in the encampment were "largely peaceful."
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Colleges kowtow to protesters but are met with blowback from donors
Even schools that have not come to an agreement with protesters have lost donors.