Education
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Northwestern University secures $75 million deal with Trump administration to restore funding
Northwestern is expected to pay the United States $75 million through 2028 in exchange for ending probes by the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice.
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California anti-discrimination law raises concerns among teachers
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bill into law, which prohibits school districts from using textbooks, curricula or materials that promote bias or unlawful discrimination.
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Georgia committee recommends barring chronically absent students from athletics
Recommendation is one of 22 from the Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism.
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University of Illinois scrutinized over perceived preference for international students
Screenshots of the Master’s in Accounting program website suggested priority for international students, particularly from India. The university told The Center Square the program “is and has always been open to all students, both domestic and international.”
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Ethnic studies makes long march into America's classrooms
Despite concerns from the Jewish community over antisemitism, the board went ahead with the agreement for professional development and curriculum guidance.
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Report finds bipartisan support for K-12 open enrollment policy
The report by Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank, compared open enrollment laws, which allow K-12 students to transfer to a different public school than the one they are assigned to, across all 50 states across seven categories.
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Virginia schools that let males in girls' restrooms imperiled by appeals court, Youngkin order
Fourth Circuit refuses to require feds keep funding Fairfax County Public Schools by default instead of through reimbursement as case proceeds. Virginia governor tasks regulators with state version of Trump's gender ideology orders.
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California Gov Newsom vows to pull state funds for colleges in state that sign 'radical' Trump pact
The only California college that was offered the deal so far was the University of Southern California, but it was offered to a total of nine prestigious schools, including Brown University and Vanderbilt.
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Trump administration sends universities compacts to sign to receive federal funding
“We hope all universities ultimately are able to have a conversation with us,” May Mailman said
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Chip Roy warns of inquiry into Texas Christian University for allegedly canceling TPUSA event
TCU denied the cancellation in a statement to the Daily Signal because, they say, the event was never booked and noted that it hosted a vigil for the late-TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk last month.
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Education Department takes action on report Virginia high school worker helped student get abortion
Virginia GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin has directed State Police to investigate the claims, and Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy has demanded the school district turn over related materials by Monday.
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DC school will pay students in effort to reduce truancy
Washington's Digital Pioneers Academy latest school to join nationwide study.
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HHS looks to bar Harvard from receiving federal funding over antisemitism
The OCR found the school violated Title VI by acting with "deliberate indifference" toward the discrimination and harassment of its Jewish and Israeli students since October 7, 2023.