Education
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Second Lady Vance launches reading initiative to combat abysmal literacy rates
Literacy rates have plummeted over the last half-century, with 34% of U.S. fourth-grade students below basic reading levels in 2022. 31% were below what’s considered “proficient.”
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Education Department claims Columbia University no longer meets standards for accreditation
“After Hamas’ October 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel, Columbia University’s leadership acted with deliberate indifference towards the harassment of Jewish students on its campus," Education Secretary Linda McMahon said. "This is not only immoral, but also unlawful."
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Florida's Board of Governors rejects Santa Ono's bid to lead University of Florida
The Florida Board of Governors voted to reject Ono's bid for president in a 10-6 split, reversing its unanimous decision to approve his nomination last month.
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Columbia University's interim president resigns a week after federal funding deal
Claire Shipman, the co-chair of the board of trustees, will immediately assume the role of acting president. Armstrong will return to the school's Irving Medical Center.
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House passes legislation to keep foreign influence out of higher education
The DETERRENT Act passed in a 241 to 169 vote.
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DHS agents detain Tufts University student for alleged participation in pro-Hamas activities
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was leaving her home in Somerville Tuesday evening where she was stopped by authorities for no reason, according to her lawyer.
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Columbia student who participated in protests sues Trump administration over efforts to deport her
Columbia University student Yunseo Chung filed the lawsuit as the Trump administration allegedly works to deport her, after it revoked her lawful permanent resident status. Chung has been in the U.S. since she was 7 years old.
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DEI on Campus: Schools still assessing Trump executive order
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues “to assess the implications” of recent activity on the federal level and “respond across multiple levels,” according to a school message.
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Columbia University cedes to Trump administration in battle over federal funding due to antisemitism
The agreement also comes after the administration pulled $400 million in grants which amounts to approximately 8% of the university’s US-taxpayer funding.
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Social workers get millions to push DEI in schools
Now that President Donald Trump has banned that kind of funding, schools will have to find workarounds or drop the programs altogether.
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House Republican to introduce legislation so Trump can shutter Education Dept through Congress
Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that directed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin taking steps to close the department.
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Trump moved to abolish the Education Department: What comes next
“People have wanted to do this for many, many years, for many, many decades, and I don't know, no president ever got around to doing it, but I'm getting around to doing it,” Trump said.
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School superintendent compares trans athletes in women's sports to 'civil rights struggles' in US
School superintendent Ryan Scallon in Portland, Maine compared transgender athletes being able to compete in women's sports to civil rights issues and women's suffrage.