Education
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Education freedom tax credit allows Americans to deduct up to $1,700 for donating to scholarships
The proposed credit, created under Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code as part of the 2025 tax law, is permanent and nonrefundable, and allows individuals to claim up to $1,700 a year and $3,400 for married couples filing jointly. Thirty states have already opted in to what is essentially a "school choice" option. Education Secretary Linda McMahon told Just the News "We're doing something wrong. We're failing our students."
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Education Department shifts roles to other agencies, further shrinking the agency
Less is more: McMahon has repeatedly said her ultimate goal is to shrink the Department of Education, rendering her job obsolete and "firing herself."
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IRS issues rules for education tax credit designed to encourage donations for student scholarships
Thirty states have already opted into program.
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Liberty University Board of Trustees appoints new president and chancellor
Both men will assume their new roles during the start of the next school year.
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Maryland school district says parents can't opt their kids out of learning gender identity ideology
Montgomery County Public Schools made it clear that students can still opt out of sex education, but have to participate in lessons on gender identity ideology.
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Florida House passes bill to limit use of preferred pronouns in schools
Should the bill become law, it will also require that schools secure approval from the state Department of Education before using materials on reproductive health to educate students.
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Feds give pass to Stanford, Harvard Med for racial discrimination favoring blacks
Department of Education's referral of Harvard Med complaint to EEOC, which doesn't appear to have jurisdiction, could be "a strategy to derail a valid complaint," professor says.
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Michigan college professor suspended for saying some conservative campus speakers should be killed
Wayne State President M. Roy Wilson condemned the post in an email to the students and said that the university notified the police.
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Matt Walsh cancels university speech after Nashville shooting, cites threats
The event was to take place March 30 and generated considerable outcry within the University community.
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GOP Senators to introduce measure to overturn Biden student loan forgiveness
Republicans have largely asserted that the debt forgiveness plan will inordinately benefit those with the highest earning potential at the expense of those on the lower end of that range.
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Florida State Representative says legislation is in process to expand school choice opportunities
This legislation would make sure every Florida student is eligible to receive taxpayer-backed scholarships
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Florida moves to expand parental rights law to cover high school
DeSantis is looking to expand prohibitions on discussing gender and sexuality through to the twelfth grade.
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Nation’s second-largest school district poised to be shut down by worker strike
Unions say three-day strike in Los Angeles over alleged misconduct.