Education
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Trump admin freezes $1 billion in funding for Cornell, hundreds of millions for Northwestern
The funding pause largely impacts grants and contracts with the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education and Health and Human Services.
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Harvard says 3 students recently had visas revoked, amid Trump crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism
Administrators at Harvard found out about the visas being revoked during a "routine records review."
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University issues public apology after student behind antisemitic abuse pleads guilty: Report
Nedivi had alleged verbal and physical abuse by another student
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University of Maryland to offer 'Intro to Fat Studies' course focusing on link to being black
Curriculum looks at “fatness as intersectional,” particularly highlighting “the relationship between fatness and blackness,” according to the course description.
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Texas Education Board allows Bible-based curriculum in elementary schools
The rule, which was approved in a 8-7 vote, follows the efforts of Texas's neighboring states of Louisiana and Oklahoma to incorporate more religion in public school settings. The new rule does not require that Texas elementary schools use Bible-based curriculum, but the schools will receive additional state funding if they do.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology expected to waive tuition for families that make under $200K
MIT said that this decision was able to happen due to generous donors to the school.
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Linda McMahon presents the Department of Education a WWE-style 'SmackDown'
The co-chair of the Trump transition team, McMahon has also served as chairwoman of the board for America First Policy Institute and notably co-founded World Wrestling Entertainment with her husband, Vince McMahon.
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Advocacy group files federal complaint against Boston public schools over whites only training
"BPS appears to have affinity groups for staff that excludes certain races. There is at least one affinity group that is for ‘White Staff and Parents Challenging Racism,'" PDE's complaint read.
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Oklahoma school boss prepares for a post-U.S. Education Department era that empowers parents
"We're going to end education coming out of Washington, D.C.," Trump said in a policy video. "We're going to close up all those buildings all over the place.......we're going to send it all back to the states."
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Wisconsin school district received $1M+ for 'Social Emotional Learning' initiatives
Through public records requests, PDE identified grants that the organization gave to the Watertown Unified School District, revealing the receipt of more than $1 million from April 1, 2023, through the president.
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Judge approves antisemitism 'deliberate indifference' lawsuit against Harvard, second since summer
Ivy League school's claim to be "unaware" of medical student's harassment is "wholly inconsistent" with her claims of repeatedly reaching out and even trying to file a complaint but being denied anonymity, Clinton nominee says.
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Seinfeld blasts school his kids attended for allowing excused absences day after election
“What kind of lives have these people led that makes them think that this is the right way to handle young people?" Seinfeld says
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Harvard suspends library access from protesting faculty
The suspension lasts for two weeks.