Education
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Missouri mom secures free speech win after school district censored her over Facebook 'thumbs-down'
Supreme Court precedent has determined it is illegal for government officials to restrict constituents' access to official social media accounts. Public school employees are considered state government officials.
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University of Maryland holds free-tuition raffle to keep students in seats for 2-5 football team
On Saturday, one student will be granted free tuition for the spring 2027 semester if they stay for the entire game.
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Portland Public Schools back down after banning mom who challenged gender identity policies
The Oregon school district banned Allison Roberts in February from visiting her children's school, which meant she missed her son's graduation from Meriwether Lewis Elementary School.
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Education Department joins viral 'Malfoid' trend as 'Harry Potter' rewrites sweep social media
"There’s Magic in Learning!" read the post from the DOE. "Make education great again."
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DOJ alleges Ohio State Medical School admissions discriminated against Asian and white students
The investigation found that black applicants who are screened and interviewed are about 2.8 times as likely to be admitted than Asian applicants with equal credentials.
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Parents threaten school district for forcing girls to bunk with boys on trips, keeping it secret
Another school district settles litigation with Moms for Liberty over gender secrecy policies, alleging board members received death threats for policies it was already in the process of changing.
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Hack exposes personal information on millions of California public school students
The personal information that was exposed varied by student but included the names, addresses, demographic information and disability status of 7 million students enrolled in California public schools over the past three school years.
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Investigation wanted into Chicago schools athletics after official pay issues
Buckner introduced a resolution in the House calling on the Illinois Auditor General’s office to conduct an audit of state funds that go to the district for athletics.
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Cornell suspends frat parties, at Ivy League campus roiled by resurfaced, 2024 sexual assault case
The matter resurfaced last month when the woman, who is no longer a Cornell student, filed a Jane Doe civil suit against the plaintiffs.
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Parent rights powerhouse unleashes Super Intelligence surveillance system to monitor school boards
Program sweeps all 13,000 school boards' agendas every 12 hours, and ranks policies on whether parents should be concerned.
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Hochul adds New York to Trump admin's school choice program despite objections from teachers union
The initiative, known as the Education Freedom Tax Credit, allows individual taxpayers to receive up to a $1,700 dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit for donations made to private and non-profit scholarship-granting organizations.
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School choice improves learning at a lower cost, analysts say
More than 30 states have some form of school choice program, while 30 states have opted into the Trump administration’s Education Freedom Tax Credit Program, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2027.
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Former Deputy AG Sally Yates to review Cornell's handling of sexual misconduct cases
Jane Doe is suing seven former students, who have become known as the "Cornell 7", as well as the university, and Chi Phi fraternity. But local authorities have not filed charges.