Education
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Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Barnard College-Columbia University after sit-in, bomb threat
Police warned protesters that those who refusing to leave during the bomb-threat evacuation would be subject to arrest.
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Trump says federal funding will be revoked from universities that allow illegal protests
Multiple anti-Israel protests have broken out around the U.S. that have resulted in arrests.
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University of North Carolina system makes it 9 years in a row with no in-state tuition increase
Tuition for out of state undergraduate students, however, was increased.
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Influential American Federation of Teachers union sues Education Department over DEI order
Randi Weingarten, the teachers union president, became famous for her left-wing activism.
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Texas Senate unanimously passes first measure in Teacher Bill of Rights package
Bill allocates nearly $5 billion to implement pay raises for public school teachers and includes incentives for additional pay, liability protection, and other provisions.
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Trump Education nominee Linda McMahon backs plan to abolish department
McMahon has already been confirmed by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Columbia University hires former Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Columbia said there was no political pressure to hire Pompeo.
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Few schools have updates on their evaluations of Trump’s DEI executive order
Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order called for “termination of all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI.”
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‘Unacceptable breach’: Columbia apologizes for lab with pro-Palestinian sentiment in it
An astronomy lab contained pro-Palestinain sentiments in it.
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Schools in at least 46 states embrace DEI, face losing federal funding
Trump’s recent executive order means those schools must drop the policies or face losing federal funding.
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Superintendents association tells members that it can ignore Education Department's DEI order
The association said the guidance was not "very convincing" and that the order is not expected to successfully beat any legal challenges.
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Idaho Senate passes school choice bill, heads to governor's desk
Proposal would give qualifying families a $5,000 tax credit per student to cover private education expenses.
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Trump administration tells universities to end DEI programs before deadline or risk losing funding
The Department of Education on Feb. 14 put out a memo that said schools had to stop using “racial preferences” when considering hiring in admissions, financial aid or other areas.