Education
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Free speech under fire nearly 300 times in 2025 on campus
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s (FIRE) director of research Ryne Weiss says that “there is a lot that universities can do” to uphold constitutionally protected speech again.
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Study reveals top U.S. states for K-12 education
Massachusetts and Virginia rank as the top states for K-12 education, with strong academics, high graduation rates and supportive school environments.
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Judge orders California to stop hiding gender transitions from parents, disclose parental rights
President George W. Bush nominee questions Democratic attorney general's competence as a lawyer, given his arguments. SCOTUS considering petitions from Florida to Maine to review school districts' parental exclusion policies.
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Report finds first-generation college students graduate at lower rates
First-generation college students are entering higher education and graduate school in record numbers.
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App offers alternative to classroom phone ban
As the concern over cell phones in the classroom rises, banning them from schools will not solve the deep-rooted issue, says the founder of Opal, a phone app that helps users with daily screen time and blocks games and social media. The movement to ban the
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Education Department to start garnishing wages next year for those who defaulted on student loans
The department said that it will begin sending notices to approximately 1,000 defaulted borrowers in the first week of January. The number of notices will then increase each month.
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600 private schools apply for new Texas school choice program in 10 days
The program, which becomes effective in the 2026–27 school year, provides taxpayer-funded ESA grants of $10,000 to roughly 100,000 students through a pilot program created by the new law.
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Brown University places police chief on leave in aftermath of shooting
The Trump administration opened its probe earlier Monday and Paxson said Brown will commission its own review of campus safety and the response to the Dec. 13 shooting, which killed two students.
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Trump administration announces investigation into Brown University over campus shooting
The department highlighted allegations that the university's campus surveillance and security system were not up-to-date at the time of the shooting, and that its emergency notifications about the active shooter were delayed.
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Record school spending across U.S. fails to reverse decline in test scores
New stats raise concern over how effectively taxpayer dollars are being used in public schools.
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San Diego school district teaches young kids 28 sexual orientations, 9 gender identities: report
Resources taken from LGBTQ activist groups such as The Trevor Project, which tells kids about orientations such as "aeogosexual" and "queer demisexual."
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UC Berkeley, Pomona College settle discrimination cases with Jewish professor, students
“I respect and appreciate Dr. Nativ’s decision to settle this case,” UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons said
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Anti-white language tweaked after civil rights complaints against Harvard, WA school district
Scholarship for "students of color" changed to "historically marginalized communities" hours after news report. "Educators of Color" re-upped a year after legal warning, says open to all but allegedly hidden from nonwhites.