Education
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Feds investigating high school wrestler’s sexual assault allegation by trans athlete
The girl’s family contends the administration failed to take meaningful action to protect and investigate her claim of sexual assault.
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Teachers union proposes training, rewarding students for 'community self-defense' against ICE: leak
Presentations and brainstorming notes suggest commandeering taxpayer resources and school equipment to frustrate ICE. District distances itself from union materials, which imply the two cooperate together against ICE.
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Texas public schools under investigation for supporting student walkouts, ICE protests
Gov. Greg Abbott has called for schools that facilitate protests to be stripped of state funding.
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Spanberger asks several UVA board members to resign as she prepares for inauguration: Report
It was not immediately clear whether the board members will voluntarily resign their posts, or risk being removed by Spanberger when she takes office Saturday.
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Education Department launches probes into 18 institutions over 'gender identity' policies
The investigations come the same week the Supreme Court hears a case on state bans on transgender athletes competing in female sports. The court's decision, which is expected this summer, will likely impact bans passed in 27 states.
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Report: Child care in Tennessee as expensive as college
The State of the Child in Tennessee 2025 Report examined child-related metrics from birth through the teenage years. The economic metrics showed some improvements but also some declines.
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Democrats' judges rescue California again, reinstating 'gender secrecy' policies in school
President George W. Bush nominee improperly certified class action, stretched legal doctrine loathed by Justice Thomas, 9th Circuit Obama and Biden nominees say. Silent on state allegedly hiding policies in secret training.
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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.