Education
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Education Department sets cap on graduate school loans
Typical graduate student loans will now be capped at $20,500 annually and $100,000 in total, while loans for professional students will be capped at $50,000 annually and $200,00 in total, according to a federal register notice.
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States consider drones to stop school shootings
Florida’s legislature has appropriated $557,000 to have drones in the Broward, Leon, and Volusia school districts.
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ISU strike enters third week; union sues over alleged strikebreaking
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1110 union called for a strike April 8 after contract negotiations with Illinois State fell through
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Missouri sues large school district for breaking open record laws on critical race theory materials
Attorney General Eric Schmitt says "parents have every right to know exactly what is being taught to their children, especially when public school systems are implementing components of critical race theory."
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Yale law students sue deans, diversity director, claiming they violated school harassment policies
Two students of color say law schools deans and a diversity director took action against them following their refusal to disparage Amy Chua
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Teacher in CRT lawsuit says school districts trying to drive wedge between parents, kids
Brooke Henderson says teachers are increasingly afraid to discipline students for fear of being called a "white supremacist."
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Vermont judge questions state's limits on school choice, in case with national implications
Geographic limits on "town tuitioning" program may be comparable to property tax funding deemed unconstitutional for denying "equal educational opportunity," judge suggests.
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Missouri teachers told 'white supremacy' includes ‘all lives matter,’ calling police on blacks
Open records release of Springfield, Mo., training materials shows what prompted teacher lawsuit.
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North Dakota becomes latest state to ban critical race theory in schools
Legislature passes law and Gov. Doug Burgum signs it in less than 24 hours.
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Dossier on parents roils Arizona school district, leads to probe and cyberstalking claims
"Parents are rightly upset that certain data, photography and video has been collected and shared," Scottsdale Unified School District says.
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Columbia University employees could be fired for using wrong pronouns
A tutorial video describes the plethora of pronouns students can now use, including xe/xem,' 'ze/hir,' 'per/pers' and 'ey/em.'
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Of mice and mold: Student sit-in at HBCU Howard gets national support, alum VP Harris stays silent
Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, rapper Gucci Mane, NAACP among the political power brokers, celebrities, groups backing students, trying to help
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Loudoun County schools chief orders outside review of how his office handled sexual assault claims
The move comes amid criticisms of how the school district handled allegations that a male student assaulted female students inside the girls' bathrooms at two high schools.