department of education

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Behind the right-wing plot to set up taxpayer-funded ‘intellectual freedom centers’ at public universities

UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Civic Life and Leadership and the University of Florida’s Hamilton School are part of the effort to push conservative ideology on college students in the guise of civics education

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13 Min
By: Sophie Hayssen

Federal cuts to teacher training programs threaten diversity and equity in Massachusetts classrooms

As Massachusetts schools brace for another year of teacher shortages, federal cuts have left vital funding programs hanging by a thread

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4 Min
By: Shruti Rajkumar

How Trump’s slash-and-burn education agenda will harm marginalized students across New England

Three federal judges temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its anti-DEI policies in schools last week

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4 Min
By: Eliza Dewey

Disabled students face rights violations in the fallout from Department of Education shutdown, advocates warn

Funding for crucial classroom supports is threatened by the gutting of the department that enforces the civil rights law that protects students

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6 Min
By: Reina Sultan

Trump’s move to dismantle Department of Education sparks concerns over impact on civil rights and student support services

Union leaders and education advocates warn that Trump’s executive order could hinder discrimination investigations, affect student loans, and put support services at risk

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6 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

How Title VI investigations are silencing grade-school students against Israel’s genocide in Gaza

Investigations by the U.S. Education Department threaten students and teachers who support Palestinian liberation, organizers say

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5 Min
By: Arvind Dilawar

Educators are trying to bring the science of reading to adult education

Researchers and adult literacy educators say federal literacy programs for adults are increasingly insufficient

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6 Min
By: Julian Roberts-Grmela

College encampments spread across the U.S. as calls for divestment from Israel grow

Pro-Palestinian student encampments are protesting American colleges and universities’ ties to Israel and are calling to divest from apartheid

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5 Min
By: Sravya Tadepalli

Student debt initiatives must include incarcerated people

Debt relief for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people is stymied by a lack of information, access, and political will

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8 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Colleges and universities are requiring survivors to sign NDAs before investigating Title IX claims

Dozens of civil rights organizations sent a letter to the Department of Education last week, urging them to investigate the claims

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

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