Tag: Education
Marc Andreessen blasts elite colleges over DEI policies in leaked messages
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen hit out at elite U.S. universities for allegedly discriminating against children of conservative Trump voters.
The leaked comments from a private...
Republicans press leaders of Georgetown, Berkeley and CUNY on antisemitism complaints
WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Tuesday grilled the leaders of Georgetown University, the City University of New York and the University of California, Berkeley...
How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding the Education Department, allowing it to move...
Columbia may be nearing a truce with Trump in funding fight
Columbia University may be nearing a deal with the Trump administration to reinstate federal funding to the university over civil rights issues, according to...
Teaching Men Who Will Never Leave Prison
It’s 2018. I am, for the first time, in a classroom at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, in Comstock, New York, a men’s maximum-security state...
Mostly White HBCUs? Yep, They’re Real — And In West Virginia
Did y’all know there are at least two historically Black colleges in America (West Virginia to be specific) that are predominantly white?
Now, you probably...
Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted
DAYTON, Tenn. – A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial...
Head Start will be cut off for immigrants without legal status, Trump administration says
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration will restrict immigrants in the country illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program, the Department...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for lawmakers to replace STAAR test as part of special session | Houston Public Media
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Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic...
George Mason University faces investigation in Trump administration’s anti-DEI crackdown
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign...
