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Why a new federal school choice program may require a massive marketing budget

The Browning School, a college preparatory school for boys, sits in Manhattan, New York City. A new federal school choice program could help students pay tuition at private schools, though taypayers will first need to...

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Supreme Court Sides With Red States Over Bans on Trans Athletes

States can block transgender athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s sports teams, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, handing the Trump administration a victory in its effort to enforce such restrictions. ...

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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship

The Supreme Court ruled today that President Donald J. Trump exceeded his authority with his long-shot attempt to end birthright citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to undocumented parents or those without permanent...

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Lānaʻi School Relies on Temporary Power Lines for Years

After a power failure knocked out electricity in parts of Lānaʻi High and Elementary School in 2021, the state set up temporary electrical lines to get the lights back on. Five years later, the so-called temporary lines...

Education Dive
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Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes in women’s college sports

Colleges and K-12 schools can determine eligibility for women's and girls' sports teams based on "biological sex," the court ruled.

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New law allows NH voters to veto school administrator pay increases

The state's school administrative units will soon be required to craft their own budgets and voters will be empowered to vote down those budgets, under a law that Republicans hope will help drive down K12 costs. The...

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North Carolina Republicans ban DEI at public colleges

The new law took effect immediately and came after legislators overrode a veto from Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.

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Incumbent VP, Top State Union Leaders Among Candidates for NEA President

While the U.S. celebrates over the Fourth of July weekend, four candidates will be vying for the top post of the nation’s largest teachers union. The National Education Association’s leadership election will decide the...

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Texas education board approves Bible stories as required reading in public schools

The proposal, which mandates literary works such as Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" alongside passages from the New Testament, has been closely followed by education observers who say it appears to be the first of...

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Week in review: College ‘affinity housing’ could violate Fair Housing Act, HUD official says

We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from a record-high persistence rate to the latest federal lawsuit over in-state tuition for undocumented students.

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Decision Time Has Come for Newsom’s Proposal To Shift Control of CA Department of Education

The fate of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to shift control of the California Department of Education from the state superintendent of public instruction to a new education commissioner answering to future governors and...

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Inside two Title IX investigations in Colorado that reflect a ‘new way of doing business’ under Trump

The first Title IX investigation under the second Trump administration centered on an all-gender restroom in a Denver high school.

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Trump administration gives Jeffco 10 days to change policies or risk losing federal funding

The Trump administration found that several Jeffco Public Schools policies, including its policy on sports participation, violated the federal Title IX sex discrimination law.

Education Dive
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Johns Hopkins lays off 110 employees in the wake of federal research cuts

"As our federal research portfolio shrinks, the infrastructure around it must change in parallel,” a spokesperson for the private university said.

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New York High Schoolers Might Be Getting a New Diploma. Here’s What to Know.

At a Board of Regents meeting Monday, state education officials announced that high school graduates in New York could soon start receiving a new type of diploma — one that reflects their skills and knowledge,...

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Texas Quietly Began Work on Divisive History Curriculum a Year Ago

The Texas State Board of Education will vote Friday on a set of new social studies standards that have drawn fire and fervor for espousing pro-American views and Christian values.  If approved, the vote would...

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Ohio bill would broaden power of university civics center directors

The politically created academic centers have drawn fierce criticism from faculty, who say they expand state intrusion into higher education.

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Education Department officials deny doing an end run around Congress

The Trump administration has used interagency agreements to move U.S. Department of Education functions to six other agencies.

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Hochul delays plan to tighten childcare voucher rules, averting shockwaves for thousands of NYC families

More than 100,000 New York City kids receive a state-funded childcare voucher. Gov. Kathy Hochul is pausing enforcement of a rule that would allow city parents to use a voucher only when they're working or in school.

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Democrats move to impeach McMahon for Education Department dismantling

Dive Snapshot:  Rep. Suzanne Bonamici filed three articles of impeachment Thursday against U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, accusing her of illegally dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and lying...

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Chicago school board adopts legislative agenda calling for more funding — after state lawmakers adjourn

The Chicago Board of Education passed a legislative agenda about a month after state lawmakers adjourned for the summer.

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Court temporarily blocks Ed Dept regulations limiting ‘professional’ degrees

The agency released widely contested regulations this spring that blocked access to higher borrowing limits for many graduate students.

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Undocumented students could be barred from Florida public universities

The state’s public university system board on Thursday advanced the proposal, which has garnered support from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Kansas joins DOJ in effort to end in-state tuition for undocumented students

The proposed agreement came hours after the U.S. Department of Justice sued the state over its decades-old law.

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Memphis students improve on state reading tests but struggle in math

Memphis high schoolers significantly improved on Algebra and geometry state tests this year, seeing upwards of a seven percentage point increase.

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How the Story of Young George Washington Offers Some Important Civic Lessons

Words like “failure” and “hardship” probably aren’t the first that come to mind in describing the legacy of the United States’ first president, George Washington. While Washington is generally viewed through a lens of...

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Iowa Audit Analyzes Impact of State’s Education Savings Account Program

Nearly 79% of students who used Iowa’s funding program for K-12 private schools were “already projected” to attend private schools, according to a report released Wednesday by Iowa Auditor Rob Sand.  Iowa...

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US Education Dept. probes 3 Maryland school districts and state over transgender student policies

The agency is investigating the Montgomery, Prince George’s and Frederick County school districts and Maryland’s education agency in the Trump administration’s latest challenge of the region’s school policies regarding...

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Opinion: Connecticut Charters Break Through in Historic Legislative Session

Connecticut has long had among the most burdensome charter approval processes in the country, requiring both State Board of Education authorization and a separate legislative appropriation just to open a school....

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Decision time has come for Newsom’s proposal to shift control of the California Department of Education

Dozens of leading education organizations favor, but the California Teachers Association opposes, transferring control of the California Department of Education to an appointed commissioner under the next governor’s...