Education

BALTIMORE — A group that opposes race-conscious college admissions sued the U.S. Naval Academy last week. The Virginia-based group, called Students for Fair Admissions, says the Naval Academy discriminates by allowing race to be a factor in deciding who is... Read More

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In the partisan politics of education funding, the school choice movement has pressed states for decades to send taxpayer money to private and religious schools and long had to concentrate its efforts on states where a Republican governor... Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday blasted a suburban school district near the state capital for adopting a mandatory gender identity disclosure policy he contends will threaten the safety and well-being of transgender and other nonconforming... Read More

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Fear swept over the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Monday afternoon as students, faculty and staff began checking buzzing cellphones and finding an alert stating, “Emergency: Armed, dangerous person on or... Read More

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, Vermont’s lieutenant governor was at a local library, reading a book about two male penguins to a crowd of nearly two dozen. This was not the first stop for Lt. Gov.... Read More

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change: School seemed less welcoming. Parents were no longer allowed in the building without appointments, she said, and punishments were more... Read More

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida's governor. But four years later, as DeSantis eyes the presidency, their hope that the Republican would be... Read More

BOSTON (AP) — Opening a new front in legal battles over college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions. Top colleges' preferential treatment of children of alumni, who are... Read More

LOS ANGELES — The actor Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila launched a new initiative Thursday intended to simplify the federal grant application process to support mental health programs and safe learning environments in schools. The couple’s goal in creating... Read More

California just unleashed an experiment on its students, recommending harmful math education policies.  The recently adopted California Math Framework begins an inexorable sweep through California public schools and, like a storm, will traverse the nation. The California Department of Education... Read More

STANFORD, Calif. — Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigned as president of Stanford University on Wednesday after an independent review of his research found significant flaws in studies and laboratories he supervised. The review by a special committee of the university’s Board of... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Friday that it would automatically forgive $39 billion in federal student loan debt for 804,000 borrowers, marking the White House’s latest effort to revive pieces of the student loan forgiveness plan struck down by... Read More

WASHINGTON — A new bill, the Protecting Education Privacy Act, could bolster student privacy by restricting third-party access to their college and university records. The bill was reintroduced just before the current House recess by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo. Though rights... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — A civil rights legal group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white children of alumni. It’s the latest effort in a growing... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel a portion of the student debt owed by millions of borrowers, declaring that the policy change the administration sought was so sweeping it required congressional... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden strongly criticized the Supreme Court's Thursday ruling against using race-based affirmative action in college admissions, saying the decision "walked away from decades of precedent." "We cannot let this decision be the last word," Biden said... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a ruling that will have wide-ranging implications for academia. The 6-3 decision effectively... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case that could significantly revise federal benefit regulations and potentially provide millions of veterans with additional funding for their education. The case revolves around how the Department of Veterans... Read More

WASHINGTON — As the Supreme Court’s term comes to a close, people with high student loan debt are eagerly awaiting the justices’ decision on the Biden administration’s proposed loan forgiveness program.  The case, Biden v. Nebraska, is an appeal from... Read More

WASHINGTON — Student performance in reading and math has fallen significantly since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, with the nation’s current crop of 13-year-olds showing the largest declines ever recorded according to test scores released Wednesday by the National... Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — To its members, it’s a grassroots army of “joyful warriors” who “don’t co-parent with the government.” To anti-hate researchers, it’s a well-connected extremist group that attacks inclusion in schools. And to Republicans vying for the presidency, it... Read More

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — Protesters briefly scuffled and punches flew Tuesday as a Southern California school district decided whether to recognize June as Pride month. Several hundred people gathered in the parking lot of the Glendale Unified School District headquarters,... Read More

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Parents of Montgomery County, Maryland, elementary school students are suing their local school board over a new curriculum that features LGBTQ characters in books. The parents say the school board neglected to give them an opt-out choice,... Read More

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal court in Virginia this week upheld a state high school’s admission policy intended to achieve racial equity despite complaints from parents that it discriminates against Asian American students. Administrators of the highly rated Thomas Jefferson... Read More

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Four student teams from three North Carolina universities recently prevailed where so many others have failed of late — coming up with several “innovative and impactful” and best of all, practicable ideas for how to restore... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy announced the division winners and Project Pitch Champion in the Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition's Class of 2022-2023 during a live event held at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on Monday. According... Read More

Test scores in history and civics have declined slightly for eighth grade students in the U.S., according to results that show an increasing number of children lack a basic understanding of either subject. The scores were released Wednesday by the... Read More

NORMAN, Okla. — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff recently traveled to the University of Oklahoma to meet with tribal leaders and energy experts to discuss how the power of geothermal energy can be harnessed for... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday announced it is committing over $2.5 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, which provides digital services for students in communities across the country.  In a press... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration proposed a rule change on athletic eligibility under Title IX on Thursday that would block schools from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes from teams that are consistent with their gender identities. The notice of... Read More