Trump Administration Cancels  Billion in Grants for Student Mental Health
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Trump Administration Cancels $1 Billion in Grants for Student Mental Health

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration has halted $1 billion for mental health services for children, saying that the programs funded by a bipartisan law aimed at stemming gun violence in schools were no longer in “the best interest of the federal government.” Lawmakers authorized the…

Supreme Court Seems Open to a Religious Charter School in Oklahoma
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Supreme Court Seems Open to a Religious Charter School in Oklahoma

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Supreme Court appeared open on Wednesday to allowing Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter school, which would teach a curriculum infused by Catholic doctrine. Excluding the school from the state’s charter-school system would amount to “rank…

Trump Administration Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into a Long Island Mascot Fight
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Trump Administration Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into a Long Island Mascot Fight

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Federal education officials said on Friday that they had opened a civil rights inquiry into whether New York State could withhold state money from a Long Island school district that has refused to follow a state requirement and drop its Native American mascot….

Teachers Worry About A.I. for Students. For Themselves It’s Another Matter.
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Teachers Worry About A.I. for Students. For Themselves It’s Another Matter.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As artificial intelligence makes its way into schools, a paradox is emerging. Many educators, concerned about cheating and shortcuts, are trying to limit student use of A.I. At the same time, teachers are increasingly using A.I. tools themselves, both to save time on…

He Was Held Captive in His Room for Decades. Then He Set It on Fire.
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He Was Held Captive in His Room for Decades. Then He Set It on Fire.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The firefighter scooped up the figure slumped on the kitchen floor and dashed for the ambulance waiting on Blake Street. As he moved through the smoky haze, he was struck by a thought that is still with him: It was like nothing was…

New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order
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New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The New York State Education Department on Friday issued a defiant response to the Trump administration’s threats to pull federal funding from public schools over certain diversity, equity and inclusion programs, a remarkable departure from the conciliatory approach of other institutions in recent…

How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?
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How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines What counts as a D.E.I. program in a school? And how do such programs differ from simply learning and talking about race and identity? Those questions have been central to local education debates over the past five years. Now, they are most likely…

In Oklahoma, Counting Migrant Students May Have Gone Too Far
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In Oklahoma, Counting Migrant Students May Have Gone Too Far

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Oklahoma’s conservative Republican governor, Kevin Stitt, and its conservative Republican schools superintendent have appeared to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the years of Donald J. Trump, with the former sending Oklahoma guardsmen to the southern border and the latter stocking the state’s schools with Trump-branded…

Trump to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department
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Trump to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Thursday instructing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling the agency, according to two White House officials. The department cannot be closed without the approval of Congress, which created it. But the Trump administration…