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News Articles: Education

The U.S. Department of Education is telling impacted districts that the Biden administration, in awarding the grants, violated "the letter or purpose of Federal civil rights law."

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  • Education

Education Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental health

Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.

May 01, 2025
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  • Cory Turner
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Can charter schools be religious? If so, what does that mean for public education?

The case could transform public education in the United States.

April 30, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
Concept of financial literacy and education. Human hand and graduation cap with dollar sign. Collage.

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  • Education

Republicans plan to overhaul the federal student loan system. Here's what to know

The Republican proposal would eliminate Grad PLUS loans, set strict limits on Parent PLUS loans and create a system in which colleges would be on the hook if their students don't repay their loans.

April 30, 2025
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  • Cory Turner
A sculler rows down the Charles River near Harvard University, at rear, on April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass.

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  • National

Harvard pledges reforms following internal reports on antisemitism and anti-Arab bias

The university's president convened two panels to study campus antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias last year. Harvard said it will begin implementing at least some of the reports' recommendations.

April 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court to hear school disability discrimination case

At issue is a case testing the reach of federal laws that promise special help for children with disabilities in public schools. Specifically: What do parents have to prove in order to get that specialized help?

April 29, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
President Trump and his education secretary, Linda McMahon, have said repeatedly that they want to send education "back to the states." But in recent lawsuits, the administration is accused of doing the opposite: wielding the power of the federal government to tell schools what they can and cannot teach.<br>

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  • Education

Why judges blocked the Trump admin's school DEI crackdown

On Thursday, three federal judges in Maryland, New Hampshire and Washington, D.C., said Trump's anti-DEI efforts were on shaky legal ground.

April 26, 2025
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  • Cory Turner
The NCAA logo is displayed in 2015 at center court at The Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.

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A judge orders changes to a $2.8B NCAA deal, which attorneys say could trigger chaos

The judge overseeing the rewriting of college sports rules threw a potentially deal-wrecking roadblock into the mix Wednesday, insisting parties in the $2.8 billion suit redo the part of the proposed deal.

April 24, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office in February.

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  • Education

Trump signs executive actions on education, including efforts to rein in DEI

The directives include new efforts to curtail DEI programs at colleges, and discipline guidance for public schools.

April 24, 2025
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  • Elissa Nadworny
The Department of Education says it will resume collections on defaulted student loans on May 5, affecting some 5 million borrowers nationwide.

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  • Education

What to know as the government begins collections on defaulted student debt

The Department of Education says it will resume collections on May 5 and send wage garnishment notices "later this summer." Here's how to know — and what to do — if you'll be affected.

April 24, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court leans toward parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools

At the center of the case is the school system in Montgomery County, Md., the most religiously diverse county in the U.S., with 160,000 students of almost all faiths.

April 23, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
People cross Harvard Yard at Harvard University on April 17, in Cambridge, Mass.

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  • Education

Inside Harvard's lawsuit against the Trump administration

Harvard's lawsuit questions how freezing research funds will further the administration's goal of eliminating antisemitism on campus.

April 22, 2025
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  • Elissa Nadworny
The U.S. Supreme Court tackles a clash between the rights of school boards to determine the curriculum for students and the rights of parents to opt out of any class because the content conflicts with a parent's religious beliefs.

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  • Law

Supreme Court weighs who should decide public school curriculum: Judges or school boards?

At issue is whether school systems are required to allow parents to opt their kids out of classes because of religious objections to classroom materials.

April 22, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Linda McMahon, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C.. The U.S. Department of Education says it will begin resuming collections of defaulted student loans on May 5.

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  • Education

Trump administration to resume collections on student loan borrowers in default

The Education Department says millions of borrowers in default will have a chance to make a payment or sign up for a repayment plan. But on May 5, those who don't will be referred for collection.

April 22, 2025
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta and
  • Steve Drummond
Students, faculty and members of the Harvard University community rally, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass.

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  • Education

Harvard sues Trump administration to stop a freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

Harvard University announced Monday that it has filed suit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus.

April 22, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Bob Jones III, the president of Bob Jones University, speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 1982. The IRS rescinded the university's tax-exempt status in the 1976.

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  • Education

History shows revoking Harvard's tax status won't be easy — or fast

A presidential effort to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status could run up against a number of challenges, including violating federal law.

April 18, 2025
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  • Jonaki Mehta
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