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News Articles: Education

Maine Gov. Janet Mills is warning about the detrimental impact that the massive tax and spending legislation backed by President Trump could have on healthcare services in her state.

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  • National

Federal judge orders USDA to unfreeze funds to Maine

The funds had been initially withheld following President Trump's clash with Maine Gov. Janet Mills over the issue of transgender athletes.

April 12, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
After 100 years, <em>The Great Gatsby </em>is still a staple of high school reading lists.

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  • Books

'The Great Gatsby' turns 100. What's it like teaching it today?

F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel has spent years on high school reading lists. How are literature professors teaching it today? And do students still find it relevant?

April 10, 2025
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Sarah Inama is a teacher in Idaho who had a poster in her classroom that read, "Everyone is welcome here," along with an image of hands with varying skin tones. The poster had never drawn any attention, until recently.

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  • Education

'What did I say in class today?': Teachers feel watched under Trump's anti-DEI push

An Idaho teacher was told by her principal to take down an "Everyone is Welcome Here" poster in her classroom. It's a symptom of President Trump's crackdown on discussions of inclusivity in schools.

April 10, 2025
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By:
  • Leila Fadel,
  • Arezou Rezvani,
  • and 2 more
A new Lumina Foundation and Gallup poll surveyed nearly 14,000 people between the ages of 18 and 59 who don't have degrees. The majority of respondents said at least one degree, associate or bachelor's, is valuable.

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  • Education

Americans without a degree still believe in the value of college, a new poll says

The majority of Americans without degrees still believe in the value of higher education, according to the poll. But not all college degrees are created equal.

April 09, 2025
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By:
  • Janet W. Lee
A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school's campus in Ithaca, New York, on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022.

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  • Education

Trump officials halt $1 billion in funding for Cornell, $790 million for Northwestern

More than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and around $790 million for Northwestern University have been frozen over alleged civil rights violations at both schools, the White House says.

April 09, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Women students stand outside Kabul University in Afghanistan. As of December 2022, the Taliban has banned women from higher education. But for some, a USAID grant provided online options as well as a chance to study abroad. That scholarship program has now been terminated.

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  • Global Health

USAID enabled 208 Afghan women to defy the Taliban ban on college -- until now

A USAID grant enabled them to either study online or enroll in college in another country. Now the grant has been terminated.

April 08, 2025
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By:
  • Ruchi Kumar

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  • Education

Bienvenidos! Some colleges are targeting a long-neglected group: Hispanic students

Colleges are recognizing the importance of this growing pool of potential students.

April 08, 2025
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By:
  • Jon Marcus
The Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court sides with administration over Education Department grants

By a 5-4 vote, the justices allowed the administration to freeze millions of dollars in grant funding for diversity and instructional programs at public and private universities.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Christina Gatti
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks to reporters at the White House. The Education Department sent a letter to state leaders warning of the potential loss of funds for K-12 schools that don't follow its interpretation of civil rights laws.

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  • Education

Education Dept. warns schools: Eliminate DEI programs or lose funding

The department sent a letter to state leaders threatening the loss of funds for K-12 schools that don't follow its interpretation of civil rights laws.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta
Kellen Hedler leads his fellow classmates at Frontier Elementary School near Oklahoma City. Kellen has Down syndrome, a genetic condition that causes a range of physical and developmental challenges.

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  • Education

How the Education Department helps students with disabilities get an education

Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.

April 03, 2025
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta
Calvin "CJ" Dickey Jr. is seen on a cruise with his family in 2023. He died July 12, 2024, after his first football practice at Bucknell University.

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  • National

Parents sue Bucknell alleging hazing led to freshman football player's death

Freshman Calvin "CJ" Dickey Jr., died after his first practice at the university. His parents are suing the school, also alleging staff neglected to account for his sickle cell trait during training.

April 02, 2025
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
Alexander Walk at Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S., on April 7, 2024.

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  • Education

Why this Yale professor is fleeing America

NPR's A Martinez asks Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley, an expert on fascism, about his decision to leave the U.S. and accept a position teaching American studies in Canada.

April 01, 2025
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By:
  • A Martínez and
  • Destinee Adams
President Trump continued his push to unwind the U.S. Department of Education last week announcing that the management of the entire federal student loan portfolio would be moved to the Small Business administration.

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  • Education

6 things borrowers should know about federal student loans right now

NPR has spent the past few weeks catching up with student loan experts and asking the Trump administration for clarity on some of borrowers' biggest questions.

March 31, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner
Last week, President Trump signed an executive action to begin dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.

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  • National

NPR speaks to a former education secretary about dismantling the department, arrests

NPR's Emily Kwong speaks with former Education Secretary John B. King Jr. about the dismantling of the education department and recent arrests of international scholars.

March 30, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Kwong,
  • Matthew Cloutier,
  • and 1 more
The campus of Yale University seen in New Haven, Conn. Yale is one of 45 colleges that are under investigation for allegedly engaging in "race-exclusionary practices."

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  • Education

How the Ph.D. Project, and 45 colleges, became a target of the Trump administration

For about 30 years, the Ph.D. Project has supported students from underrepresented groups who are earning doctoral degrees in business. Now, it's attracted the attention of the Trump administration.

March 24, 2025
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny
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