The Department of Education said the grants were pulled from the district because of civil rights violations.
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Officials said the grants were pulled because of civil rights violations.
The full major will begin in Fall 2026, though some courses are already in session.
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The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money. A document sent to the universities encourages them to adopt the White House’s vision for America’s campuses. Schools are asked to accept the government’s priorities on admissions, women’s sports, free speech, student discipline and college affordability, among other topics. The schools are Vanderbilt, the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia. It's not clear how or why they were selected.
Indonesian rescue authorities have made the tough decision to start using heavy machinery to move large sections of a school that collapsed earlier this week, with no more signs of life from beneath the rubble. Nearly 60 teenage students are still unaccounted for, three days after the building caved in. Officials said on Thursday that the decision had been made in consultation with the families of those still missing. Five students were rescued on Wednesday but officials say with no more signs of life detected, the need to speed up the search was becoming critical.
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Indonesian rescue workers are racing against the clock in the search for survivors from a school collapse in the province of East Java. Dozens of students are still unaccounted for, with six confirmed dead and about 100 injured. Authorities said the Islamic boarding school was undergoing an unauthorized expansion to add two new levels. It collapsed during afternoon prayers on Monday, sending slabs of concrete and other heavy debris crashing onto the students below. Mohammad Syafii, head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency, told reporters on Wednesday that rescue crews were now "racing against time."
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A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored. PEN America’s “Banned in the USA,” released Wednesday, tracks over 6,800 instances of books being pulled for the 2024-2025 school year. This number is down from over 10,000 in 2023-24. Around 80% of these bans originated in Florida, Texas, and Tennessee. Meanwhile, states like Maryland and New Jersey have laws limiting book removals. According to PEN, King’s books were censored 206 times, with “Carrie” and “The Stand” among the affected works. Reasons for bans often include LGBTQ+ themes and depictions of race.
SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — A building at an Islamic school in Indonesia collapsed onto praying students, injuring dozens and burying more in t…
The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid off by the Republican Trump administration. The department says many core operations will continue in a shutdown but civil rights investigations will stop and no new federal grants will be issued. About 87% of the workforce will be furloughed. The department still will manage federal student aid, with Pell grants and loans continuing. Payments will still be due. However, 632 of 747 employees in the Office of Federal Student Aid will be furloughed. The Office for Civil Rights will halt investigations into discrimination by race and disability, adding to an existing backlog of complaints.