Source: ANDRDW THOMAS Donald Trump’s crusade against DEI is coming to a head and it appears that a huge public fight is about to take place between the administration and the Department of Education. According to NPR, the Department of Education has been issued an ultimatum via a nationally distributed letter addressed to state leaders…
Columbia University Education Images | Getty Images In early March, the Trump administration canceled $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University over its handling of pro-Palestinian protests last year. The federal government sent the university a list of demands, such as suspending or expelling students who participated in the demonstrations. Columbia agreed to…
Trump has announced a dramatic next step in his effort to dismantle the Department of Education, revealing that two of its core responsibilities—student loans and special needs/nutrition programs—will be transferred to other federal agencies. In remarks from the White House, Trump declared that the Small Business Administration (SBA), led by Kelly Loeffler, will now oversee…
After news spread of the Education Department cutting half of its workforce, we now know just how many people lost their jobs in the massive layoff on Tuesday. The department let go of 1,315 workers, cutting the agency’s workforce nearly in half within the first two months of Donald Trump’s second term. In addition, 572…
Over the weekend, Zahara Jolie used her voice for change at the Women in Training Inc. annual Mother-Daughter Brunch in Montgomery, Alabama. Joined by her mom, Angelina Jolie, the 20-year-old delivered a powerful speech to bring awareness to period poverty. She began by first thanking the event organizers, 17-yearold twins Breanna and Brooke Bennett, and…
The U.S. Education Department is scrapping last-minute guidance issued by the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges’ plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by making those payments subject to federal Title IX rules. Source link
Bad news for Lia Thomas: The Trump administration wants the NCAA to claw back the transgender swimmer’s women’s collegiate crown. Source link
The Department of Education took another step Tuesday in advancing the Trump administration’s new transgender policy for sports by asking the NCAA and a key high-school sports organization to restore titles, awards and records it says have been “misappropriated by biological males competing in female categories.” Source link
Sweden’s worst mass shooting leaves at least 11 dead at an adult education center NPR Sweden School Shooting Leaves at Least 10 Dead in Country’s ‘Worst’ Gun Attack The New York Times Swedish police say ‘erroneous narratives’ are spreading online after mass school shooting Reuters 10 people killed in shooting at adult education center in Sweden; shooter believed…
About 10 killed at adult education center in what officials say is Sweden’s worst mass shooting The Associated Press Multiple people killed in ‘worst mass shooting in Swedish history,’ authorities say CNN 10 Killed in Mass Shooting at Swedish Adult Education School, as Police Say Death Toll Could Rise PEOPLE Sweden Shooting: At Least 10 Killed at Adult…
