President Donald Trump’s attempts to deny visas to international students who intend to enroll at Harvard were temporarily halted by a federal judge on Thursday following a legal challenge by the Ivy League university. A interim injunction prohibiting anyone from “implementing, instituting, maintaining, enforcing, or giving force or effect to the Presidential Proclamation” issued by…
Despite Republican concerns that it would jeopardize the online learning programs, a Democratic-sponsored measure to restrict per-student payments to Pennsylvania’s cyber charter schools and make other changes to their operations barely cleared the state House on Wednesday. With only two Republicans voting in favor, the 104-98 vote places a marker on the often divisive topic…
According to reports, a sexuality-focused questionnaire asking if they were gay and accusing heterosexuals of overpopulating the world was sent to high school pupils in Florida enrolled in a course at a nearby college. The course and sexually explicit questionnaire were presented to high school students as part of a Miami-Dade College course. The course,…
On Wednesday, the Trump administration threatened Columbia University’s accreditation status by informing the university’s accreditor that the institution had broken federal anti-discrimination statutes and that it “no longer appears to meet the Commissions accreditation standards.” The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights and the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR)…
Although the teachers’ union claims the current proposal still falls short of what was initially agreed upon, a promised wage increase for Baltimore County teachers is getting closer to becoming a reality. In the beginning, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) had promised teachers a 5% pay increase as part of a three-year package. The offer…
Following a state probe and the suicide deaths of two of its pupils, a residential treatment school for girls in the mountains of North Carolina has shuttered. Asheville Academy said it was difficult to decide to voluntarily close, and on Tuesday it revealed that all of its students had been freed from its Weaverville campus…
Soon, the governor-appointed boards that manage Texas’s universities may be given additional authority to restrict the coursework that students must take and do away with degree programs. The bill, which was delivered to Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday, is the most recent attempt by Republican-led governments to reform universities that they claim have been…
The latest in a conflict between the Trump administration and the Ivy League university, federal officials will begin searching social media accounts of visa applicants who intend to visit, work at, or study Harvard University for any indications of antisemitism. The university was accused of failing to prevent violence and antisemitism on campus in a…
The South Bay Union School District (SBUSD), which had to make the tough choice of whether to close three of its eleven elementary schools, was able to save two on Wednesday, at least for the time being. Board members unanimously changed Superintendent Jose Espinoza’s plan to close Berry, Central, and Sunnyslope primary schools over the…
On Wednesday, school officials in San Francisco abruptly changed their minds about a plan that would have allowed students to skip assignments, skip class, and retake tests. As soon as the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) introduced the experimental “Grading for Equity” program on Tuesday, parents and politicians alike, including SF Mayor Daniel Lurie,…
