Friday, April 25, 2025

EDUCATION

Many Colleges, Universities Ignore Trump’s Warning to Ditch DEI or Lose Funding

(Casey Harper, The Center Square)   The U.S. Department of Education in February warned colleges and universities that if they did not eliminate  programs, they could risk losing federal funding.  Now, two months later, many universities around the country still boast of their DEI programs and employ DEI staff, raising questions...

Chicago Teachers Union members approve deal to push average salary over $114,000

(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square) Chicago’s public school teachers have overwhelmingly approved a four-year labor contract to raise their average salary to more than $114,000 per year. Chicago Teachers Union leaders announced Monday that 85% of CTU members participated in the election, and 97% of those who voted cast ballots...

Notorious Sanctuary City Sues to Stop ICE from Enforcing Federal Law in Schools

(Headline USA) Denver Public Schools became the first U.S. school district Wednesday to sue the Trump administration challenging its policy allowing ICE immigration agents in schools. Colorado’s largest public school district argued in the federal lawsuit that the policy has forced schools to divert vital educational resources and caused attendance...

Trump’s Pick for Education Sec. Called Upon to ‘Put Herself Out of a Job’

(Headline USA) If Linda McMahon is confirmed as Education secretary, President Donald Trump has said he wants her to “put herself out of a job.” A plan being considered by the White House would direct the Education secretary to dismantle the department as much as legally possible while asking Congress to...

MURDOCK: Longterm Educational Failures Baltimore and Chicago Point to 1 Thing (Not COVID)

(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) The Nation’s Report Card recently went public. It’s the kind of thing that kids try to hide from their parents. The National Assessment of Educational Progress offers a grim view of America’s classrooms. Between 2022 and 2024, the share of fourth graders reading below-basic level grew from 37% to 40%; among...

Trump Signs Exec. Order Banning Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump signed an executive order at an afternoon ceremony on Wednesday designed to prevent biological males from participating in women’s or girls' sporting events. The president put out a sweeping order on his first day in office last month that called for the federal government to define sex...

Colleges Attempt to Circumvent Trump Admin’s DEI Drawback

(Headline USA) In Boston, Northeastern University renamed a program for underrepresented students, emphasizing “belonging” for all. In New Jersey, a session at Rutgers University catering to students from historically black colleges had to be abruptly canceled. And around the U.S., colleges are assessing program names and titles that could...

Nat’l Report Card: Kids FARTHER Behind in Literacy, Show Little Progress in Math

(Headline USA) America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest results of an exam known as the nation’s report card. The findings are yet another setback for U.S. schools and...

‘It’s Not a One-Man Show’: Ramaswamy Tells Jesse Watters that Split w/ Elon Was ‘Mutual’

(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) Vivek Ramaswamy, who departed the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency hours after the inauguration, revealed Monday that his split with cost-cutting crusader Elon Musk was “mutual.” https://twitter.com/vivekgramaswamy/status/1881482161565618648?s=46&t=Sx_FyVBKgJm3gSLB1U4KjQ Trump appointed Ramaswamy and Musk to head DOGE in early November 2024. After stepping down from his role co-leading the new...

U.S. Universities Failed to Disclose China Bribing Them w/ Millions

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The Daily Caller reported that well-known and "prestigious" American universities—the University of California, Berkeley, and the Georgia Institute of Technology—failed to disclose the millions of dollars they received from communist China. A new report from OpenTheBooks revealed that UC Berkeley has received $87.5 million from China...

White Students Avoiding College at Higher Rate than Other Racial Demographics

(Tate Miller, The Center Square) The college enrollment of white students has been dropping by a larger percentage than any other race bracket, while anti-white college courses abound. A Chronicle of Higher Education story stated that “over the last decade, undergraduate enrollment of white students has dropped more than that of any...

Columbia Univ. Professor Fired for Discriminating Against Jewish Students

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A tenured Columbia University law professor was recently fired for discriminating against ethnically Jewish and Israeli students. The university investigated Katherine Franke after she claimed during an interview that Israeli students were harassing students on campus, which resulted in Franke announcing on Jan. 10 that...
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