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Minneapolis schools offering remote learning in wake of ICE shooting

The Minneapolis school system announced Thursday it will offer remote learning for a month as tensions escalate in the city after a federal officer...

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RFK Jr.'s vaccine moves put new focus on patchwork of state school standards

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) childhood vaccine schedule are making...

yesterday 3

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Minneapolis cancels school for the week after deadly ICE shooting

Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) has canceled classes Thursday and Friday, an announcement that comes after a federal officer's deadly shooting of...

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Student loan borrowers face major changes to repayment options, loan limits this year

Student loan borrowers are about to see some of the practical changes the Trump administration is making to the system that will affect their...

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Lexi Lonas Cochran

Teachers union sues Texas over investigation into Charlie Kirk posts

The Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT) announced a lawsuit Tuesday against the Texas Education Agency (TEA) challenging...

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Advocates urge colleges to step up their fight against Trump

Higher education advocates are hoping for a bigger fight from universities in 2026 after President Trump's first year in office focused on attacks...

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Lexi Lonas Cochran

College fights and cell phone bans: The biggest education stories of 2025

Education news in 2025 was dominated by President Trump’s crusade against higher education, affecting everything from school funding to student...

29.12.2025 50

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Tennessee religious charter school fight could tee up next Supreme Court showdown

A new religious charter school fight is brewing in Tennessee that has the potential to challenge a deadlock vote at the Supreme Court earlier this...

14.12.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Bipartisan lawmakers press Education Department to add nursing to 'professional' degree list

A group of bipartisan lawmakers has sent a letter to the Education Department urging it to add nursing to the list of “professional degrees” that...

12.12.2025 20

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Education Department announces $208M in mental health grants after previous cancelations

The Education Department announced on Thursday it is handing out $208 million in grants to the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration and...

11.12.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

7 million student loan borrowers could face higher payments as SAVE plan gets the ax

More than 7 million student loan borrowers now need to make new arrangements after the Trump administration announced this week it is ending the...

11.12.2025 20

Lexi Lonas Cochran

In deeply polarized era, what schools teach increasingly depends on where they are

The red-blue divide on how to teach, what to teach and what school systems should look like is growing. Diametrically opposed approaches to race and...

10.12.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

McMahon's first year has decimated the Education Department, but full elimination hovers out of reach

President Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon have spent the first year of the second Trump administration working hard to fulfill his...

09.12.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Education Department says FAFSA will warn students looking at schools with low earning outcomes

The Education Department announced on Monday it is adding an earnings indicator at the end of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)...

08.12.2025 2

Lexi Lonas Cochran

As colleges clamp down on the teaching of gender, advocates say professors taking the hit

Professors are taking the brunt of the storm as new fights over the teaching of gender and race erupt in college classrooms. An Oklahoma University...

07.12.2025 3

Lexi Lonas Cochran

International students worry about holiday travel amid immigration crackdown

International students are taking a close look at their holiday travel plans amid increased concerns over President Trump’s immigration crackdown,...

04.12.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

West Virginia reinstates school vaccine mandate after religious beliefs ruling

The West Virginia Board of Education announced Tuesday it will be reinstating its school vaccine mandate without religious exemption after a state...

03.12.2025 3

Lexi Lonas Cochran

New flu variant increases outbreak concerns for schools

Despite a relatively slow start to the flu season, U.S. schools are preparing for an increase in absences and sick children as a new variant gains...

03.12.2025 9

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Warren: McMahon unfit, should resign

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is calling for the resignation of Education Secretary Linda McMahon, accusing her and President Trump of a...

02.12.2025 6

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Larry Summers's Epstein ties drag Harvard back into the spotlight

Harvard University is struggling with its latest controversy after multiple faculty members, including prominent economist Larry Summers, were...

24.11.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

DOJ challenges California laws providing in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a lawsuit against California alleging it is illegal to provide in-state college tuition to undocumented...

21.11.2025 3

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Education Department moves to outsource its programs as advocates cry foul

The Education Department is advancing its plans to eliminate itself, attempting a workaround to move certain mandatory programs to other federal...

20.11.2025 20

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Harvard investigating Summers, Epstein ties: University newspaper

Harvard announced Tuesday it is investigating Larry Summers, a faculty member and former president of the university, and other school affiliates over...

19.11.2025 5

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Judge tells some Texas schools to temporarily remove Ten Commandments posters

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction in Texas that told some districts to take down posters in classrooms that displayed the Ten...

19.11.2025 3

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Sale of student loan portfolio could be next target of Trump Education Department

The Trump administration is reportedly talking about selling off the federal student loan portfolio in a move decried by Democrats and faced with...

18.11.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Warren urges Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on Harvard University to cut ties with Larry Summers, a faculty member and former president of the school,...

18.11.2025 20

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Democrats seek to halt Trump's reported plan to sell off student loan portfolio

More than 40 Democratic lawmakers are highlighting and trying to prevent reported Trump administration plans to sell the government's student loan...

17.11.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

DOJ investigation into Berkeley's Turning Point protest sends warning to other colleges

The Trump administration, long critical of the way colleges handle campus protests, is sending a clear warning after multiple arrests were made...

15.11.2025 40

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Former UVA president accuses DOJ of demanding his ouster under threat of funding cuts

James Ryan, the former president of the University of Virginia (UVA), has released a scathing 12-page letter detailing the events that led to his...

15.11.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Evolving job market, soaring loan debt drive students to community colleges

The high cost of student loans, fights over policy at four-year universities and a surge in young Americans seeking blue collar work are all driving...

14.11.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Female students struggling more to recover since pandemic

A new study shows college women are struggling more than their male counterparts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The research, one of the...

09.11.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

From shifting loans to double majors, the economy is changing how students approach college

Students are taking a more careful approach to their higher education amid the questionable economy and new policies by the Trump administration...

08.11.2025 3

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Trump administration looks to delay last round of student loan relief in Borrower Defense settlement

The Trump administration asked for additional time Thursday to determine whether a group of about 200,000 student loan borrowers are entitled to loan...

08.11.2025 20

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Appeals court rules against Ohio school district in gender pronoun case

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Ohio's fourth-largest school district Thursday, declaring illegal a policy that punished students...

07.11.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Who gets student loan relief? Experts say new Trump rule intended to harm his political opponents

A new student loan battle is underway after the Trump administration made a change to a popular repayment plan that opponents say will allow the...

07.11.2025 2

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Head Start programs in danger after government shutdown funding lapse

Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government shutdown nears record...

04.11.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Blue states, groups sue Education Department over Public Service Loan Forgiveness rule change

The attorneys general of twenty-one Democratic states and Washington, D.C., as well as a pair of advocacy groups, sued the Education Department Monday...

03.11.2025 2

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Schools tackle food insecurity as SNAP benefits teeter

Schools are bracing for the impact on their students as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) teeters on the brink of running out of...

02.11.2025 50

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Why some schools have been spooked out of Halloween

Religion, politics and student participation are all among the reasons some schools have abandoned Halloween celebrations that put candy-filled...

31.10.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Colleges feel the weight of Supreme Court affirmative action decision as Black enrollment falls

Two years after the Supreme Court ruled to abolish affirmative action in higher education admissions, Black enrollment at selective universities is...

28.10.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

UVA secures more favorable terms in deal with Trump compared to private school counterparts

The University of Virginia (UVA) this past week became the first public university to reach a deal with the Trump administration, gaining more...

25.10.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Trump administration uses shutdown to push Education Department elimination

The Education Department is trying to use the government shutdown to further push for its own elimination. From an effort to layoff almost 500...

24.10.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Abbott spooks academia after declaring Texas will go after professors for 'ideological differences'

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has rattled academia and legal experts with his open declaration that his state is "targeting professors" over their...

23.10.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Advocates cheer as Trump admin agrees to student loan forgiveness deal

Advocates are ecstatic after the Trump administration agreed to a student loan forgiveness deal that will allow millions of borrowers to see relief,...

22.10.2025 100

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Harvard slashing Ph.D. admission slots, Crimson reports

Harvard University is drastically reducing its Ph.D. student admission slots, according to the student newspaper The Harvard Crimson. Over the next...

21.10.2025 8

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Universities give cold shoulder to Trump compact offer

President Trump's college compact offer has fallen flat. As of Monday's deadline to get back to the administration, at least six prominent...

21.10.2025 40

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Demand for afterschool programs outpaces supply as cost becomes growing barrier

The supply of afterschool programs cannot keep up with the demand from parents, according to a recent report, leaving schools and students in a...

19.10.2025 50

Lexi Lonas Cochran

New York City schools sue over federal grant cuts tied to transgender policies

New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) sued the Education Department Wednesday for federal pulling funding after the district refused to change its...

17.10.2025 8

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Parents of children with disabilities worry as Education Department shrinks

Parents of children with disabilities are growing increasingly worried as the Education Department shrinks and mechanisms for accountability seem...

17.10.2025 10

Lexi Lonas Cochran

Judge blocks Texas law restricting speech on college campuses at night

District Judge David Alan Ezra ruled Tuesday to block a Texas law that restricted protests and other free speech activities on college campuses at...

16.10.2025 7

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