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Kentucky governor signs student discipline bill into law
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill aimed at defusing classroom disruptions was signed into law Thursday by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who said it would allow school administrators to intervene before situations escalate. The Democratic governor told reporters that the bill seeks to...
NC State discontinues coed rifle program this academic year
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State will discontinue its varsity coed rifle program at the end of this academic year. The school announced the decision Tuesday, with athletic director Boo Corrigan saying officials reached “this difficult decision” after a review of the...
School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Teri Patrick bristles at the idea she wants to ban books about LGBTQ issues in Iowa schools, arguing her only goal is ridding schools of sexually explicit material. Sara Hayden Parris says that whatever you want to call it, it's wrong for some parents to...
New College transfer students invited by like-minded campus
BOSTON (AP) — A small liberal arts college in Massachusetts is rolling out the welcome mat for students from a Florida school that has been taken over by conservatives picked by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Hampshire College in Amherst this month announced that any students in...
Ohio higher ed bill would ban diversity mandates, China ties
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ending diversity and inclusion training requirements, bans on relationships with Chinese universities and mandated courses on American history are all packed into a multifaceted GOP higher education bill introduced in Ohio's Republican-dominated Senate Wednesday. ...
JSU president will resign months after no-confidence vote
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The president of Jackson State University will resign at the end of this month, weeks after the board that governs Mississippi's eight public universities put him on paid administrative leave and months after the JSU faculty senate took a vote of no confidence in him. ...
School pulls test question equating politics to race, gender
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia's largest school system is removing a test question given to a college-level social studies class that equated liberals and conservatives with specific racial and gender demographics. The question appeared on a test given to students of an AP...
Wayne State in Detroit announces free tuition pledge program
DETROIT (AP) — Wayne State University in Detroit will provide free tuition to incoming in-state students with family incomes of $70,000 or less and assets of $50,000 or less. The Wayne State Guarantee was announced Monday. It covers the full cost of tuition and standard fees with a...
Oregon eyes mandate for climate change lessons in schools
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are aiming to make the state the second in the nation to mandate climate change lessons for K-12 public school students, further fueling U.S. culture wars in education. Dozens of Oregon high schoolers submitted support of the bill, saying they...
Two middle schools selected for West Virginia pilot program
Brooke Ewing and Jessi Mooney have found a new ally in helping to navigate through a learning process which sometimes might be a little too dry for their liking. The two seventh-graders at Midland Trail High/Middle School in Hico are among the student leadership team members who...
