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Judge's order greatly expands where Biden can't enforce a new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Enforcement of a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students has been blocked in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere by a federal judge in Kansas. U.S. District Judge John Broomes suggested in his ruling Tuesday that...
Discipline used in Kansas' largest school district was discriminatory, the Justice Department says
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Educators in Kansas’ largest public school district discriminated against Black and disabled students when disciplining them, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which announced an agreement Tuesday that will have the district revising its policies. ...
Dan David Prize names 9 historians as winners of prestigious award
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Dan David Prize on Tuesday named nine historians as the 2024 winners of the prestigious award, with each of them receiving $300,000 to advance their research. The winners' areas of study are vast, from the birth of democracy in India, to the underground...
Virginia Senate takes no action on move to repeal military tuition program restrictions
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate has failed for a second time to eliminate new restrictions on a state program that offers free college tuition at state schools for families of veterans who were killed or seriously disabled while on active duty. The state House of Delegates...
Hawaii teachers say they want to prioritize civic education — but they need more help
At Kalanianaole Elementary and Intermediate School, Denise Mazurik and her students were frustrated that the local beach park had been closed for years. Generations of families had enjoyed access to the Big Island park, Mazurik said, and she wanted the same opportunity for her students in 2020. ...
Appeals court allows part of Biden student loan repayment plan to go forward
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has allowed the U.S. Education Department to move ahead with a plan to lower monthly payments for millions of student loan borrowers, putting on hold a ruling last week by a lower court. The ruling from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of...
“Always go out on top”: Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp will retire June 2025
John Sharp, Texas A&M’s longest serving chancellor who has transformed the university system and boosted the flagship’s academic and athletic brands over his 13 years at the helm, will retire in June 2025. Citing a desire to “always go out on top,” Sharp, 73, said in an...
Campus carry weapons law debuts in West Virginia, joins 11 other states
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — People with concealed carry permits can possess firearms on West Virginia public college and university campuses under a state law that debuted Monday. Institutions of higher learning can implement exceptions to the law, which bans the open carry of a...
Harrisburg, Tea, Box Elder lead booming South Dakota cities
HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) — This bedroom community just south of Sioux Falls transformed over the past couple of decades into the fastest-growing South Dakota city of more than 5,000 people, according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau and Population Division report. Harrisburg’s...
How will Louisiana's new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain murky. Across the country there have been...
