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As Crises Grip Colleges, More Students Than Ever Are Set to Enroll
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
via The New York Times (Texas)The largest-ever class of high school seniors is about to graduate, just as colleges are facing massive upheaval. Here's what they could face as they head to campus.
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The 2025 Above & Beyond: Women
Monday, March 24th, 2025
via City & State NY (New York)Remarkable women leaders improving New York.
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Former SLU dean wanted a break with tradition. So he called a local artist.
Monday, March 24th, 2025
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)William Johnson, a former law school dean at St. Louis University, didn't want to be another white man on a wall with pictures almost entirely of white men.
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Texas’ DEI bans: What to know about the term and the debate
Monday, March 24th, 2025
via KPRC (Texas)Diversity, equity and inclusion has become highly politicized — and there's no standard definition for what it is.
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Texas’ DEI debate centers on a disagreement about whether programs perpetuate or prevent discrimination
Monday, March 24th, 2025
via KSAT (Texas)Supporters say diversity initiatives close educational and income gaps born from a history of prejudice. Republican officials say they prioritize identity over merit.
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The week ahead: ‘Double sessions’ as House, Senate staring at bill passing deadlines
Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
via The Union Leader (New Hampshire)The New Hampshire House of Representatives will hold the first 'double sessions' of 2025 as its leadership stares down at a fast-approaching deadline to dispatch of its own bills.
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It’s time to take back our public education system
Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds reacts before signing a bill that creates education savings accounts, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at the …
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Texas Senate approves bill banning DEI in K-12 public schools
Friday, March 21st, 2025
via High Plains Public Radio (Texas)The bill would ban diversity, equity and inclusion policies related to hiring and programming, while creating ways for parents to complain about violations to the DEI ban.
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Education department says history teaching guides to come in early May
Friday, March 21st, 2025
via Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia)Acting Superintendent Emily Anne Gullickson, the state's former deputy secretary of education, said the department will complete the rollout by the week of May 12.
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Trump ordered the dismantling of the Education Department. Here’s what it does
Friday, March 21st, 2025
via The Grand Island Independent (Nebraska)Here is a look at some of the Education Department's key functions, and how Trump said he might approach them.
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Kokua Line: When is next e-waste event in town?
Friday, March 21st, 2025
via Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Hawaii)Question: Regarding the drive-thru e-waste recycling events, do they ever hold those in town? The last one was in Waianae, which was too far for me.
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Hegseth doesn’t trust military commanders to kill DEI. He’s sending a team to check.
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via San Antonio Express-News (Texas)A Pentagon "validation team" is visiting Air Force bases to confirm they're doing away with DEI. The inspectors arrived in San Antonio this week.
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Virginia schools face uncertainty on funding, civil rights enforcement
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia)'It's really going to come down to each state's individual commitment to enforcing civil rights laws and that is a concern to me,' said Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras.
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Ken Paxton critical race theory
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via Spectrum News (New York)The lawsuit stems from a video published by a conservative watchdog nonprofit, Accuracy in Media.
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NJ Congressman Chris Smith and President Trump Mend Fences After Rocky Past
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via Shore News Network (New Jersey)After a turbulent history marked by public clashes and political rivalry, New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) and President Donald Trump appear to be
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Trump is planning to order a shutdown of the Education Department. Here’s what it does
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via NBC New York (New York)President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton accuses Coppell ISD of violating Texas’ ‘critical race theory’ ban
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via The Texas Tribune (Texas)The attorney general office's lawsuit is based on an undercover video published in February by a conservative activist group.
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Exclusive: Trump to sign order Thursday aimed at eliminating Education Department
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio)Exclusive: President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday seeking to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.
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Pentagon’s DEI purge erases Colin Powell, Tuskegee Airmen, but not this group
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via San Antonio Express-News (Texas)Colin Powell, the Tuskegee Airmen and other minorities have been scrubbed from military sites. But an honor roll of war heroes buried in San Antonio survives.
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