More than 50 Minnesota K-12 school districts are offering taxpayer-funded financial incentives to teachers based on race, with "teachers of color" and "teachers who are American Indian" receiving pay bonuses and special layoff protections not available to other staff, according to an investigation by the education advocacy group Defending Education.
Seventeen Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education's policy requiring colleges and universities to collect data proving they are not considering race in admissions.
Texas launched what is expected to become the largest school choice program in the country, drawing 62,000 sign-ups in its first three days and sparking furious pushback from the state's teachers unions.
A bill advancing through the Wisconsin Legislature would require admissions to the University of Wisconsin–Madison to rely primarily on standardized testing.
The House Select Committee on China is demanding that the National Science Foundation (NSF) pause a $67 million research security program after evidence emerged that the universities leading it have active ties to Chinese military-linked institutions.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) sent a letter to school superintendents, directing them to display the Ten Commandments in light of a recent court ruling permitting them to be placed in classrooms.
A middle school teacher in Northern California has been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced allegedly showing him urinating into a container inside his classroom.
A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court accuses a former Harvard-Westlake High School water polo player of repeatedly assaulting a younger teammate.
