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Ford Foundation Taps Scandal-Plagued Yale Law School Dean as Next President
01 Jul 2025 17:49 GMT
… Constitution Day celebration. Yale Law School diversity director Yaseen Eldik called the …
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Jam-packed GMU board meeting becomes battleground in national school diversity fight
02 May 2025 22:04 GMT
Sharnnia Artis presents to GMU Board of Visitors (staff photo by Vernon Miles)
Student with a sign at the GMU Board of Visitors meeting (staff photo by Vernon Miles)
Overflow room at GMU Board of Visitors meeting (staff photo by Vernon Miles)
Protest sign …
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California among states suing over Trump push to end public school diversity programs
26 Apr 2025 04:38 GMT
The beginning of the school year at a San Diego public school, Encanto Elementary School. (File photo courtesy San Diego Unified School District)
Multiple states, including California, filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging what they consider an …
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Ellison sues Trump over end to public school diversity programs
26 Apr 2025 00:11 GMT
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and 18 other state attorneys general that …
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States sue Trump Education Department to defend school diversity efforts
25 Apr 2025 22:51 GMT
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A coalition of Democrat-led states is suing the U.S. Department of Education to block its demand that states certify compliance with the Trump …
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Don't let WCSD's rezoning plan divide us. Preserve school diversity.
27 Mar 2025 21:59 GMT
At 53%, Smithridge Elementary has the highest English Language Learner population out of any school in the district. The school serves a high amount of low-income students and is over 75% Hispanic. For years, students at this school have been zoned to …
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Attorneys general issue multistate guidance supporting school diversity initiatives
06 Mar 2025 07:06 GMT
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, alongside 14 other attorneys general, has released guidance aimed at helping educational institutions understand the legal framework surrounding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) …
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Teachers union sues over Trump administration’s deadline to end school diversity programs
26 Feb 2025 13:35 GMT
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Trump administration sued over crackdown on school diversity programs
26 Feb 2025 10:06 GMT
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Teachers union sues over Trump administration's deadline to end school diversity programs
26 Feb 2025 00:53 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation's schools and universities two weeks to eliminate "race-based" practices of any kind or risk losing their federal money.
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