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Federal judge overturns Trump administration’s anti-DEI directives, blocking threats to strip funding from schools and universities – Times of India

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The battle over diversity, equity, and inclusion in American classrooms reached a decisive moment on Thursday when a federal judge struck down two Trump administration directives aimed at eradicating such programmes from schools and universities. The ruling dismantles a policy framework that threatened institutions with financial ruin for maintaining equity-based initiatives, and it restores, at…

Judge blocks Trump’s attempt to dismantle Education Department, Orders fired workers reinstated – Times of India

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A sweeping attempt by President Donald Trump to shutter the US Department of Education has hit a legal wall. On Thursday, US District Judge Myong Joun issued a preliminary injunction that blocks the administration’s controversial plan to downsize and eventually eliminate the federal agency.The court has also ordered the immediate reinstatement of employees laid off…

Trump Administration Cancels Billion in Grants for Student Mental Health

Trump Administration Cancels $1 Billion in Grants for Student Mental Health

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The Trump administration has halted $1 billion for mental health services for children, saying that the programs funded by a bipartisan law aimed at stemming gun violence in schools were no longer in “the best interest of the federal government.” Lawmakers authorized the money in 2022 after a former student opened fire at an elementary…

Trump Administration Is Sued Over Push to Dismantle Education Department

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration here. The Trump administration’s campaign to dismantle the Education Department drew a pair of court challenges on Monday, as opponents called the plan an attempt to evade congressional authority. The first lawsuit was filed in federal court in Massachusetts by the American Federation of Teachers, a teachers union;…

Would Schools Close in a Future Pandemic?

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Over the course of 20 days in March 2020, 55 million American children stopped going to school as Covid-19 swept the United States. What was impossible to anticipate then was that millions of those students would not return to classrooms full-time until September 2021, a year and a half later. Those children and teenagers, often…

A Union Takes on Musk via Tesla’s Stock

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A union takes on Tesla over its stock price As Elon Musk’s norm-shattering influence in Washington has grown — consider his unprecedented cameo at President Trump’s first cabinet meeting on Wednesday — he has drawn intense scrutiny and opposition. The latest pushback comes from the American Federation of Teachers, one of the nation’s biggest labor…

Judge slams brakes on Musk agency’s access to student loan borrowers’ data – The Times of India

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A federal judge in Maryland has issued a temporary restraining order halting officials from tech billionaire Elon Musk’s controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive student loan borrower data. The ruling delivered by Judge Deborah Boardman on Monday bars the US Department of Education and the Office of Personnel Management from sharing the…