Texas schools adopt Bible-based curriculum: What TEA funding means for districts. (AI Image) More than 300 school districts and charter schools in Texas have indicated plans to use a state-developed reading and language arts curriculum that includes religious references, according to data obtained by The Texas Tribune. This new curriculum, known as Bluebonnet, was narrowly…
President Donald J. Trump has demanded that Harvard University pay “nothing less than $500 million” to restore its federal funding. (AP Photo) President Donald J. Trump has demanded that Harvard University pay “nothing less than $500 million” to restore its federal funding, marking the first public instance where the White House attached a specific sum…
US President Donald Trump has demanded that Harvard University pay a $500 million settlement in order to restore its federal funding, calling the prestigious institution “very bad.” “We want nothing less than $500 million from Harvard. Don’t negotiate, Linda,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, addressing Education Secretary Linda McMahon. He added, “They’ve…
President Donald Trump has sharpened his offensive against California, warning that school districts refusing to comply with his administration’s transgender directives will be denied federal funding. The declaration, made through his social media platform, contained no further details, but its implications have already sent ripples through the education and political landscape.While federal dollars make up…
Over the past decade, California funneled millions of dollars into initiatives aimed at increasing the participation of women in STEM, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Programmes sought to attract more women to engineering, computer science, and math, acknowledging these fields as critical engines of innovation, economic growth, and national security. Yet the results remain underwhelming….
Princeton University is facing a new wave of financial pressure as federal funding reductions from the Trump administration coincide with broader economic uncertainties. The measures highlight the challenges elite universities confront when balancing operational costs, research priorities, and student services.For decades, Princeton has been recognized for academic excellence and robust research output, bolstered by one…
California’s women in STEM are still waiting for real progress A decade of pledges, grants, and high-minded speeches was supposed to fix the gender gap in science and technology. Instead, California’s latest numbers tell a familiar, and frustrating, story: women remain a minority in nearly every STEM field, despite years of investment and political posturing.According…
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…
The once-unstoppable West Indies cricket team – an empire that ruled the 1980s and early 2000s with titans like Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd, Michael Holding, and Brian Lara – now stands as a shadow of its former self. The decline is not just painful; it is catastrophic. In 2020, an audit uncovered a “massive hole”…
How Trump’s federal funding cuts are forcing layoffs at top US universities. (AI Image) A wave of staff layoffs is sweeping through some of the US’s most prestigious universities despite their massive endowments. Institutions like Harvard, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins, often seen as financially secure, have announced significant job cuts following federal funding freezes and…