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Education

The Trump administration withheld approximately $6.2 billion in federal education grants from states and school districts on Tuesday, affecting programs for afterschool care, English language learning, teacher training, and migrant education services.

Trump Admin. Withholds $6B in School Funding Amid Review

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UPenn Bans Transgender Athletes from Women's Sport in Deal With Trump

2 days ago2 days

Trump Administration Finds Harvard Violated Civil Rights Law Over Antisemitism

3 days ago3 days

Study: Trump USAID Cuts Could Cause 14 Million Deaths by 2030

3 days ago3 days

University of Virginia President Resigns Over DEI Programs

6 days ago6 days

Schools

Eleven people, including the perpetrator, are reportedly dead after a shooting at a high school in the southeastern Austrian city of Graz, its mayor said on Tuesday.

Austria: 11 Dead Including Gunman in School Shooting

Trans Athlete's Track Victory Sparks National Debate

Federal Judges Block Trump's Anti-DEI School Funding Cuts

Supreme Court Hears Oklahoma Catholic Charter School Case

Knife Attack at French High School Kills One, Injures Three

Testing

US genetic testing company 23andMe announced that it's laying off 40% of its staff, or about 200 employees, as well as shutting down its drug development business.

23andMe to Slash 40% of Staff

NOV 12 2024NOV 12 2024

Test Claims to Detect Prostate Cancer in 15 Minutes or Less

SEP 2 2024SEP 2024

Study: Glowing Dye Could Potentially be Used to Help Treat Prostate Cancer

JUN 10 2024JUN 2024

AI-Powered Blood Test May Predict Parkinson's Years in Advance

JUN 20 2024JUN 2024

Congress Passes Another Short-Term Funding Bill

MAR 1 2024MAR 2024

Colleges & universities

In a paper submitted last week, MIT researchers introduced SEAL (Self-Adapting LLMs), a framework enabling large language models to generate their own fine-tuning data and update directives — called "self-edits" — in response to new tasks or information.

MIT Unveils 'SEAL' AI Framework for Self-Adapting Models

Trump Administration Threatens Columbia's Accreditation

Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Terminating Student Visas

Controversial Home Run Sparks WCWS Drama

New York University Withholds Diploma Over Pro-Palestinian Graduation Speech

Teachers & school employees

Late Monday night, California State University (CSU) management and the California Faculty Association (CFA) union signed a provisional agreement giving CSU faculty a 5% raise retroactive to last year and an additional 5% on July 1, leading the faculty to cease industrial action Tuesday, ending a planned weeklong strike.

California State University Faculty Strikes Deal to End Walkout

JAN 23 2024JAN 23 2024

Portland, Ore. Teachers' Strike Ends

NOV 28 2023NOV 2023

US: Mother of 6-Year-Old Teacher Shooter Indicted

APR 11 2023APR 2023

Teen Kills Nine in Belgrade School Shooting

MAY 3 2023MAY 2023

Los Angeles School District Goes on Strike

MAR 21 2023MAR 2023

English language

Mattel Announces New, More 'Inclusive' Scrabble

APR 9 2024APR 2024

According to White House officials, US Pres. Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order (EO) that will establish English as the official language of the US for the first time in the nation's nearly 250-year history.

Trump to Sign Executive Order Making English Official US Language

Financial aid

According to a report published on Tuesday by an Australian foreign policy think tank, the Lowy Institute, the world's poorest 75 countries are expected to make record-high debt repayments totaling $22 billion to China in 2025 — the bulk of $35 billion in total debt service payments to Beijing from developing nations worldwide.

Report: China Becomes Top Debt Collector as Poor Nations Face $22B Bill

Trump Moves to Cut $100M in Federal Contracts for Harvard

Argentina Secures $20B IMF Deal, Lifts Currency Controls

US Cuts $50M in Medical Aid to Zambia Over 'Systematic Theft'

Report: Trump to Freeze $510M Grant for Brown University

Libraries & librarians

Judge Blocks Arkansas Law Targeting Librarians

JUL 31 2023JUL 2023

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday terminated Dr. Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress through an email from the White House's Presidential Personnel Office, ending her historic tenure as the first woman and first African American to lead the institution since its founding in 1800.

Trump Fires Librarian of Congress

Reading & writing skills

Report: US Students' History, Civics Hit Record-Low

MAY 4 2023MAY 2023

Frederick Forsyth, the bestselling British author of political thrillers died at age 86 at his home in Buckinghamshire after a brief illness, surrounded by family members. His agent described him as "one of the world's greatest thriller writers" who lived "an extraordinary life, well lived."

Bestselling Thriller Writer Frederick Forsyth Dies at 86