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Kansas school district to make changes after LGBTQ dispute
AMERICUS, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas school district plans to offer anti-discrimination training to staff and teachers in response to complaints about how an eighth-grade student was treated after she said she was a lesbian. North Lyon County officials n...
By Protests roiling US colleges escalate with arrests, new encampments and closures
NEW YORK (AP) — The Israel-Hamas war protests creating friction at universities across the United States escalated Tuesday as some colleges encouraged students to attend classes remotely and dozens faced charges after setting up tents on campuses a...
25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting
DENVER (AP) — Hours after she escaped the Columbine High School shooting, 14-year-old Missy Mendo slept between her parents in bed, still wearing the shoes she had on when she fled her math class. She wanted to be ready to run. Twenty-five years late...
Kansas' higher ed board adopts an anti-DEI policy after pressure from GOP legislators
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State universities in Kansas are banned from requiring prospective students, potential hires and staffers seeking promotion to disclose their views on diversity initiatives under a policy change approved Wednesday by the state's h...
Texas' diversity, equity and inclusion ban has led to more than 100 job cuts at state universities
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education has led to more than 100 job cuts across university campuses in Texas, a hit echoed or anticipated in numerous other states where lawmakers are rolling o...
As Kansas nears gender care ban, students push university to advocate for trans youth
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — With Kansas poised to ban gender-affirming care for minors, college students are trying to counter Republican efforts to roll back transgender rights by pushing the state's largest university to declare itself a haven for trans...
They don't define DEI, but Kansas lawmakers are attacking it like GOP colleagues elsewhere
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas have joined their GOP counterparts in other states in trying to restrict diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on university campuses, but the proposals they've advanced are written to avoid h...
Hundreds of thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest calculation error
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Education Department said it has discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them — a blunder that follows a ser...
Uvalde parents angered by new report that clears city police of missteps during Texas school attack
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An investigation Uvalde city leaders ordered into the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers defended the response by local police at a City Council meeting Thursday, prompting shouts of "...
Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act
Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for the Christian school's failure to disclose information about crimes on its campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors, the U.S. Department of Education announced...
Federal officials will investigate Oklahoma school following nonbinary teenager's death
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Federal officials are opening an investigation into the Oklahoma school district where a nonbinary 16-year-old high school student was in a fight before dying last month, according to a letter sent by the U.S. Department of E...
Kansas football coach Lance Leipold gets amended deal worth more than $40M through 2029 season
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas football coach Lance Leipold signed an amended contract Wednesday that increased his overall compensation to more than $40 million through the 2029 season while giving him a sizeable pool of money for hiring assistants a...
Vigil held for nonbinary Oklahoma teenager who died following a school bathroom fight
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — More than two dozen people gathered at an Oklahoma church for a vigil for Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager who died one day after a fight in a high school bathroom. The vigil at All Saints Episcopal Church in McAlester was orga...
Oklahoma State University launches national campaign to spur growth in groundwater industry
STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University, in collaboration with the Groundwater Foundation, has launched a national campaign to bring awareness to groundwater access, education and industry training. At the center of the campaign is a t...
Stitt calls for higher education consolidation. What could that look like in Oklahoma?
OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt caught some lawmakers off guard Monday when he called for consolidating public colleges and universities in his State of the State speech. Stitt offered few specific details in his speech except to say he wants to s...
Republican lawmakers are backing dozens of bills targeting diversity efforts on campus and elsewhere
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Diversity initiatives would be defunded or banned from universities and other public institutions under a slate of bills pending in Republican-led legislatures, with some lawmakers counting on the issue resonating with voters i...
Kansas' AG is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' attorney general is telling public schools they're required to tell parents their children are transgender or nonbinary even if they're not out at home, though Kansas is not among the states with a law that explicitly says...
As long school funding lawsuit ends in Kansas, some fear lawmakers will backslide on education goals
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' highest court has closed out a nearly 13-year-old lawsuit that repeatedly forced the Republican-controlled Legislature to boost funding for public schools, and Democrats predicted Wednesday that GOP colleagues soon w...
Oklahoma asks teachers to return up to $50,000 in bonuses the state says were paid in error
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With four young children and a fifth on the way, Kristina Stadelman was ecstatic after qualifying for a $50,000 bonus for taking a hard-to-fill job as a special education teacher in Oklahoma. She used the money to finish home i...
Oklahoma schools chief says he's trying to let teachers keep bonuses paid in error
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters said Wednesday his agency is working to see if several teachers who were improperly awarded bonuses of up to $50,000 can keep them after he faced bipartisan criticism over attempts to r...
Utah joins list of states to pass a bill banning diversity programs in government and on campus
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's legislature became the latest in the U.S. to pass a bill Friday prohibiting diversity training, hiring and inclusion programs at universities and in state government. The bill that cleared the state House and Senate by w...
Oklahoma superintendent faces blowback for putting Libs of TikTok creator on library panel
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's new Republican superintendent of public schools is facing bipartisan criticism for appointing a right-wing social media influencer from New York to a state library advisory committee. Superintendent of Public Instructi... Full story
Some Americans will get their student loans canceled in February as Biden accelerates his new plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will start canceling student loans for some borrowers starting in February as part of a new repayment plan that's taking effect nearly six months ahead of schedule. Loan cancellation was originally set to b...
Opinion: Before boosting the budget for private school tax credits, Oklahomans need proof they work
Just a few weeks after launch, plenty of questions remain about whether the private school tax credit program is doing what GOP lawmakers promised. Does it really help families of modest means afford private school? Oklahoma Voice reporter Carmen...
Refugee students face the same hurdles but get different levels of support
When fifth-grader Mohammed Fáizy walked into his Tulsa school, just months after fleeing Afghanistan, he didn’t speak, read or write English. He faced the prospect of learning the language while adjusting culturally and catching up on the core su...
