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Clashes over Israel-Hamas war shatter students' sense of safety on US college campuses
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As a Jewish student, Eden Roth always has felt safe and welcome at Tulane University, where more than 40% of the students are Jewish. That has been tested by the aftermath of last month's Hamas incursion into Israel. Graffiti...
Librarians turn to civil rights agency to oppose book bans and their firings
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — She refused to ban books, many of them about racism and the experiences of LGBTQ+ people. And for that, Suzette Baker was fired as a library director in a rural county in central Texas. "I'm kind of persona non grata around...
Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception
WASHINGTON (AP) — The country's largest Christian university is being fined $37.7 million by the federal government amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of its graduate programs. Grand Canyon University, which has more than 100,0...
In a first, MIT trains students to resolve clean energy conflicts
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Curbing climate change — and extreme weather for future generations — depends squarely on society's ability to rapidly build new clean energy infrastructure despite the messy puzzle of local, state and federal reviews...
Oklahoma attorney general sues to stop US's first public religious school
Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation's first religious public charter school after the board ignored Drummond's warning that it would viola...
This engineering course has students use their brainwaves to create performing art
Francesco Fedele Georgia Institute of Technology (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Francesco Fedele, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Uncommon Courses...
Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses, an AP-NORC/UChicago poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans view college campuses as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech, with adults across the political spectrum seeing less tolerance for those on the right, according to a new poll....
More schools are adopting 4-day weeks. For parents, the challenge is day 5
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — It's a Monday in September, but with schools closed, the three children in the Pruente household have nowhere to be. Callahan, 13, contorts herself into a backbend as 7-year-old Hudson fiddles with a balloon and...
Southern Baptists expel Oklahoma church after pastor defends his blackface and Native caricatures
The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted an Oklahoma church whose pastor defended his blackface performance at one church event and his impersonation of a Native American woman at another. The Executive Committee of the nation's largest Protestant...
Oklahoma schools head takes aim at Tulsa district. Critics say his motives are politically driven
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In his first year as head of Oklahoma's public schools, State Superintendent Ryan Walters has taken on what he describes as "radical leftists" indoctrinating students. He has sought to ban certain books from school libraries...
Five high school students, from all over the country, have been named National Student Poets
NEW YORK (AP) — Five high school students from Florida to Utah have been selected as this year's National Student Poets, a program founded more than a decade ago. Each winner represents a different region in the country, and brings their own...
Going to college? Here's what you should know about student loans
NEW YORK (AP) — If you're heading to college or starting to think about where you'd like to apply, you're probably considering options for funding your education. If you need to borrow money to pursue your dreams, you are far from alone. According...
Paper exams, chatbot bans: Colleges seek to 'ChatGPT-proof' assignments
When philosophy professor Darren Hick came across another case of cheating in his classroom at Furman University last semester, he posted an update to his followers on social media: "Aaaaand, I've caught my second ChatGPT plagiarist." Friends and col...
Oklahoma parents, faith leaders and education group sue to stop US's first public religious school
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group of parents, faith leaders and a public education nonprofit sued Monday to stop Oklahoma from establishing and funding what would be the nation's first religious public charter school. The lawsuit filed in Oklahoma...
Texas A&M University president resigns after Black journalist's hiring at campus unravels
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University on Friday announced the resignation of its president in the fallout over a Black journalist who said her celebrated hiring at one of the nation's largest campuses quickly unraveled due to pushback over her...
How new state laws and book ban movements have made the teaching of US history contentious – 5 essential reads
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Of all the subjects taught in America's public schools, few have become as contentious as U.S. history. At least 37...
Affirmative action is out in higher education. What comes next for college admissions?
Colleges across the country will be forced to stop considering race in admissions under Thursday's Supreme Court ruling, ending affirmative action policies that date back decades. Schools that have relied on race-conscious admissions policies to...
Walters' faith committee wants Ten Commandments in every public classroom
A committee examining prayer in schools asked the state Board of Education to require every classroom to display a poster of the Ten Commandments and require students to take a course on Western civilization for graduation. State Superintendent of...
Big bonuses, bigger risks: Oklahoma's new teacher bonus program raises concern
Signing bonuses of as much as $50,000 are what Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said is needed to attract new and retired teachers to the classroom. That’s also what makes his new bonus plan a risky policy. Schools reported more...
In some states with laws on transgender bathrooms, officials may not know how they will be enforced
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When North Dakota restricted which bathrooms transgender students can use in public schools and universities this year, the school district in the state's largest city promised to ignore the new rules. A Republican legislator...
Oklahoma State University continues to prioritize student access and affordability; tuition and mandatory fees remain flat for second consecutive year
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The OSU/A&M Board of Regents has approved a $1.7 billion operating budget for the Oklahoma State University System for fiscal year 2024. The budget, which the board approved Friday during its regular...
Oklahoma OKs the nation's first religious charter school – but litigation is likely to follow
(THE CONVERSATION) U.S. courts have long wrestled with the extent to which government funding can be used at private religious schools. And on June 5, 2023, Oklahoma's five-person Statewide Virtual Charter School Board pushed this much-debated...
How new state laws and book ban movements have made the teaching of US history contentious – 5 essential reads
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation and Jusneel Mahal, The Conversation (THE CONVERSATION) Of all the subjects taught in America's...
GOP leaders in Kansas back off threat to sue Democratic governor over education funding
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Leaders of Kansas' Republican-controlled Legislature backed off a threat to sue the state's Democratic governor for vetoing parts of a GOP education funding bill, saying Thursday that they still doubt the legality of her...
Governor, legislative leaders strike 'monumental' public education funding deal
After months of wrangling and the week-long efforts of mediation by a retired Oklahoma Supreme Court justice, the state’s GOP leaders announced what they called a “monumental” education funding package on Monday. The $785 million in additional...