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In lawsuit joined by Hanover and Dresden schools, judge blocks Trump push to cut funding over diversity programs

by Holly Ramer Associated Press, and Collin Binkley Associated PressApril 24, 2025

CONCORD — A federal judge on Thursday blocked Trump administration directives that threatened to cut federal funding for public schools with diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

FILE — Students walk on the Stanford University campus in Stanford, Calif, March 14, 2019. When students at Stanford University return to campus in January 2022, they'll be barred from holding parties or other big gatherings for two weeks. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Education

Colleges go back to drawing board — again — to fight COVID

by Collin Binkley AP Education WriterDecember 15, 2021

FILE - In this March 18, 2021, file photo, science teacher Christopher Duggan squirts hand sanitizer on the hands of student Jaiden Taylor, left, at Windsor Locks High School in Windsor Locks, Conn. With a massive infusion of federal aid coming their way, schools across the U.S. are weighing how to use the windfall to ease the harm of the pandemic — and to tackle problems that existed long before the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Education

With aid, schools seek solutions

by Collin Binkley AP Education WriterApril 4, 2021

In this Sept. 26, 2019, photo, cars pass Rockefeller University in New York. Prestigious universities around the world, including Rockefeller, have accepted at least $60 million over the past five years from the family that owns the maker of OxyContin, even as the company became embroiled in lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic, financial records show. Rockefeller accepted more money from the Sacklers than any other school in recent history. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Drug maker owners gave schools $60M

by Collin Binkley Associated Press, and Jennifer McDermott Associated PressOctober 3, 2019

Education

Lawmakers debate future of loan relief for public workers

by Collin Binkley AP Education WriterApril 30, 2019

In this March 5, 2019 photo, panel members, from left, Angela Giordano, Natalie Baucum, Mike Duggan, Fred Ledley and school counselor Peter Forkner participate in an event at Bentley University, in Waltham, Mass., where professors and alumni shared some of their worst setbacks to illustrate that even successful people sometimes fail. A growing number of U.S. colleges are trying to "normalize" failure for a generation of students who increasingly struggle with stress, anxiety and the ability to bounce back from adversity. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Education

Colleges offer lessons in failure

by Collin Binkley AP Education WriterApril 8, 2019

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos arrives for a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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DeVos defends plan to eliminate Special Olympics funding

by Collin Binkley AP Education WriterMarch 27, 2019

FILE - In this July 10, 2013, file photo, prospective students tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington. Federal authorities have charged college coaches and others in a sweeping admissions bribery case in federal court. The racketeering conspiracy charges were unsealed Tuesday, March 12, 2019, against the coaches at schools including Georgetown, Wake Forest University and the University of Southern California. Authorities say the coaches accepted bribes in exchange for admitting students as athletes, regardless of their ability. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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TV stars and coaches charged in college bribery scheme

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated Press, and Collin Binkley Associated PressMarch 12, 2019

Rebecca Ramos, a 2017 graduate of Harvard University and former president of the Harvard University chapter of the Delta Gamma sorority, speaks at a news conference, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Cambridge, Mass.The Delta Gamma Fraternity Management Corporation, an Ohio-based nonprofit that manages housing leases for Delta Gamma, is among several fraternity and sorority groups suing Harvard University over a 2016 rule that discourages students from joining single-gender social clubs. (AP Photo/Collin Binkley)

Education

Fraternities, Sororities Sue Harvard Over Rule

by Collin Binkley Associated PressDecember 4, 2018

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 22, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer.

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Sec. DeVos Reinstates Watchdog

by Collin Binkley Associated PressNovember 21, 2018

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In lawsuit joined by Hanover and Dresden schools, judge blocks Trump push to cut funding over diversity programs

Colleges go back to drawing board — again — to fight COVID

With aid, schools seek solutions

Drug maker owners gave schools $60M

Lawmakers debate future of loan relief for public workers

Colleges offer lessons in failure

DeVos defends plan to eliminate Special Olympics funding

TV stars and coaches charged in college bribery scheme

Fraternities, Sororities Sue Harvard Over Rule

Sec. DeVos Reinstates Watchdog

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