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Harvard’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni

By: Stephanie Saul — July 3rd 2023 at 19:11
After the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action, activists filed a complaint, saying legacy admissions helped students who are overwhelmingly rich and white.

Harvard students and supporters marched through Harvard Square during a rally on Saturday to oppose the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmation action.
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El fin de la discriminación positiva va a empeorar la situación para mucha gente

By: Tyler Austin Harper — July 3rd 2023 at 17:56
Doy clases en una universidad de élite en Estados Unidos y aunque creo que la discriminación positiva deformó la cultura universitaria, también he viso que es necesaria.

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Test Scores for U.S. 13-Year-Olds Show Lowest Math and Reading Levels In Decades

By: Dana Goldstein — June 21st 2023 at 21:13
The results are the federal government’s last major data release on the academic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

The last time math performance was this low for 13-year-olds was in 1990.
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Affirmative Action Shaped Their Lives. Now, They Reckon With Its Legacy.

By: Amy Harmon — June 21st 2023 at 20:17
Black and Hispanic college graduates, whose lives were directly shaped by race-conscious college admissions, have complicated thoughts about the expected Supreme Court decision.

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Authors of ‘And Tango Makes Three’ Sue Over Florida Law Driving Book Bans

By: Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter — June 21st 2023 at 01:30
The authors of a picture book about a penguin family with two fathers sued the state and a school district that removed the book from libraries.

A lawsuit targeted a school district and the State of Florida over restricting access to a book about a penguin family with two fathers.
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Florida Schools Question Content on Gender and Sexuality in A.P. Psychology

By: Dana Goldstein — June 15th 2023 at 21:44
The embattled College Board said it would not change the course.

Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, has threatened to reconsider his state’s relationship with the College Board.
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Why Did California Voters Reject Affirmative Action With Proposition 16?

By: Michael Powell and Ilana Marcus — June 11th 2023 at 07:00
The Supreme Court will soon rule on race-conscious college admissions, a core Democratic issue. But an analysis of a California referendum points to a divide between the party and voters.

Voters outside the Alameda County Courthouse casting their ballots in the 2020 election in Oakland, Calif.
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Why the Charter School Movement Is Pushing Back on a Religious Charter

By: Sarah Mervosh — June 8th 2023 at 20:39
A Catholic school, newly approved in Oklahoma, is testing the bounds of what it means to be a charter — uncomfortably so for some leaders.

A student at a public charter school in Oklahoma, where the definition of a charter school is being challenged.
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Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S.

By: Sarah Mervosh — June 7th 2023 at 23:37
The school will offer online, Roman Catholic instruction funded by taxpayers. Its approval is certain to tee off a legal battle over the separation of church and state.
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Columbia University Drops Out of U.S. News Rankings for Undergraduate Schools

By: Stephanie Saul and Anemona Hartocollis — June 6th 2023 at 21:24
The Ivy League school said it would no longer share data with the college guide, the first major university to do so. Its relationship with U.S. News has been up and down.

Columbia University will become the first major university to drop from the U.S. News rankings of undergraduate schools.
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Pandemic Stimulus Aid May Not Be Doing Enough to Help Schools

By: Madeleine Ngo — June 5th 2023 at 09:00
Pandemic aid was supposed to help students recover from learning loss, but results have been mixed.

Elizabethton City Schools in Tennessee provided English tutoring this year for 404 elementary and middle school students with the increased funding.
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The Bible and Book of Mormon Challenged Under Utah Book Ban Law

By: Jacey Fortin — June 4th 2023 at 21:14
In one school district, the Bible and the Book of Mormon were flagged for “sensitive materials review.”

Last month, a school district committee in Utah decided that the Bible should be removed from elementary and middle school libraries.
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Debt Ceiling Deal Would Reinstate Student Loan Payments

By: Michael D. Shear — June 1st 2023 at 03:04
The legislation would prevent President Biden from issuing another last-minute extension on the payments beyond the end of the summer.

The debt ceiling legislation would end the pause on student loan payments on Aug. 30 at the latest.
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The GRE Test Is Cut in Half: Two Hours and Done

By: Stephanie Saul — June 1st 2023 at 02:32
Graduate school applicants will take the new version of the standardized test beginning in September, a tacit acknowledgment of its declining relevance in admissions.

At institutions like Cornell University, first-year applicants are not required to submit SAT or ACT scores.
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Texas Lawmakers Pass Ban on D.E.I. Programs at State Universities

By: Audra D. S. Burch — May 29th 2023 at 20:15
It’s the latest state to defund diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Supreme Court Could Consider Virginia High School’s Admissions

By: Adam Liptak — May 29th 2023 at 09:01
The justices will soon rule on race-conscious admissions plans at Harvard and U.N.C. A new appeals court case asks whether schools can use race-neutral tools to achieve racial diversity.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., instituted an admissions process that reserved spots for the top students at every public middle school in the area.
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Winnie the Pooh ‘Run, Hide, Fight’ Book Draws Parents’ Ire

By: Jesus Jiménez — May 27th 2023 at 01:11
The Dallas school district apologized for not providing guidance to parents when it sent students home with a book that teaches how to respond to dangerous situations at school.

Cindy Campos reads the book "Stay Safe" to one of her sons in Dallas.
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The Common App Will Now Hide a Student's Race and Ethnicity

By: Anemona Hartocollis — May 26th 2023 at 17:36
If requested, the Common App will conceal basic information on race and ethnicity — a move that could help schools if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action.

Universities are preparing for the possible end of race-conscious affirmative action.
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Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem, “The Hill We Climb,” Restricted by Florida School

By: Amanda Holpuch — May 26th 2023 at 13:59
A grade school in Miami-Dade County said “The Hill We Climb,” which Ms. Gorman read at President Biden’s inauguration in 2021, was “better suited” for older students after a parent complained about it.

Amanda Gorman reciting a poem during the inauguration.
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Robert J. Zimmer, Who Promoted Free Speech on Campus, Dies at 75

By: Sam Roberts — May 25th 2023 at 15:39
A mathematician, he was for many years the president of the University of Chicago, where he argued that civility was not a reason to silence discussion.
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