Education Department “Lifting the Pause” on Some Civil Rights Probes, but Not for Race or Gender Cases
A memo to the department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” ...
Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance
The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners ...
“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, ...
The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students
The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental ...
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'Muzzled': Thousands of civil rights investigations halted under Trump
In the three-and-a-half weeks since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, investigations by the agency that handles ...
Q&A: USC AD Jennifer Cohen confident investments in football will help Lincoln Riley win
USC athletic director Jennifer Cohen shares her views on football coach Lincoln Riley, how she is adapting to a new pay era ...
US government agencies order employees to remove gender pronouns from email signatures
Multiple US government agencies have ordered employees “to remove gender identifying pronouns from email signature blocks by ...
Hoping to “Trump Proof” Students’ Civil Rights, Illinois Lawmakers Aim to End Police Ticketing at School
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Meme stock icon Ryan Cohen reportedly has a $1 billion bet on Chinese tech giant Alibaba
Cohen, the CEO of GameStop and a hero among the meme stock crowd, has grown his bullish bet on the Chinese tech giant to $1 ...
Lincoln Riley says he keeps receipts in declaration made for freezing cold takes
So when Riley appeared on The Hard Count with On3's J.D. PicKell, he admitted to keeping receipts for everyone who criticized ...
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Q&A: USC AD Jennifer Cohen confident investments in football will help Lincoln Riley win
In the 18 months since Jennifer Cohen took over as USC’s athletic director, her job has grown more complicated by the week. When she was hired in August 2023, Cohen inherited an unstable ...