Thousands of people took the new California bar exam in February, ready to the join the ranks of the state’s 195,000 lawyers. But a series of missteps by the institution…
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Education
Supreme Court Appears Open to Approving Religious Charter Schools
The Supreme Court appeared open on Wednesday to allowing Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter school, which would teach a curriculum infused by Catholic…
Trump Threatens Chicago School Funding Over Black Student Success Plan
The Trump administration threatened on Tuesday to withhold federal funds from Chicago Public Schools over a program designed to help Black students do better academically, furthering the White House’s assault…
N.Y. Budget Deal Includes School Cellphone Ban and Public Safety Changes
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced the framework of a roughly $254 billion state budget agreement, ending a monthlong stalemate over public safety issues that the governor had insisted on…
Feeling Political Heat From Trump, Colleges Pump Up Their Lobbying
Top colleges in the cross hairs of President Trump have sharply increased their spending on lobbying, according to an analysis by The New York Times. Ten universities that have been…
Emerging From a Collective Silence, Universities Organize to Fight Trump
The Trump administration’s swift initial rollout of orders seeking more control over universities left schools thunderstruck. Fearing retribution from a president known to retaliate against his enemies, most leaders in…
International Students Worry Even as Trump Temporarily Restores Some Legal Statuses
When Karl Molden, a sophomore at Harvard University from Vienna, learned that the Trump administration had abruptly restored thousands of international students’ ability to legally study in the United States,…
Who’s Speaking at College Graduations Across the U.S.?
The federal government has investigated prominent universities, paused grant funding and revoked student visas. And still, it is graduation season on American campuses, where thousands of young adults will soon…
U.S. Restores Legal Status for Many International Students, but Warns of Removals to Come
The Trump administration on Friday abruptly moved to restore thousands of international students’ ability to study in the United States legally, but immigration officials insisted they could still try to…
Courts Block Trump From Withholding School Funds Over D.E.I., for Now
President Trump was dealt a setback in his plans for American public education, as three federal judges issued separate rulings on Thursday pausing his ability to withhold funds from schools…