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3 School Districts to Lose $65 Million Over Gender and D.E.I. Policies  The New York Times Trump administration pulls millions from Chicago Public Schools  Chicago Sun-Times Trump administration to hold back millions from NYC, Chicago and DC area school districts over transgender policies  CNN CPS continues to face financial, structural uncertainties as stakeholders raise concerns  Chicago Tribune Trump Administration Cancels NYC Magnet School Funding …

Three of the nation’s largest public school districts stand to lose $24 million after missing a Trump administration deadline to agree to change policies supporting transgender students, officials said Wednesday. The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights had given New York City Schools, Chicago Public Schools and Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia until Tuesday to agree to stop …

Three students were injured at Carrick High School on Wednesday morning following a stabbing, authorities said. Pittsburgh police, firefighters and EMS personnel were dispatched to the school for a “critical incident,” Pittsburgh Public Safety said Wednesday morning. A spokesperson for Pittsburgh Public Schools released a statement detailing the incident, saying a student used a “small knife” to injure three other students. …

With Republicans ending the Grad Plus program, private lenders are eyeing billions in new business, while some students could be left in the cold. In the 22 years since Ken Ruggiero jumped from tech to the private student loan business, he’s lived through a dramatic boom and bust. In the early 2000s, the market more than quadrupled, fueled by soaring …

Imelda Muller was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in Sept. 2025. Photo courtesy of Bill Stafford/NASA UVM Larner College of Medicine alum Imelda Muller is one of NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates, out of a pool of 8,000, the space agency announced Monday.  “With upcoming exploration missions, we are pushing the …

Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms  Harvard Medical School Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds  NBC News What happens when private equity buys a hospital?  The Boston Globe Staffing Falls, Deaths Rise Post-Acquisition  Conexiant ER Deaths Surged in US Hospitals Taken Over by Private Equity, Study Finds  Newsweek Source link

Two former executives at the Los Angeles Film School allege in a lawsuit that the school has operated a massive student loan scam for years that involves arranging for thousands of fake job placements for its graduates. The executives also claim that the school, located on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, lied to the Department of Education during a 2017 audit …

A girl who had a bullet lodged in her brain after the Annunciation Catholic School shooting last month is making what her family has called a “miraculous” recovery and will this week leave an acute care ward and join an inpatient rehab programme. Seventh grader Sophia Forchas, 12, was shot in the head when a gunman opened fire during a …

A high school football player was injured in horrific fashion by a player twice his size over the weekend. A JV football game in Michigan left one player hospitalized. The game was between Lakeshore High School and Kalamazoo Central High School. It took place on Thursday evening. A 15-year-old boy playing for Lakeshore High School was being blocked by a …

Friends of Prince Harry told The Royalist that he has registered his 6-year-old son Archie for Eton College—a move that could see Archie attending the elite all-boys Windsor boarding school alongside Prince William’s children. While there are five years between Archie and George, there are fewer than two years between Louis and Archie. The background to all this is Harry’s …