Charles Henry Turner: The little-known Black high school science teacher who revolutionized the study of insect behavior in the early 20th century
On a crisp autumn morning in 1908, an elegantly dressed African American man strode back and forth among the pin oaks, magnolias and silver maples of O’Fallon Park in St. Louis, Missouri. After ...
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Elon Musk’s Use of AI to Slash Education Spending Could Put Disabled Students at Risk
On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that Elon Musk’s DOGE fed sensitive data into artificial intelligence software as a ...
What Does the Department of Education Actually Do?
With the help of Congress, a president could get rid of the agency. Getting rid of the programs it runs and the money it ...
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How the Department of Education came into existence
The Department of Education was created in 1979, but its origins date back much farther. Take us back to post-Civil War, when ...
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Trump directs Health and Human Services to investigate medical schools for antisemitism — with research funding on the line
Medical schools at Harvard, Columbia, Brown and Johns Hopkins are being investigated for pro-Palestinian commencement ...
What impact does the US Department of Education have in Delaware?
With a Washington hub, regional offices and several thousand employees, the federal department has a few key functions. These ...
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Using sugars from peas speeds up sour beer brewing
Sour beers are enjoyed for their complex and often tart flavors, but brewing can sometimes be long and arduous. Researchers ...
Evening Report — Gabbard, RFK Jr. move closer to confirmation
Presented by Becker & Poliakoff{beacon} Evening Report TRUMP FIRST 100 DAYS © Greg Nash Trump Cabinet coming into focus after ...
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The future of the US Department of Education: 8 tips for journalists covering the agency under Trump’s second term
We offer eight tips to help you interrogate and contextualize President Trump's plan to close the U.S. Department of ...
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Vouchers for private schools may add up to segregation in Georgia classrooms
In 1954, with the issue of school desegregation on the minds of Georgia’s politicians, the state approved a constitutional amendment permitting state funds to be utilized for private school vouchers.
RFK Jr. on defensive over his vaccine views as a key confirmation vote hangs in the balance
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be the nation’s top health official is uncertain after a key Republican joined ...
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A call to education action for the Trump administration
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is publishing a series of guest columns this week from some educators, education experts and a student asking them what President Donald Trump and his administration ...