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Hochul: New York’s classroom phone ban ‘saving education’
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said a classroom phone ban set to be implemented this year will protect students’ education.
Education funding cuts: Judge's order restores $1B in COVID-19-era grants to New York, other states and Washington, D.C.
New York, 15 other states and Washington, D.C., had sued the Trump administration to get the funding restored.
Education Department investigates New York after Trump jumps into Native American mascot fight
The Department of Education launched an investigation Friday into New York state’s own Education Department and its Board of Regents for threatening to pull funding from a Long Island high school that ...
Parent protests at Staten Island school put NYC’s discipline policies for youngest kids in spotlight
At a South Shore elementary school, parents allege that there’s not enough being done to satisfy their safety concerns.
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Trump sends McMahon into fight over New York high school’s Native American mascot
President Donald Trump ordered Education Secretary Linda McMahon to intervene in a New York legal dispute over ... has resisted the policy fiercely, arguing it would end the school’s identity ...
US college presidents unite against Trump's higher education policies
More than 200 university and college presidents in a joint statement accused U.S. President Donald Trump's administration of ...
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Education Department investigates New York after Trump jumps into Native American mascot fight
claiming that the New York Education Department violated federal civil rights laws with its policy. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said her department “will not stand by as the state of New ...