<p>In An Era of Big Money, the University of Illinois Shrugs Off Rules on Athletes’ NIL Deals<br>—</p><p>Records show that a fraction of the school’s athletes are complying with a state law requiring them to disclose endorsements. In the wild west of college sports, Illinois’ flagship university says the rules are losing relevance.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/university-illinois-nil-basketball-college-sports-ncaa-endorsements-disclosures?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/university-illinois-nil-basketball-college-sports-ncaa-endorsements-disclosures?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/uni</span><span class="invisible">versity-illinois-nil-basketball-college-sports-ncaa-endorsements-disclosures?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/basketball/" rel="tag">#Basketball</a> <a href="/tags/marchmadness/" rel="tag">#MarchMadness</a></p>
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<p>Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit for private schools, Idaho has shut down a program that helped public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other expenses.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/teaching/" rel="tag">#Teaching</a></p>
<p>Columbia Will Pay Survivors of Abusive Doctor $750 Million After ProPublica Revealed University’s Failures<br>—</p><p>The sweeping deal means the Ivy League school’s settlements will total more than $1 billion for over 1,000 claims of sexual abuse by former patients of OB-GYN Robert Hadden, who worked at the university for 20 years despite decades of complaints.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-750-million-settlement-robert-hadden-sexual-assault?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-750-million-settlement-robert-hadden-sexual-assault?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/col</span><span class="invisible">umbia-university-750-million-settlement-robert-hadden-sexual-assault?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/columbia/" rel="tag">#Columbia</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/sexualabuse/" rel="tag">#SexualAbuse</a> <a href="/tags/sexualassault/" rel="tag">#SexualAssault</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a></p>
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<p>New Uvalde Records Reveal Details About School Safety Concerns and Shooter’s Behavioral Issues<br>—</p><p>The release is part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit that news organizations brought against state and local governments. The fight continues to get the Texas Department of Public Safety to release its own records.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-records-shooting-campus-safety-concerns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-records-shooting-campus-safety-concerns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/uva</span><span class="invisible">lde-records-shooting-campus-safety-concerns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/uvalde/" rel="tag">#Uvalde</a> <a href="/tags/schoolshooting/" rel="tag">#SchoolShooting</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> Regulators Closed a Failing Charter <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a>. It Reopened as a Private Religious School Funded by Taxpayers.<br>—</p><p>Arizona’s acclaimed voucher program provides zero transparency into private schools’ history, <a href="/tags/academic/" rel="tag">#academic</a> performance or financial sustainability to help parents make informed school choices.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/teacher/" rel="tag">#Teacher</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a></p><p><a href="https://propub.li/41WKSu6" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/41WKSu6</a></p>
<p>A Tennessee School Expelled a 12-Year-Old for a Social Post. Experts Say It Didn’t Properly Assess if He Made a Threat.<br>—</p><p>The way school officials handled his case also exposes glaring contradictions in two recent state laws that aim to criminalize school threats and require schools to expel students who make them — with minimal transparency or accountability.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threat-assessment-expulsion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threat-assessment-expulsion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-school-threat-assessment-expulsion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a></p>
<p>A Teacher Dragged a 6-Year-Old With Autism by His Ankle. Federal Civil Rights Officials Might Not Do Anything.<br>—</p><p>The Garrison School is part of a special education district that had students arrested at the highest rate in the country. It had pledged to change how it disciplines kids after a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation and subsequent federal probe.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/garrison-school-illinois-autistic-student-dragged-ankle?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/garrison-school-illinois-autistic-student-dragged-ankle?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gar</span><span class="invisible">rison-school-illinois-autistic-student-dragged-ankle?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a></p>
<p>A Chattanooga public charter school has agreed to pay the family of an 11-year-old boy $100,000 to settle a federal lawsuit claiming that it wrongfully reported the student to police for an alleged threat of mass violence.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-lawsuit-settlement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-lawsuit-settlement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-school-threats-law-lawsuit-settlement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a></p>
<p>Illinois legislators just passed a law to explicitly prevent police from ticketing and fining students for minor misbehavior — such as littering, swearing or vaping — at school.</p><p>The legislation comes three years after a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation into the practice.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-bans-police-ticketing-students-school-price-kids-pay?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/illinois-bans-police-ticketing-students-school-price-kids-pay?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ill</span><span class="invisible">inois-bans-police-ticketing-students-school-price-kids-pay?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a></p>
<p>“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump<br>—</p><p>Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and sexual and racial harassment on hold.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-office-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-office-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-of-education-civil-rights-office-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#Discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>How Many Students Have Been Expelled Under Tennessee’s School Threats Law? There’s No Clear Answer.<br>—</p><p>Tennessee gives public agencies wide latitude to refuse to release data. That made it challenging for our reporters to figure out just how many students were affected.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threat-law-expulsions-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threat-law-expulsions-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-school-threat-law-expulsions-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/teaching/" rel="tag">#Teaching</a></p>
<p>The Nashville school shooter previously pulled a knife on another student. He returned to school after a two-day suspension.</p><p>“He had a whole knife in school, and he didn’t get expelled,” the victim said. “It just doesn’t sit right with me.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nashville-school-shooter-previous-threats?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/nashville-school-shooter-previous-threats?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nas</span><span class="invisible">hville-school-shooter-previous-threats?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/nashville/" rel="tag">#Nashville</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/shooting/" rel="tag">#Shooting</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a></p>
<p>The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students<br>—</p><p>The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-transgender-students-email?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-transgender-students-email?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-of-education-transgender-students-email?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#Trans</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#Transgender</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>Hoping to “Trump Proof” Students’ Civil Rights, Illinois Lawmakers Aim to End Police Ticketing at School<br>—</p><p>The latest version of a bill spurred by a 2022 ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation would explicitly prevent police from ticketing students for violations such as vaping or truancy, and require districts to track and disclose police activity.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-student-civil-rights-police-ticketing-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/illinois-student-civil-rights-police-ticketing-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ill</span><span class="invisible">inois-student-civil-rights-police-ticketing-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.</p><p>Despite an outcry over increased arrests in Tennessee, two states — Georgia and New Mexico — followed its lead by passing laws that will crack down harder on hoax threats.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/school-threats-laws-georgia-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/school-threats-laws-georgia-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sch</span><span class="invisible">ool-threats-laws-georgia-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a></p>
<p>About 150 Chicago schools sit half-empty, while 47 operate at less than one-third capacity.</p><p>The city “doesn’t seem to be having an honest conversation about the challenges it’s facing,” one school finance expert said.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-public-schools-enrollment-costs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-public-schools-enrollment-costs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-public-schools-enrollment-costs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a></p>
<p>This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.<br>—</p><p>On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the country’s highest-earning superintendents.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/valere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/valere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/val</span><span class="invisible">ere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/records/" rel="tag">#Records</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a></p>
<p>At tribal colleges, scholarships funded by a USDA grant have been suspended amid the Trump administration’s widespread cost-cutting.</p><p>Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tri</span><span class="invisible">bal-colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/college/" rel="tag">#College</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/usda/" rel="tag">#USDA</a></p>
<p>Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division<br>—</p><p>Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-division-eroded-by-massive-layoffs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-division-eroded-by-massive-layoffs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/edu</span><span class="invisible">cation-department-civil-rights-division-eroded-by-massive-layoffs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#Discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a></p>
<p>Inside the Schools Alaska Ignored<br>—</p><p>Two inches of raw sewage. Black mold. A bat infestation. Reporter Emily Schwing shares what she uncovered as she investigated dangerous conditions inside Alaska’s deteriorating public schools.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-deterioriating-public-schools-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-deterioriating-public-schools-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-deterioriating-public-schools-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin has *declined* to release nearly $7 billion in federal <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#funding</a> for <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a> that helps pay for after-school & summer programs, support for <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#students</a> learning English, <a href="/tags/teacher/" rel="tag">#teacher</a> training & other services.</p><p>The money, which was already allocated by <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a>, was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Trump *<a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a>* Department notified <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#state</a> education agencies that the money would not be available.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#idiocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/</span><span class="invisible">trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Inside Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Scholar to Trump Target in Louisiana Cell<br>—</p><p>“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have been detained without criminal charges.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rumeysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rumeysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rum</span><span class="invisible">eysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/phd/" rel="tag">#Phd</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a></p>
<p>Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.<br>—</p><p>A Republican lawmaker said ending an Idaho program that helped public school students buy laptops and other materials wasn’t linked to the creation of a private school tax credit. The state’s most prominent conservative group says it should be.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> Schools Consistently Break Disability Laws. Parents Say They’re Not Doing Enough to Fix the Problem.<br>==<br>Idaho <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#students</a> with disabilities have worse outcomes than many of their peers in other states, according to federal data. </p><p><a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> say it can take months to evaluate students, and in some cases <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a> have refused to provide needed services. </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/kids/" rel="tag">#Kids</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-special-education-disabilities-complaints" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-special-education-disabilities-complaints"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-special-education-disabilities-complaints</span></a></p>