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<p>Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.<br>—</p><p>An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts-of-interest?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts-of-interest?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts-of-interest?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/teaching/" rel="tag">#Teaching</a></p>

<p>One U-Haul driver heeded the advice about Storrow Drive, but nobody warned him about trees<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/2025/u-haul-driver-heeded-advice-about-storrow-drive-nobody-warned-him" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.universalhub.com/2025/u-haul-driver-heeded-advice-about-storrow-drive-nobody-warned-him"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.universalhub.com/2025/u-ha</span><span class="invisible">ul-driver-heeded-advice-about-storrow-drive-nobody-warned-him</span></a><br><a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/brighton/" rel="tag">#Brighton</a> <a href="/tags/clevelandcircle/" rel="tag">#ClevelandCircle</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#students</a> <a href="/tags/uhaul/" rel="tag">#UHaul</a></p>

<p>After years of prioritizing magnet and charter schools, Chicago is hoping that investing in upgrades to three underenrolled neighborhood schools will lure families back. But it could take years and millions of dollars to see if it works.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-public-schools-transform-into-steam-academies?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-public-schools-transform-into-steam-academies?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-public-schools-transform-into-steam-academies?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/steam/" rel="tag">#STEAM</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> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a></p>

<p>NEW: Programs for <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push<br>==</p><p>Federal funding for organizations that help students with hearing and vision loss across eight states will stop at the end of the month, according to letters sent by a top <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> Dept. official and obtained by ProPublica.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/kids/" rel="tag">#kids</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-students-education-deaf-blind-grant-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=9-10" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-students-education-deaf-blind-grant-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=9-10"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-dei-students-education-deaf-blind-grant-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=9-10</span></a></p>

<p>Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.</p><p>“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-students-education-deaf-blind-grant-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-students-education-deaf-blind-grant-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-dei-students-education-deaf-blind-grant-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#Diversity</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/disabled/" rel="tag">#Disabled</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

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<p>Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization that will provide funding to these students.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-education-department-deafblind-students-funding-reversal?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-education-department-deafblind-students-funding-reversal?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-education-department-deafblind-students-funding-reversal?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/deafblind/" rel="tag">#Deafblind</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/teaching/" rel="tag">#Teaching</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>In 2024, lawmakers celebrated the largest investment in Idaho’s history to fix its schools. But only a handful will be able to fully address challenges to accessibility.</p><p>At least 10 districts reported in 2023 that their bathrooms, gyms and cafeterias weren’t all accessible for students with disabilities, with some unable to get their lunch or attend classes on second floors.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-schools-students-disabilities-ada-accessibility?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-schools-students-disabilities-ada-accessibility?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-schools-students-disabilities-ada-accessibility?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/accessibility/" rel="tag">#Accessibility</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></p>

<p>A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing its own anti-diversity campaign.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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-donald-trump-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;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/discrimination/" rel="tag">#Discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#Racism</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#Transgender</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a> <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#Diversity</a></p>

<p>It’s been over a decade since Alaska significantly increased its funding for public education.</p><p>Two school districts are now suing the state for what they say is a long-running failure to give students a “sound basic education.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</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/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>

<p>The Navajo Nation report cited a 2022 New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica investigation that found Native students in New Mexico were disproportionately punished, with the Gallup-McKinley district — which has the nation&#x27;s largest Indigenous student body — largely responsible.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/gallup-mckinley-native-students-discipline-navajo-report?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/gallup-mckinley-native-students-discipline-navajo-report?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gal</span><span class="invisible">lup-mckinley-native-students-discipline-navajo-report?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/navajo/" rel="tag">#Navajo</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> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a></p>