The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday, July 23, that it is eliminating a set of long-standing “disparate impact” regulations, rules that have barred educational policies with unintentionally discriminatory effects on the basis of race, color, and national origin. “A child is so much more than a number in a data set. The left’s notion […]
Cheryl Adams
Cheryl is a veteran educator turned journalist turned editor. I love long walks and debating on social media about the human side of arguments.
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Utah Family Sues Google, Alleging school-issued Chromebook fueled son’s pornography addiction
A Utah couple has filed a federal lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company’s Chromebooks and related education products are “dangerously defective” by design and directly responsible for their son’s exposure to online pornography and a resulting addiction that has caused lasting harm to the family. The amended complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court […]
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More Students with Disabilities Are Spending Their School Day in General Education Classrooms, GAO Finds — but Progress Is Uneven Across States
The number of students with disabilities being educated alongside their peers without disabilities has climbed sharply over the past decade, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office; however, how much progress a student sees still depends heavily on which state, and even which school district, they live in. The report, Special Education: […]
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No Religious Schools Need Apply: Vermont Voucher Law Heads to Federal Appeals Court
A religious liberty group has escalated its legal battle over Vermont’s sweeping education reform law, taking its case to a federal appeals court this week and arguing that the state’s restrictions on its tuition program unconstitutionally exclude religious schools. The appeal, brought on behalf of Mid Vermont Christian School in Quechee with support from the […]
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Judge pauses Trump administration’s narrow definition of “professional” graduate degrees
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from implementing a rule that would have sharply restricted which graduate students qualify for higher federal student loan limits, delivering a win to professional programs that argued the policy could choke off access to crucial professions. U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. District […]
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Indiana University won’t renew contract of a lecturer investigated over white supremacy graphic
Indiana University has decided not to renew the contract of Jessica Adams, a School of Social Work lecturer who was investigated after displaying a graphic about white supremacy in a social work class she taught that examined the shifting landscape of diversity, oppression, power, and privilege. Adams, a full-time lecturer, was teaching her course “Diversity, […]
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New Workforce Pell Grants to Fund Short-Term Job Training Starting July 2026
The U.S. Department of Education announced a final rule on Monday establishing the Workforce Pell Grant program, which will allow students to use federal Pell Grants for short-term career training programs beginning July 1, 2026. The program, created under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act that President Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, […]
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Rep. Bonamici to Introduce Resolution to Impeach Education Secretary McMahon
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., announced Wednesday that she will introduce a resolution to impeach Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, accusing her of violating her oath of office, misleading Congress, and unlawfully dismantling the Department of Education by shifting more than 100 federal programs to other agencies without lawmakers’ approval. The resolution alleges that McMahon, since […]