In her first appearance on Capitol Hill this year, lawmakers questioned Education Secretary Linda McMahon about cuts to federal education spending and students’ civil rights.
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Supreme Court sides with administration over Education Department grants
By a 5-4 vote, the justices allowed the administration to freeze millions of dollars in grant funding for diversity and instructional programs at public and private universities.
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What Education Department cuts would mean for R.I., crypto scams, and more
The Trump administration has threatened to cut back or even eliminate the Department of Education, which is responsible for enforcing civil rights protections, overseeing student loans, and funding things like special education. What would those cuts mean for Rhode Island? Also, scams involving cryptocurrency ATMs are on the rise. We learn about a new law that would regulate crypto kiosks in Rhode Island – and we hear from a Brown professor who explains how he was recently scammed out of more than $2000. Plus, the WaterFire Arts Center is hosting an exhibit of over one hundred posters spanning 70 years and a dozen countries throughout Latin America. That and more on this week’s show.
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Student test scores drop during first full school year of the pandemic
State Department of Education data show student performance rates dropped during the first full school year of the pandemic. The DOE released its Strive HI performance report at the Board of Education meeting last week.
