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ANNIE MA Education Writer.

FILE - Easterseals Head Start program teaching assistant Tania Ortiz helps a student practice writing his name, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Lawsuit challenges restrictions on Head Start for kids in the US illegally

July 21, 2025

A coalition of 21 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s restrictions on social services for immigrants in the country illegally, including the federal preschool program Head Start, health clinics and adult education. Individual public benefits, such as food stamps and federal financial aid, have been largely unavailable to people in the country without legal status, but the new rules and guidance from the administration curbed their access to community-level programs that receive federal money. The lawsuit led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, argues the changes will create significant harm.

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Dr. Robert M. Groves, Interim President, Georgetown University, testifies during a House Committee on Education and Workforce Committee hearing on "Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology" on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Republicans press leaders of Georgetown, Berkeley and CUNY on antisemitism complaints

July 15, 2025

House Republicans on Tuesday grilled the leaders of Georgetown University, the City University of New York and the University of California, Berkeley, in the latest hearing on antisemitism in higher education, accusing the schools of failing to respond adequately to allegations of bias or discrimination. In their appearance before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, the three university leaders said that they had taken disciplinary action where appropriate and stressed the importance of protecting free speech and discourse for students and faculty. The hearing was the ninth in a series Republicans have held to scrutinize university leadership over allegations of antisemitism on campuses.

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Hennessey Lustica poses for a portrait, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Newark, N.Y. (AP Photo/Lauren Petracca)

Rural schools feel the pinch from Trump administration’s cuts to mental health grants

June 26, 2025

School districts around the country are cutting back plans to expand their staffing of mental health specialists because of Trump administration cuts to federal grants. The $1 billion in grants for school-based mental health programs were part of a sweeping gun violence bill signed by President Joe Biden in 2022 in response to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The grants were meant to help schools hire more psychologists, counselors and other mental health workers, especially in rural areas. President Donald Trump’s administration took issue with aspects of the grant programs that touched on race.

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FILE - The Harvard University logo is displayed on a building at the school, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

How the Trump administration’s move will affect Harvard’s international students

May 27, 2025

The efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to prevent Harvard University from enrolling international students have struck at the core of the Ivy League school’s identity and unsettled current and prospect students around the world. The government last week told Harvard’s thousands of current foreign students that they must transfer to other schools or they will lose their legal permission to be in the U.S. That decision is currently on hold, a federal judge ruled Friday, pending a lawsuit. Harvard enrolls about 7,000 international students, most of them in graduate programs. Those students may now have to scramble to figure out their next steps.

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