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Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/florida-colleges-push-back-race-gender-restrictions #Florida #Education #Sociology #UsUniversities #UsNews #UsEducation #Race #Gender #Sexuality #HigherEducation #DeiPolicies
Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’

Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught

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US news | The Guardian2d ago
Many US adults are skipping parenting or having fewer kids – and it’s forcing schools to close https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/birthrate-schools-closing #UsNews #UsEducation #Population #Tennessee #Texas #Florida #Ohio #Georgia
Many US adults are skipping parenting or having fewer kids – and it’s forcing schools to close

As the US birthrate has declined dramatically, schools are becoming emptier and districts are getting less public funding

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US news | The GuardianMar 9
Ohio State University president resigns over ‘inappropriate relationship’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/09/ohio-state-university-president-resigns #UsUniversities #UsNews #UsEducation #Education
Ohio State University president resigns over ‘inappropriate relationship’

Walter ‘Ted’ Carter Jr says he ‘made a mistake in allowing inappropriate access to Ohio State leadership’

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US news | The GuardianMar 5
RFK Jr urges medical schools to increase nutrition education training https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/rfk-medical-school-nutrition #RobertFKennedyJr #UsNews #Medicine #Health #UsEducation #Education #TrumpAdministration
RFK Jr urges medical schools to increase nutrition education training

As part of his Maha agenda, health secretary wants schools to incorporate 40 hours of instruction

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US news | The GuardianMar 2
US Department of Education hangs Charlie Kirk banner outside DC building https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/02/us-department-of-education-charlie-kirk-banner #WashingtonDc #CharlieKirkShooting #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsEducation #TrumpAdministration
US Department of Education hangs Charlie Kirk banner outside DC building

Banner has sparked criticism as Kirk was a polarizing figure who made incendiary and often racist and sexist comments

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US news | The GuardianFeb 28
Black History Month was never ‘given’ to Black people, thus, it can never be taken from us https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/28/black-history-month-never-taken-from-us #BlackHistoryMonth #Race #UsNews #History #UsEducation
Black History Month was never ‘given’ to Black people, thus, it can never be taken from us

The question of who owns and authorizes the month holds particular relevance amid attacks on Black history in the US

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US news | The GuardianFeb 27
Questions loom over FBI raid of LA superintendent’s home and district office https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/los-angeles-superintendent-fbi-raid #LosAngeles #UsEducation #Fbi #UsNews #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #California #WestCoast
Questions loom over FBI raid of LA superintendent’s home and district office

Media outlets indicate connection to bankrupt educational technology company that created chatbot for district

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US news | The GuardianFeb 27
Bible-infused public school curriculum in Texas to correct thousands of errors https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/texas-public-school-curriculum-corrections #Texas #UsEducation #Religion #UsNews
Bible-infused public school curriculum in Texas to correct thousands of errors

Optional textbook contains factual and punctuation errors, and images with licensing or copyright issues

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US news | The GuardianFeb 26
‘Very Republican, very patriotic’: right-leaning civic centers now offer courses at US public colleges https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/conservative-civic-centers-public-colleges #UsUniversities #Republicans #HigherEducation #UsEducation #Universities #Education #TrumpAdministration #Ohio #Florida #Utah #NorthCarolina #Texas #Iowa #UsNews
‘Very Republican, very patriotic’: right-leaning civic centers now offer courses at US public colleges

Republican lawmakers push for conservative professors to counter purported leftwing indoctrination in schools

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US news | The GuardianFeb 25
US justice department sues UCLA over alleged antisemitism amid pro-Palestinian protests https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/ucla-sued-antisemitism-pro-palestinian-protest-trump #California #TrumpAdministration #UsEducation #Education #UsNews #WestCoast #DonaldTrump #LosAngeles
US justice department sues UCLA over alleged antisemitism amid pro-Palestinian protests

Lawsuit is latest action by Trump administration against a university and escalation of president’s feud with California

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