North Dakota governor vetoes bill censoring books in public and school libraries – JURIST
US North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong vetoed a state bill on Tuesday that would have restricted books with “explicit sexual material” displayed or made available to minors in the state,…
Read More »After the Wildfires, This High School Needed a Campus. It Found a Sears.
Palisades Charter High School in California has held classes online since the fire in January. On Tuesday, students gathered at a new, temporary home, a retrofitted Sears. Source link
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Survivors of 2 Florida school shootings demand governor reject law lowering gun purchasing age
By STEPHANY MATAT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Days after a deadly shooting, Florida State University students who also survived a deadly mass shooting in Parkland from 2018 sent…
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Law School Cutting Scholarships For Students Who Don’t Commit Fast Enough?
Applying to law school is bad enough. Throwing your future into the hands of administrators applying bespoke black box methodologies to weigh your life’s work and a 4-hour test. Prospective…
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Riverside high school security guard accused of attempting to meet minor for sex – Press Enterprise
A security guard at a Riverside high school was arrested on suspicion of arranging to meet a minor for sex and committing other crimes on Tuesday, April 15, according to…
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Democrats demand answers after immigration agents visit L.A. schools
WASHINGTON — Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach) and other House Democrats are demanding that Department of Homeland Security officials justify their attempts last week to speak with students at two Los Angeles…
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California defies Trump order to certify that all school districts have cut DEI
California on Friday defied a Trump administration order to certify that the state’s 1,000 school districts have ended all diversity, equity and inclusion programs despite federal threats to cut billions…
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California, other states sue Trump administration over clawback of COVID school funds
California and a coalition of other states sued Thursday to block the Trump administration’s attempt to take back hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding intended to support the…
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Officials arrived, denied entry at L.A. schools amid immigration fears
Federal officials arrived and were denied entry at two L..A. Unified elementary schools this week, district officials confirmed Wednesday, the first reported instance of an attempt by U.S. authorities to…
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Education secretary deflects DEI questions; calls discrimination a ‘bad thing’
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who is dismantling the department she leads, said Tuesday that she supports ongoing national student testing and a role for the federal government in education…
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California lawmakers take steps to shield immigrants from Trump policies
SACRAMENTO — California legislators announced several bills to protect the state’s immigrants being targeted by President Trump’s aggressive new policies, including federal enforcement raids at schools, hospitals and religious buildings. Members of…
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US Supreme Court urged to block Oklahoma first religious public school – JURIST
A group of faith leaders, education advocates and parents filed an amicus brief Monday, urging the US Supreme Court to block Oklahoma’s first religious public school. The brief argued that…
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U.S. News Releases Two Wildly Different Versions Of The 2025 Law School Rankings At The Same Time
The 2025 U.S. News & World Report law school rankings have finally arrived — complete with their fair share of drama and absurdity. Stay tuned for some extra shenanigans, because U.S. News…
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Youth Law Day Brings 200 High School Students to the College of Law
The College of Law’s annual Youth Law Day event recently brought more than 200 high school students from schools across Central New York to Dineen Hall for an introduction to…
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New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order
The New York State Education Department on Friday issued a defiant response to the Trump administration’s threats to pull federal funding from public schools over certain diversity, equity and inclusion…
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Trump ally and rising GOP star Essayli named L.A.’s top federal prosecutor
Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi has appointed Riverside County Assemblymember Bill Essayli — considered a rising and controversial Republican voice in California — as U.S. attorney for Los Angeles and surrounding…
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U.S. probes 4 California universities over ‘illegal DEI’ in admissions
The Department of Justice on Thursday said it would investigate four California universities for potential “illegal DEI” in admissions, suggesting the schools flouted state law and U.S. Supreme Court precedent…
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Trump targets California ban on ‘forced outing’ of students’ gender identity to parents
Federal officials have launched an investigation of the California Department of Education for withholding from parents information about changes to their child’s gender identity, setting up a showdown between the…
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Elite Biglaw Firm Will No Longer Participate In Law School On-Campus Interview Programs
We already knew that Biglaw firms were stepping away from using law school interview programs as their main source of recruitment in favor of alternative hiring plans, but one elite…
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Federal Judge Blocks Iowa Law Restricting Sexually Explicit School Books
A federal judge in Iowa blocked on Tuesday the portion of a Republican-backed law that banned libraries in public schools from stocking books that described sex acts. The decision represented…
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