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Kennesaw State University, Trump Administration, The Georgia NAACP, theGrio.com
May 6, 2025
Kennesaw State University announced in late April that it was ending three “low-producing” programs, including Black Studies. 
Trump Administration, desegregation, American schools, theGrio.com
May 2, 2025
The end of the 1966 legal agreement with Plaquemines Parish schools was announced Tuesday, April 29.
Harvard DEI, Harvard Trump DEI, Harvard 2025 Black graduation, Harvard deparment of education, Harvard 2025 commencement theGrio.com
April 30, 2025
Following threats from the Department of Education, Harvard announced that it will no longer fund affinity group graduation celebrations.
Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chen, Mark Zuckerberg school, The Primary School, Trump Administration, DEI, theGrio.com
April 28, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chen launched The Primary School in 2016 to help serve under-served students and families. 
thegrio, housing policy, eviction, education policy
April 28, 2025
Schoolchildren threatened with eviction are more likely to end up at another school, often with more poverty and lower test…
thegrio, Republican-states, school vouchers, education policy
April 28, 2025
State lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to use more taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuition and homeschooling…
DEI rollback college, DEI impact on students, DEI rollbacks universities, DEI rollbacks students of color theGrio.com
April 19, 2025
As U.S. colleges roll back on DEI, students of color say they are starting to lose scholarships, campus mentors, and…
Mantavius Presley, Mantavius Presley scholarships, $1 million scholarships student. student earns $1 million in scholarships theGrio.com
March 26, 2025
Mantavius Presley, a senior in Douglasville, GA, was accepted to over 60 colleges and awarded over $1 million in scholarships.
universities trump, department of education, department of education investigations, university invetsigations theGrio.com
March 13, 2025
The Department of Education has placed 60 universities under investigation over antisemitism allegations and student protests.
Linda McMahon, theGrio.com
March 12, 2025
Advocates worry the government will not look out for poor students, those still learning English, disabled students and racial minorities.
Donald Trump, theGrio.com
January 29, 2025
Trump's order allocating funding for expanding school choice would diverting crucial funding away from already underfunded public schools.
January 8, 2025
Barron Witherspoon says the Trump administration targeting of DEI and Department of Education means we should fight for critical thinking.
literacy, school literacy, literacy materials in schools, student literacy, student reading rates, learning to read, theGrio.com
December 9, 2024
States around the country have been overhauling reading curricula in favor of research-based strategies known as the “science of reading."
United States Department of Education, US Department of Education, Department of Education, Trump Department of Education, Trump Dept. of Ed, Dept. of Education, Dept. of Ed., Who is Linda McMahon, Linda McMahon Dept. of Education, US education reform, US education, Trump administration, theGrio.com
November 20, 2024
Trump has called for dismantling the Department of Education, which plays a vital regulatory role in student services.
Linda McMahon, theGrio.com
November 19, 2024
Donald Trump tapped Linda McMaho billionaire wife of Vince McMahon, formerly of the WWE, to lead the Department of Education.
Donald Trump, theGrio.com
November 18, 2024
Activists slam Donald Trump’s proposal to seek “restitution” for “victims” discriminated by education programs related to DEI.
Donald Trump, theGrio.com
November 15, 2024
Trump's vision for education revolves around a goal to rid America’s schools of perceived “ wokeness ” and “left-wing indoctrination.”
Affirmative Action, Supreme Court, race-based admissions, black student enrollment, black college enrollment, theGrio.com
November 13, 2024
Donald Trump’s promise to eliminate the Department of Education is being criticized as a potential whitewashing of the U.S. education…
Project 2025, Agenda47, theGrio.com
July 15, 2024
We read Project 2025 and compared it to Trump’s Agenda 47 to see what a second Trump administration has in…
June 17, 2024
Defunding the only state-approved Black history course exposes the endgame to the pro-white conservative agenda.