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Vermont’s Goddard College, a small school known for its progressive education, is closing after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles, the board of trustees announced. The decision to close at the end of the semester was heart-wrenching but unavoidable as the school, created in 1938, faces financial insolvency, the board said in a statement Tuesday. Goddard currently has 220 …

Families of three Colorado special needs children held a press conference Tuesday to draw attention to alleged abuse of their children by a school bus aide employed by Littleton Public Schools, and video of one incident has gone public. One of the accusations came from the parents of a 10-year-old, nonverbal autistic boy who can be seen on a video …

Six Louisiana Democrats bucked their party line by supporting universal school choice after a bill passed the state’s House chamber on Monday. “I know the political ramifications for me for voting for this bill,” Louisiana Democratic State Rep. Jason Hughes said on the House chamber floor before the bill passed by a supermajority 71-32 vote. Democrats have historically voted against …

Some Vanderbilt students will have $100,000 intotal expenses for the 2024-2025 school year.And the price tag without travel will be more than $90,000 for fourNewEngland universities starting this fall. More Generation Z workers are going into trades as disenchantment with the college track increases and rising pay in plumbing andwelding compete with a parallel generation of students graduating with degrees …

Improving access to child care and kids’ health care form the core elements of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s agenda in 2024, as the second-term Republican rolled out a slate of policy priorities focusing on children to state lawmakers Wednesday. DeWine, speaking in the House of Representatives’ chamber in the Statehouse, delivered his State of the State address to a joint …

University of Texas at Austin (UT) students blasted their school for complying with state law to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices on campuses. UT laid off dozens of employees who worked in their DEI programs to comply with a new state law, the university announced last week. The students wanted UT to defy state law in order to …

Contrary to headlines about low unemployment, the tech industry is experiencing a broad wave of layoffs, sending shock waves through the sector. The uptick is especially hurting IT professionals, who are accustomed to high salaries and job security, but they are experiencing some trouble due to their lack of training in the use and deployment of AI tools. While there …

FIRST ON FOX: A group of Jewish students filed a lawsuit against Cooper Union, a private college located in Manhattan, Tuesday over reportedly failing to protect students from an increase in cases of antisemitism following the outbreak of war in Israel last year, Fox News Digital has exclusively learned. “Cooper Union has failed to adequately protect not just our clients …

The Tennessee state legislature passed a bill, which is now headed to the governor’s desk, requiring public schools to teach “age-appropriate and grade-appropriate” gun safety courses to students starting next year. “We see this proposed legislation as a critical step in averting firearm related accidents while fostering greater awareness and responsibility among gun owners,” the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Chris Todd, …

Columbia has suspended several students over an anti-Israel event last month that featured a speaker “known to support terrorism,” the university president announced Friday. Columbia University President Minouche Shafik said in a statement that “a number of students have been suspended as the investigation continues” into a March 24 event that “took place at a campus residential facility” and “that …