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A school district in Minnesota posted a racially charged job listing seeking an administrator to help steer the district’s policy on race. The St. Louis Park Public School District recently posted a job listing for an Assistant Superintendent earning between $134,141 – $201,212. The position “Oversees the districtwide efforts related to student management/discipline” and “Participates in legislation and rulemaking at …

With hundreds of U.S. newspaper closings leaving legions with little access to local news, a college newspaper in Iowa has stepped up to buy two struggling weekly publications. The move by The Daily Iowan, a nonprofit student paper for the University of Iowa, is believed to be a first, though other universities are stepping up to fill America’s news void …

Billionaire Bill Gates has invested billions of dollars in education over the years, notably bolstering far-left ideas, including assertions that mathematics instruction is “White supremacy” and children are born sexual. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded a curriculum called “A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction,” which is run by The Education Trust-West. The organization listed the Gates Foundation under …

A 12-year-old suspect was arrested in Finland on Tuesday morning after a shooting at a primary school left one student dead and two other 12-year-olds wounded. Police responded to the shooting at Viertola Primary School in the city of Vantaa shortly after 7 a.m. local time, according to Sky News. The victims were transported to a hospital for medical treatment. …

A social club at Princeton University reportedly changed its visitors’ policy after an unnamed professor joined a student there for lunch. In an op-ed published in The Daily Princetonian, Princeton student Matthew Wilson argued that the school’s unique “eating club” system is at danger of becoming “ideological safe spaces” for students. “The eating clubs, like the University as a whole, …

Hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an exam will be done while the patient is unconscious, the federal government said Monday. New guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services now requires consent for breast, pelvic, prostate and rectal exams for …

FIRST ON FOX: The attorneys general of West Virginia and Indiana led a coalition of 16 states in sending a letter Tuesday to the Department of Education, warning that the agency’s recent guidance on work study funding may violate existing federal law. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita took aim at a “Dear Colleague” …

Seattle Public Schools is replacing its program for gifted students with a more “inclusive” and “equitable” program in an ongoing trend of states scrapping honors classes in the name of diversity. SPS began phasing out its Highly Capable Cohort (HCC) schools and classrooms for advanced learners in the 2021-22 school year, claiming the program did not address racial inequalities. Its …

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, is facing backlash after he blocked a GOP-led measure that would have prevented transgender students in the state from competing on school sports teams that do not align with their biological sex. Evers said the bill he vetoed “fails to comport with our Wisconsin values” in a letter Tuesday to state lawmakers. Assembly Bill …

A college student was found dead in a parking lot Sunday near the Frank J. Woods Bridge in Topsham, Maine, according to officials. Topsham Police said the victim was a 20-year-old woman from California who was attending Bowdoin College. Police did not release the woman’s name, but Bowdoin College President Safa Zaki released a statement identifying the student as Qingyang …