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LuAnn Oliver’s son demonstrates how he uses an iPad for his classes during a meeting where a group of school parents discussed ways to push back against screen time at the children’s school, Saturday, May 9, 2026 in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

America’s schools face a backlash on digital devices as screens saturate classrooms

May 26, 2026 at 8:45 a.m.

After pouring billions of dollars into laptops, tablets and learning apps, many schools are facing a digital reckoning. Classrooms have become saturated with screens, and a growing number of parents,...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth leaves an oath of enlistment ceremony, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, held on the base of the Washington Monument in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Pentagon says it’s cutting ties with ‘woke’ Harvard, discontinuing military training, fellowships

February 6, 2026 at 7:39 p.m.

The Pentagon said Friday it is cutting ties with Harvard University, ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with the Ivy League institution.

FILE – Pedestrians cross University Ave on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz., July 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Justice Dept. declines to defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional

August 22, 2025 at 5:54 p.m.

The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for colleges with large numbers of Hispanic students that is being challenged in court, declaring the government...

Vladyslav Plyaka poses for a photo at Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

President Donald Trump promised to welcome more foreign students. Now, they feel targeted on all fronts

June 5, 2025 at 8:32 a.m.

To attract the brightest minds to America, President Donald Trump proposed a novel idea while campaigning: If elected, he would grant green cards to all foreign students who graduate from...

FILE – A sculler rows down the Charles River near Harvard University, at rear, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Sanction on Harvard’s foreign students strikes at the heart of the university’s global allure

May 23, 2025 at 1:51 p.m.

In its intensifying fight with the White House, Harvard was dealt its heaviest blow yet on Thursday, when the government blocked the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students. The...

Americans are divided over DEI programs on college campuses, an AP-NORC poll finds

May 15, 2025 at 8:35 a.m.

As President Donald Trump seeks to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices on college campuses, a new poll suggests that while the concept of DEI is divisive, some of the...

FILE – People walk between buildings, Dec. 17, 2024, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s treatment of colleges, a new AP-NORC poll finds

May 9, 2025 at 7:19 a.m.

A majority of U.S. adults disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of issues related to colleges and universities, according to a new poll, as his administration ramps up threats to...

Students and faculty rally at the University of California, Berkeley campus to protest the Trump administration Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Facing anti-DEI investigations, colleges cut ties with nonprofit targeted by conservatives

March 21, 2025 at 10:21 a.m.

The U.S. Education Department last week said it was investigating dozens of universities for alleged racial discrimination, citing ties to the nonprofit organization. That followed a warning a month earlier...

FILE – President Donald Trump throws pens used to sign executive orders to the crowd during an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

As President Donald Trump’s deadline to eliminate DEI nears, few schools openly rush to make changes

February 27, 2025 at 8:31 a.m.

Schools and colleges across the U.S. face a Friday deadline to end diversity programs or risk having their federal money pulled by the Trump administration, yet few are openly rushing...

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump walks from the podium after speaking at a campaign rally at Lee’s Family Forum, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They’re flooding crisis hotlines

November 13, 2024 at 8:09 a.m.

Transgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign. Many teens worry about how...

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