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McMahon, Sanders Announce Education Authority Shift
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon joins Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Arkansas Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva for a press conference at 3:35 p.m. ET on July 7 to announce an initiative called “Returning Education to the States.”
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Legal Insurrection
· Jul 6, 2026
NCAA President: Org’s National Standard on Males in Female Sports Usurps State Laws
Except the NCAA's policy language isn't clearcut... The post NCAA President: Org’s National Standard on Males in Female Sports Usurps State Laws first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
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· Jul 5, 2026
No Policy Shift: NCAA Boss Reacts to New SCOTUS Ruling on Transgender Athletes
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San Antonio Current
· Jun 26, 2026
San Antonio member of State Board of Education says new curriculum proposal offers dishonest view of history
A Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) member representing San Antonio is raising the alarm about statewide curriculum changes that could require Texas students to learn Bible verses in class and receive a whitewashed version of U.S. history. The Republican-led SBOE opted Thursday evening to allow final votes on a rewrite of Texas’ kindergarten through [] The post San Antonio member of State Board of Education says new curriculum proposal offers dishonest view of history appeared first on San Antonio Current.
The Daily Beast
· Jul 7, 2026
Trump Goon Hit With Bombshell Probe Over Billion-Dollar Deal
Kylie Cooper/ReutersCommerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been accused of a potential ethics violation over a major rare earth minerals deal announced by the U.S. government that has links to his family-run financial firm.A group of Democrats has written a letter, seen by the Wall Street Journal, to Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman Brandon Lutnick, the commerce secretary’s son, expressing concerns about a 1.6 billion investment the Trump administration announced in January with minerals company USA Rare Earth.Cantor Fitzgerald was headed by the commerce secretary from 1996 to 2025 before he handed the reins over to his children. Brandon and Kyle Lutnick were named chairman and executive vice chairman of the firm in May 2025.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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John Thompson: The Absurd Attacks on Randi After She Criticized Tech in the Classroom
John Thompson, historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma, thought that AFT President Randi Weingarten’s recent speech on the dangers of technology in the classroom was balanced and thoughtful. Yet the Trump administration attacker for raising valid questions. Trump and McMahon have such a knee-jerk aversion to unions, especially the teachers’ unions, that they had to []
The Daily Signal
· Jun 29, 2026
Oregon Has Civil Rights Problems in Education. This Congresswoman Is Trying to Distract Voters.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is downsizing an ineffective government bureaucracy, so, naturally, progressive lawmakers are howling. The latest theatrics come from Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., who introduced articles of impeachment against McMahon last week. Bonamici’s attempt is baseless—McMahon has continued to fulfill the law while downsizing the U.S. Department of Education—which raises the question of...
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