education

‘Playing dog whistles’: Raja Krishnamoorthi slams US education dept after Bo French’s South Asian student post

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‘Playing dog whistles’: Raja Krishnamoorthi slams US education dept after Bo French’s South Asian student post

Raja Krishnamoorthi has criticised the US Department of Education over its “Make college football great again” post. Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthy has criticised the US Department of Education over its “Make college football great again” post, saying it came days after Republican Texas Railroad Commission candidate Bo French faced backlash for comments about South Asian … Read more

A self-made billionaire couple gave San Francisco State University $25 million in XRP, one of the largest crypto donations to US higher education

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A self-made billionaire couple gave San Francisco State University $25 million in XRP, one of the largest crypto donations to US higher education

PC: San Francisco State University A self-made billionaire couple gave San Francisco State University a $25 million gift, with a large portion of the donation made in XRP, making it one of the biggest cryptocurrency contributions to US higher education at the time. Chris Larsen, an SF State alumnus, and his wife Lyna Lam donated … Read more

Laurene Powell Jobs left Wall Street and moved to Florence for eight months, then built a multibillion-dollar empire funding education, climate and social change

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Laurene Powell Jobs left Wall Street and moved to Florence for eight months, then built a multibillion-dollar empire funding education, climate and social change

Laurene Powell Jobs took an unconventional route from Wall Street to becoming one of the most influential philanthropists and investors in the United States. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985, she spent a year at Merrill Lynch and two years at Goldman Sachs before leaving finance and moving to Florence, Italy, where … Read more

Port Houston donates $500,000 to 32 nonprofits, supporting workforce training, STEM education and community projects

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Port Houston donates $500,000 to 32 nonprofits, supporting workforce training, STEM education and community projects

Port Houston has awarded $500,000 in Community Grants to 32 organisations serving communities across the Houston Ship Channel region. The funding will support programmes ranging from workforce training and STEM education to healthcare access, food assistance, environmental projects and neighbourhood improvements. According to Port Houston press release distributed via Business Wire, the latest grant cycle … Read more

US education department tells schools to stop ‘racial balancing’ in student discipline policies

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US education department tells schools to stop ‘racial balancing’ in student discipline policies

Schools cannot alter discipline rules to cut racial gaps, US Education Dept warns in new guidance. The US Education Department has told schools they cannot change student discipline policies solely to reduce racial disparities, arguing that doing so could amount to unlawful discrimination.The guidance, issued by the department’s Office for Civil Rights, comes as federal … Read more

In 1964, Elizabeth Hird and her husband bought Connecticut’s Outer Island; in 1995 she donated it in his memory so it could remain protected for wildlife, research and education

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In 1964, Elizabeth Hird and her husband bought Connecticut's Outer Island; in 1995 she donated it in his memory so it could remain protected for wildlife, research and education

Connecticut’s Outer Island (Image Credit: outerisland.org) In 1964, Elizabeth Hird and her husband, Basil Rauch, purchased Outer Island as a summer retreat in Connecticut’s Thimble Islands. More than three decades later, Hird made a decision that transformed the island’s future: in 1995, she donated it to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in memory of … Read more