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La Universidad de Harvard en Cambridge, Massachusetts, el 30 de septiembre del 2025. (AP foto/Charles Krupa)

‘Cruel, unnecessary, and irresponsible’: Advocacy group slams Trump’s plan to garnish wages of student loan borrowers in default

By Annie Ma and The Associated Press

Lackland Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Burnie Roper checks on a student while walking around the campus Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, in San Antonio.

‘The kids maybe are going home and not eating’: How the shutdown is starving Native American schools of federal support

By Annie Ma and The Associated Press

Students in classroom

High schoolers’ reading and math scores kept declining during COVID, with performance among seniors hitting its lowest point in over two decades

By Annie Ma and The Associated Press

Girls STEM

The progress that girls were making in STEM classes has gone into reverse since the pandemic

By Annie Ma, Sharon Lurye, and others

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White House orders huge review of Smithsonian to ‘assess tone, historical framing, and alignment with American ideals’

By Annie Ma and The Associated Press

Kiss

Trump’s Kennedy Center honors are decidedly different: Kiss, Sylvester Stallone and Gloria Gaynor make the cut

By Annie Ma, Hillel Italie, and others

FILE – Easterseals Head Start program teaching assistant Tania Ortiz helps a student practice writing his name, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

RFK Jr. says HHS will cut off Head Start preschool program for immigrants without legal status

By Annie Ma and The Associated Press

FILE – Jaelene, 9, works on a computer during a third grade English language arts class at Mount Vernon Community School, in Alexandria, Va., May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump administration withholds $6 billion for school programs to ensure money is ‘spent in accordance with the President’s priorities’

By Collin Binkley, Bianca Vázquez Toness, and others

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Marco Rubio says State Department will start to ‘aggressively’ revoke visas of some Chinese students

By Annie Ma, Collin Binkley, and others

Trump speaks at a presidential podium in the Oval Office

Marco Rubio says the State Department won’t schedule any new visa interviews for international students as Trump’s battles with American universities intensify

By Annie Ma and The Associated Press

Worried young woman working at home

The Education Department has a rude awakening for 5.3 million student loan borrowers: giving their info to debt collectors

By Annie Ma and The Associated Press

FILE – Students walk on the Stanford University campus, March 14, 2019, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Foreign college students are now losing their visas and being ordered to leave over misdemeanor crimes or traffic infractions

By Collin Binkley, Annie Ma, and others

A UPenn sign on a bridge

Trump is withholding $175 million in federal funds from the University of Pennsylvania because it allowed a transgender athlete to participate in its swimming program

By Zeke Miller, Annie Ma, and others

Protestors gather during a demonstration at the headquarters of the Department of Education, Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Education Department staff cuts could limit options for families of kids with disabilities

By Annie Ma and The Associated Press

Lindad McMahon in attendance at Trump's State of the Union address

Trump wants to shut down the Department of Education. Here’s how that might look

By Annie Ma, Collin Binkley, and others