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Dylan’s detention by ICE agents has put a spotlight on the unique brand of public education offered by ELLIS Prep, his school, and others in New York City that serve new immigrants.
Penny Schwinn used to be the state schools chief in Tennessee, where some conservatives criticized her track record.
California offers more resources and support to undocumented students than many states. But even there, immigrant students are weighing safety and politics in their college plans.
Jeffco’s policy says that in most cases, transgender students should room with other students that share their gender identity. The district says its policy is grounded in state anti-discrimination law.
In a friend-of-the-court brief, city lawyers argued that arresting immigrants after court hearings would prevent them from using the court system.
In a new “habeas corpus” filing, the lawyers for Dylan, a Bronx high school student detained by ICE, demanded his immediate release.
El arresto —el primer caso conocido de detención por parte de ICE de un estudiante en curso de una escuela pública de Nueva York durante el segundo mandato de Trump— sacudió a la comunidad estrechamente unida de su high school en el Bronx.
Dylan’s arrest has sparked outrage among local elected officials. Torres is the first federal elected official to publicly intervene on his behalf.
Teenagers representing dozens of high schools made the case that pushing back on President Donald Trump’s administration is a matter of standing up for constitutional rights.
As several politicians called for the release of the Bronx student arrested by ICE, one voice was notably more muted: Mayor Eric Adams’.
The arrest, the first known ICE detention of a current New York City public school student in Trump’s second term, sent shockwaves through the student’s tight-knit Bronx high school.
The U.S. Supreme Court let stand an admissions policy that aimed to create a more diverse student body at an elite high school. But the Virginia attorney general said his office found evidence of anti-Asian American bias.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s plans to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and ordered the agency to bring back hundreds of employees it laid off earlier this year.
A state education official revealed that some districts are tapping virtual learning to support immigrant students frightened to attend school.
Supporters of the proposed tax credits are thrilled there’s a viable path for them to become federal law. Critics say they would harm public education.
One student described the scholarship that would help her become a teacher in her hometown as 'a dream come true.' Now that scholarship is gone amid $600 million in cuts to teacher training programs.
The new policy passed in a 3-2 vote.
One of Trump's recent executive orders called for federal agencies to target in-state college tuition programs for undocumented students. For now, Colorado’s program is expected to remain.
El presidente Donald Trump firmó una orden ejecutiva que incluía la orden de que las agencias federales sancionaran a los estados que aplican la matrícula estatal a estudiantes indocumentados. Veinticuatro estados cuentan con leyes similares.
Colorado stands to lose about $8 million in federal grant money and nearly 300 AmeriCorps members, many of whom work in schools or with youth.