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  • Students in classroomPolitics

    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 STEMSuccess

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

    By Annie Ma, Sharon Lurye, and others
  • SmithsonianPolitics

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

    By Annie Ma and The Associated Press
  • KissPolitics

    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)Politics

    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)Politics

    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)Politics

    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 OfficePolitics

    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 homePolitics

    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)Politics

    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 bridgePolitics

    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)Politics

    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 addressPolitics

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

    By Annie Ma, Collin Binkley, and others
  • DarNisha Hardaway poses with her son JosephPolitics

    Her 12-year-old son has autism and epilepsy and was kicked out of class. Now she waits for answers with the Education Department in limbo

    By Heather Hollingsworth, Collin Binkley, and others
  • FILE – UCLA faculty and staff members hold up signs during a news conference at UCLA in Los Angeles, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)Politics

    New American college protest rules are getting big pushback from professors claiming threat to free speech

    By Annie Ma and The Associated Press