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Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships
By Joseph Gedeon in Washington

Harvard, Yale, Stanford and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security risk

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/pentagon-funding-colleges-harvard

#Trumpadministration #USeducation #USnews #Highereducation #China #HarvardUniversity #YaleUniversity #MITMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology #USpolitics #Education #TheGuardian #JosephGedeoninWashington

Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/pentagon-funding-colleges-harvard #TrumpAdministration #UsEducation #UsNews #HigherEducation #China #HarvardUniversity #YaleUniversity #MitMassachusettsInstituteOfTechnology #UsPolitics #Education

Schools across the US banned phones. Teens are demanding more offline support
By Claire Wang

More students are advocating for their own digital wellbeing and developing programs to thrive in tech-free learning environments

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/us-school-phone-bans

#USnews #USeducation #Smartphones #Mobilephones #Technology #California #NewYork #TheGuardian #ClaireWang

University of Michigan to switch to pass/fail grades for first-semester students
By Edward Helmore

School said it is pivoting away from letter-grading system to ‘curb the mental health crisis’ among college students

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/university-of-michigan-pass-fail-grading-system

#Michigan #USuniversities #Mentalhealth #USeducation #USnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

University of Michigan to switch to pass/fail grades for first-semester students https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/university-of-michigan-pass-fail-grading-system #Michigan #UsUniversities #MentalHealth #UsEducation #UsNews

An HBCU has banned durags and bonnets. That reinforces anti-Blackness | AD Carson
By AD Carson

Tuskegee University’s dress code is a marker of a harmful politics of respectability. In my academic career, it’s become all too familiar

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/11/tuskegee-university-bans-bonnets-durags

#USeducation #USnews #Education #Race #BlackUSculture #USuniversities #Rap #TheGuardian #ADCarson

An HBCU has banned durags and bonnets. That reinforces anti-Blackness | AD Carson https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/11/tuskegee-university-bans-bonnets-durags #UsEducation #UsNews #Education #Race #BlackUsCulture #UsUniversities #Rap

With their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America – they’re harming themselves | Jan-Werner Müller
By Jan-Werner Müller

The administration is subjugating science to political imperatives, a major blow to US soft power and technological progress

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/07/trump-scientific-research-universities

#Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #USnews #USeducation #Science #Education #USpolitics #USuniversities #TheGuardian #JanWernerMller

With their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America – they’re harming themselves | Jan-Werner Müller https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/07/trump-scientific-research-universities #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #UsNews #UsEducation #Science #Education #UsPolitics #UsUniversities

An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000
By Alice Speri

The University of Minnesota withdrew an offer from Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his hiring

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/aug/06/professor-israel-gaza-university-of-minnesota

#USuniversities #Israel #IsraelGazawar #Holocaust #Palestine #USnews #USeducation #Minnesota #UScampusprotests #Gaza #TheGuardian #AliceSperi

An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/aug/06/professor-israel-gaza-university-of-minnesota #UsUniversities #Israel #IsraelgazaWar #Holocaust #Palestine #UsNews #UsEducation #Minnesota #UsCampusProtests #Gaza

Trump’s university ‘compact’ is gone. That doesn’t mean the assault on education is over | Kenneth Roth
By Kenneth Roth

The administration’s proposed agreement met a scathing response. But universities must remain vigilant

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/trump-university-compact

#USuniversities #USeducation #Trumpadministration #BetsyDeVos #DonaldTrump #USnews #USpolitics #TheGuardian #KennethRoth

Teachers need help with AI. A union is offering training – with $23m in funding from big tech
By Lee V Gaines

Partnership between American Federation of Teachers, one of the largest labor unions in the US, and AI firms has stirred controversy

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/05/teachers-unions-ai-training

#Schools #AIartificialintelligence #USeducation #Education #Technology #TheGuardian #LeeVGaines

Trump’s university ‘compact’ is gone. That doesn’t mean the assault on education is over | Kenneth Roth https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/trump-university-compact #UsUniversities #UsEducation #TrumpAdministration #BetsyDevos #DonaldTrump #UsNews #UsPolitics

If you think kids will respect a robot teacher, you have never met a kid | Dave Schilling https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/new-york-salamanca-school-robot-teacher-plan #Robots #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #UsEducation #Education #NewYork #UsNews

If you think kids will respect a robot teacher, you have never met a kid | Dave Schilling
By Dave Schilling

A New York school district has paused plans to bring an android into the classroom. Is this our educational future?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/new-york-salamanca-school-robot-teacher-plan

#Robots #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #USeducation #Education #NewYork #USnews #TheGuardian #DaveSchilling

Squishies and ‘a fuzzy book’: 21 things tweens want for back-to-school season, according to tweens
By Lauren Gould

We asked tweens what is on their school wish list this year – including squishy toys, roller skate shoes and water bottles

https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/jul/31/tweens-back-to-school-supplies

#Backtoschool #Lifeandstyle #Schools #USeducation #Shopping #Family #Parentsandparenting #Education #TheGuardian #LaurenGould

College Republicans are fighting and the far right is benefiting: ‘It looks very childish’
By J Oliver Conroy

Tensions in the national party are trickling down to US college campuses, where a newer student group is rapidly outflanking longstanding moderate rivals

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/30/far-right-college-republicans-america-cra

#Republicans #Universities #USnews #Thefarright #Highereducation #Education #USeducation #TheGuardian #JOliverConroy

College Republicans are fighting and the far right is benefiting: ‘It looks very childish’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/30/far-right-college-republicans-america-cra #Republicans #Universities #UsNews #TheFarRight #HigherEducation #Education #UsEducation

Two people accuse Epstein of sexual conduct at Michigan fine arts school https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/jeffrey-epstein-interlochen-center-arts-michigan #JeffreyEpstein #GhislaineMaxwell #Michigan #UsNews #UsEducation

Two people accuse Epstein of sexual conduct at Michigan fine arts school
By Associated Press

Report on Interlochen Center for the Arts details sexual allegations against 47 faculty and staff members since 1950s

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/jeffrey-epstein-interlochen-center-arts-michigan

#JeffreyEpstein #GhislaineMaxwell #Michigan #USnews #USeducation #TheGuardian #AssociatedPress

Howard University disenrolled over 500 students. Black college hopefuls seem to be losing ground on all sides | Saida Grundy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/howard-university-hbcus-black-education #UsUniversities #UsNews #RaceInEducation #UsEducation #BlackUsCulture #Race #WashingtonDc #UsStudentFinance

Howard University disenrolled over 500 students. Black college hopefuls seem to be losing ground on all sides | Saida Grundy
By Saida Grundy

HBCUs offer more than higher education – they provide a safe haven for Black students and an investment in their wellbeing

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/howard-university-hbcus-black-education

#USuniversities #USnews #Raceineducation #USeducation #BlackUSculture #Race #WashingtonDC #USstudentfinance #TheGuardian #SaidaGrundy

US schools are struggling to keep the yellow bus running amid shortages and cuts
By Guardian Staff

Districts are reducing routes and exploring new ways to get students to class as transportation costs climb

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/us-school-bus-cuts

#USnews #USeducation #Arizona #Connecticut #Florida #Idaho #NewJersey #NewYork #Ohio #Oregon #Virginia #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

US schools are struggling to keep the yellow bus running amid shortages and cuts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/us-school-bus-cuts #UsNews #UsEducation #Arizona #Connecticut #Florida #Idaho #NewJersey #NewYork #Ohio #Oregon #Virginia

Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/28/school-shootings-pepper-spray-drones #UsEducation #UsNews #UsGunControl #Texas #Colorado #Florida

Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings
By Maya Yang

Company supplying drones said Ukraine-war inspired effort, where technique was effective in face of Russian attack

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/28/school-shootings-pepper-spray-drones

#USeducation #USnews #USguncontrol #Texas #Colorado #Florida #TheGuardian #MayaYang

New York school district halts plan to use humanoid robot amid backlash
By Maya Yang in New York

Salamanca City Central says it is pausing project with Realbotix as it addresses concerns including data privacy

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/new-york-school-humanoid-robot-plan-paused

#NewYork #USeducation #Robots #USnews #Education #Technology #TheGuardian #MayaYanginNewYork

New York school district halts plan to use humanoid robot amid backlash https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/new-york-school-humanoid-robot-plan-paused #NewYork #UsEducation #Robots #UsNews #Education #Technology

Educators know. Education administrators are being told to shove this into classrooms because it makes business processes more efficient or because politicians want kickbacks from setting up the sales.

We've stepped education back half a century for a generation.

Schools across America are quietly admitting that screens in classrooms made students worse off and are reversing years of tech-first policies
https://fortune.com/article/schools-abandoning-chromebooks-laptop-programs-as-screen-time-hurts-learning-test-scores-north-carolina-michigan-kansas-tech-education/

#education #k12education #edtech #useducation