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							<title><![CDATA[Children Fall Further Behind in Reading, Make Little Improvement in Math on National Exam]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/01/31/children_fall_further_behind_in_reading_make_little_improvement_in_math_on_national_exam_152292.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s children have continued to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' lose ground'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' reading skills'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest results of an exam known as the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s report card.
The findings are yet...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Picks Connecticut Schools Chief as Education Secretary]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/12/23/biden_picks_connecticut_schools_chief_as_education_secretary_144913.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Miguel Cardona, Connecticut'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s education chief and a lifelong champion of public schools, to serve as education secretary.
The selection delivers on Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s promise to nominate someone with experience working in public education and would...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Pushes State, Local Leaders to Reopen Schools in Fall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/08/trump_pushes_state_local_leaders_to_reopen_schools_in_fall_143657.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(AP) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen schools this fall, arguing that some are keeping schools closed not because of the risks from the coronavirus pandemic but for political reasons.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'They think it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Urges States to Consider Opening Schools Before Summer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/28/trump_urges_states_to_consider_opening_schools_before_summer_143059.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(AP) -- President Donald Trump says states should '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'seriously consider'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' reopening their public schools before the end of the academic year, even though dozens already have said it would be unsafe for students to return until the summer or fall.
Trump made the comments Monday in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Signs Bill Restoring Funding for Black Colleges]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/12/20/trump_signs_bill_restoring_funding_for_black_colleges_142013.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bipartisan bill that will permanently provide more than $250 million a year to the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s historically black colleges and universities, along with dozens of other institutions that serve large shares of minority students.
In...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Reviewing Foreign Money to U.S. Colleges]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/14/trump_administration_reviewing_foreign_money_to_us_colleges_140569.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Education Department has opened investigations into foreign funding at Georgetown University and Texas A&amp;M University as part of a broader push to monitor international money flowing to American colleges.
Both universities are being ordered to disclose years of financial records...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Says Special Olympics Funding to Be Restored, Not Cut]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/29/trump_says_special_olympics_funding_to_be_restored_not_cut_139902.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump says he is backing off his budget request to eliminate funding for the Special Olympics, reversing course on a proposal that was unlikely to be approved by Congress after days of bipartisan criticism.
Speaking to reporters Thursday as he left...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Education Department Investigating College Bribery Scheme]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/27/us_education_department_investigating_college_bribery_scheme_139870.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eight universities embroiled in a massive college admission cheating scheme are now being investigated by the U.S. Education Department.
Letters sent to the schools Monday and obtained by The Associated Press say the department is conducting a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'preliminary investigation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Orders Colleges to Back Free Speech or Lose Funding]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/22/trump_orders_colleges_to_back_free_speech_or_lose_funding_139833.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday requiring U.S. colleges to protect free speech on their campuses or risk losing federal research funding.
The new order directs federal agencies to ensure that any college or university receiving research grants agrees to promote...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Proposed Order on Campus Speech Follows Wave of Complaints]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/05/proposed_order_on_campus_speech_follows_wave_of_complaints_139656.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s proposed executive order to protect free speech on college campuses follows a growing chorus of complaints from conservatives that the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s universities are attempting to silence their voices when they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re heckled,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeVos Proposes Federal Tax Credits to Advance School Choice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/02/28/devos_proposes_federal_tax_credits_to_advance_school_choice_139614.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(AP) -- The Trump administration renewed its push for school choice on Thursday with a proposal to provide $5 billion a year in federal tax credits for donations made to groups offering scholarships for private schools, apprenticeships and other educational programs.
Education Secretary...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Officials Cancel Obama-Era Policy on School Discipline]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/22/trump_officials_cancel_obama-era_policy_on_school_discipline_139003.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has formally scrapped an Obama-era policy that was meant to curb racial discrimination in schools but that became tangled in a national debate over school safety.
Officials from the Education and Justice departments finalized the rollback Friday, just days after...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeVos Proposes Overhaul to Campus Sexual Misconduct Rules]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/11/17/devos_proposes_overhaul_to_campus_sexual_misconduct_rules_138686.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(AP) -- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday proposed a major'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' overhaul'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to the way colleges and universities handle sexual misconduct complaints, adding protections for students accused of assault and harassment and narrowing which cases schools would be required to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Justice Department Backs Asian-Americans in Harvard Case]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/08/31/justice_department_backs_asian-americans_in_harvard_case_137956.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Collin Binkley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' In its latest push to end the use of race in college admissions, the Trump administration on Thursday accused Harvard University of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'engaging in outright racial balancing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and sided with Asian-American students who allege the Ivy League school...]]></description>
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