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• Detroit Public Schools pay students up to $1K cash for showing up to class - Detroit Public Schools launched cash incentive program to combat 60.9% chronic absenteeism rate, paying students $100 weekly gift cards for perfect attendance during winter months.
• Cooper Union settles lawsuit with Jewish students and makes sweeping changes to protest policy - The Cooper Union settled an antisemitism lawsuit with Jewish students on Thursday, requiring the NYC college to ban masked protesters and pre-approve student fliers and posters.
• Catholic group asks SCOTUS to block California law against revealing students' gender identities to parents - A Catholic legal group asked the Supreme Court to block a California law preventing schools from notifying parents about transgender students' transgender identities.
• Universities slash 9,000+ positions in 2025 as Trump targets federal funding and foreign students: report - Higher education faces crisis as 9,000+ jobs lost in 2025, with Trump policies allegedly impacting university funding and international student enrollment.
• Trump admin cuts red tape as Iowa joins effort to return education to states - Education Secretary Linda McMahon approved Iowa's federal education waiver, allowing the state to redirect nearly $8 million from compliance costs to classrooms.
• Uvalde trial halted after key witness changes testimony - Uvalde shooting trial halted after key witness reportedly changes testimony about officer's location during 2022 attack that killed 21 at Robb Elementary.
• Chicago Catholic university offers courses on running cannabis dispensaries - DePaul University in Chicago offers cannabis dispensary management courses as marijuana businesses boom, with dispensaries growing across the country.
• Stanford writing program accused of prioritizing ideology over core skills: 'Nonsense' - Stanford University allegedly promotes writing courses featuring anti-ICE content and drag shows, sparking criticism from education watchdog groups.
• Chicago Teachers Union promotes Venezuela regime change protests organized by socialist groups - Chicago Teachers Union promotes Venezuela protest organized by socialist groups after Maduro's capture. Coalition demands end to aggression.
• University of Illinois hosted state-funded committee meeting where professors advocated for reparations - University of Illinois professors advocate for collective reparations at Illinois meeting, calling for community payments beyond individual compensation.