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The Trump administration and many state governments are accelerating attacks on academic freedom, shared governance, and higher education as a public good. 0.950

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Simplified: Trump administration and state governments are accelerating attacks on academic freedom shared governance and higher education as public good

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4 months ago
Court rulings and Trump's policies have reversed some changes that former President Joe Biden attempted to make to lower borrowing costs and forgive some debts. 0.950

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Simplified: Court rulings and Trump's policies have reversed some changes that former President Joe Biden attempted to make to lower borrowing costs and forgive s...

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4 months ago
Republicans have historically pushed against centralising education policy, believing that it is best left up to individual states and localities. 0.950

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Simplified: Republicans have historically pushed against centralizing education policy believing that it is best left up to individual states and localities

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4 months ago
During Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign, he pushed for it to be dismantled. 0.950

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Simplified: During Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign he pushed for it to be dismantled

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4 months ago
Trump's allies also want to expand school choice, which would allow students and families to use public money to select private or religious alternatives to public schools. 0.950

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Simplified: Trump's allies also want to expand school choice which would allow students and families to use public money to select private or religious alternativ...

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4 months ago
Trump has moved to shrink other government departments in recent months, despite questions about the legality of those moves. 0.950

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Simplified: Trump has moved to shrink other government departments in recent months despite questions about the legality of those moves

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4 months ago
Trump's executive order directs Secretary McMahon to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure" of the agency and transfer authority to state and local governments. 0.950

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Simplified: Trump's executive order directs Secretary McMahon to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the agency and transfer authority to state...

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4 months ago
A vote last year to abolish th department - which was attached as an amendment to another bill - failed to pass as 60 Republicans joined all Democrats in the House to oppose it. 0.950

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Simplified: A vote last year to abolish the department failed to pass as 60 Republicans joined all Democrats in the House to oppose it

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4 months ago
Not only would Trump need congressional approval to get rid of the department, but he would also probably need a supermajority in the US Senate - 60 out of 100 senators. 0.950

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Simplified: Trump would need congressional approval to get rid of the department and probably need a supermajority in the US Senate 60 out of 100 senators

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4 months ago
Even in the House of Representatives, Trump might struggle to gain necessary support. 0.950

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Simplified: Trump might struggle to gain necessary support in the House of Representatives

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4 months ago
He announced plans in the spring to move student loans from the education department to the small business administration, but was almost immediately blocked by a judge's order 0.950

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Simplified: Trump announced plans in the spring to move student loans from the education department to the small business administration but was almost immediatel...

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4 months ago
A complete shuttering would most likely have to involve Congress, and so Trump's approach has been to dramatically shrink its reach and capacity. 0.950

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Simplified: A complete shuttering would most likely have to involve Congress so Trump's approach has been to dramatically shrink its reach and capacity

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4 months ago
Conservatives, though, have long sought to eliminate the department, almost from the moment it was established in 1979. 0.950

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Simplified: Conservatives have long sought to eliminate the department almost from the moment it was established in 1979

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4 months ago
On social media, Trump called the ruling a "major victory" for both parents and students that would pave the way to carrying out his executive order, saying Education Secretary Linda McCmahon could no... 0.950

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Simplified: Trump called the ruling a major victory for parents and students that would pave the way to carrying out his executive order

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4 months ago
Trump and his allies have accused the department of indoctrinating young people with racial, sexual and political ideologies. 0.950

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Simplified: Trump and his allies have accused the department of indoctrinating young people with racial sexual and political ideologies

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4 months ago
In the opening days of his second term he signed an executive order to begin taking apart the agency that administers student loans for thousands of borrowsers, runs programmes to help low-income chil... 0.950

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Simplified: Trump signed an executive order to begin taking apart the agency that administers student loans runs programs to help low-income children and oversees...

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4 months ago
They both handle a mix of stories that includes politics and also instruction, test scores and curriculum. 0.950

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Simplified: They both handle a mix of stories including politics instruction test scores and curriculum

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4 months ago
The domestic policy bill Republicans passed this month includes a national school voucher program. 0.900

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Simplified: Republicans' domestic policy bill includes a national school voucher program

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4 months ago
Democrats have traditionally been the party of more funding for public schools, higher pay for teachers. 0.900

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Simplified: Democrats have traditionally been the party of more funding for public schools and higher pay for teachers

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4 months ago
The program does have an opt-out for states, so some liberal states may choose not to participate, which is a win for teachers’ unions and for many mainstream Democrats who have long resisted private... 0.850

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Simplified: The program has an opt-out for states

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4 months ago