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- 1Trump administration gutted US education data collection●Trump administration gutted data collection on US education
The Guardian reports that the Trump administration has cut back federal data collection on US education, including national testing that tracks student math and reading scores. The rollback means fewer reliable statistics on how American students are performing, leaving educators, researchers and policymakers without key measures of achievement and school quality. Commenters are debating how severely the loss of data will hinder understanding of learning outcomes.
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A new exhibition in Tennessee examines the history of Black education and the Rosenwald Schools, the early 20th-century schools built across the segregated South with funding from philanthropist Julius Rosenwald in partnership with Black communities. The display highlights the role these institutions played in expanding educational opportunity for African American students in the state.