July 27, 2025

education

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Trump lifts freeze on education funds; $25M in Monterey County

President Trump takes US out of UNESCO for the second time President Donald Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the culture and education agency UNESCO. The Trump administration announced on Friday it will return more than $5 billion in funding that it previously withheld from the nation’s K-12 public schools for over a month. In

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Colorado to receive $67M in frozen education funding

The Trump administration will release about $67 million to Colorado’s K-12 school districts after freezing the money for nearly a month, a move that comes just weeks before the 2025-26 academic year begins. The funding freeze was set to upend the upcoming school year as districts had already budgeted the federal money and hired employees.

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Trump administration to unfreeze $118M in Tennessee education funds

Senators grill Education Secretary Linda McMahon over proposed cuts Education Secretary Linda McMahon testified to Congress over proposed budget cuts. After a monthlong delay, more than $118 million in federal K-12 funds will be released to Tennessee. The Trump administration missed a deadline to allocate $6.2 billion in funds nationwide, saying it was due to

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Loans

New caps on federal student loans worry aspiring doctors

Twenty-year-old Eric Mun didn’t want to believe it: Only one kid in the family could make it to medical school — and it wasn’t going to be him. Mun had done everything right. He graduated high school with honors, earned a scholarship at Northwestern University and breezed through his biology courses. He immigrated to Alabama

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Schuylkill school programs continue despite halt to federal funds – Pottsville Republican Herald

As the new academic year draws closer, Schuylkill County school districts are working to continue educational programs being threatened by the ongoing delay in federal funding. The U.S. Department of Education announced on June 30 that it would withhold distributing more than $6 billion for school programs, money that had already been approved by Congress

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Colorado school districts wait for millions in missing funds, plan contingencies for next school year

Some Colorado school districts are planning to dip into reserves to pay staff and keep programs going next school year while others are in a holding pattern weeks before school opens, waiting to see if the federal government will release millions of dollars in frozen federal funds. The Trump administration was expected to release nearly

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Trump administration restores funds for after-school programs, other K-12 funds still frozen

The U.S. Department of Education is expected to release some of the federal funds for public schools today that were previously frozen nationwide. On July 1, the Department withheld about $6.8 billion in federal funds to schools nationwide for review – with $165 million dollars in funding to North Carolina – citing the need to

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Finance

Lime Consumer Finance enters Egypt’s fintech market with education-focused app

Egypt – Lime Consumer Finance, Egypt’s largest dedicated platform for education financing and a wholly owned subsidiary of First Abu Dhabi Bank Group in the UAE, has officially launched into Egypt’s fintech ecosystem. With education as its strategic entry point, Lime aims to address a vital need for families seeking affordable and flexible payment options.

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Trump administration to release after-school funds but but billions for education still frozen

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. By Kalyn Belsha, Chalkbeat Federal funds for before- and after-school programs that were frozen for weeks will start flowing to states, a senior official with the Office of Management and Budget confirmed Friday. The budget office has finished reviewing the 21st

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Community raises funds for Xavier Mendoza, Watsonville High student hospitalized for brain tumor – Santa Cruz Sentinel

WATSONVILLE — A fundraiser to support a Watsonville High School student-athlete, who was been in the intensive care unit since being hospitalized for a brain bleed June 30, has exceeded its initial goal of raising $20,000 to assist his family with medical costs and lost wages. Xavier Mendoza, a sophomore known to those close to

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