Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

professor of history at the New School; author of “Classroom Wars: Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern Political Culture”

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With cuts to Ivy League and other schools, President Trump tries to reshape higher education. Schools are falling in line, but some professors are fighting back.

Trump’s war on universities

With cuts to Ivy League and other schools, President Trump tries to reshape higher education. Schools are falling in line, but some professors are fighting back.

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U.S. school kids lost two decades of reading and math progress, largely because of COVID-induced remote classes, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

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