| | | | | |  | | By Bianca Quilantan | With help from Anita Kumar Programming announcement: Our newsletters are evolving. Morning Education will continue to publish daily for POLITICO Pro subscribers, but starting on July 13th will consolidate to a weekly newsletter for all others. There will be no changes to the policy newsletters available to POLITICO Pro subscribers. To continue to receive Morning Education daily, as well as access POLITICO Pro's full suite of policy tools and trackers, get in touch about a Pro subscription. Already a Pro subscriber? Learn more here. | | | — The NCAA and Mississippi's public universities took a stand against the state for its flag that features the Confederate battle flag. The state won't be able to host championships and could lose out on millions of dollars if it chooses to keep its flag as-is. — The Trump administration could further extend restrictions on foreign workers this week as the president's executive order from April expires today, but it looks like students won't be included in the announcement. — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos did not rule out a second term if President Donald Trump is reelected, took a shot at presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's remarks on her new Title IX rule, and talked about working from home in Michigan. Here are the top comments from her interview with the Washington Examiner's Eddie Scarry. IT'S MONDAY, JUNE 22. WELCOME TO MORNING EDUCATION. WHAT DOES LAST WEEK'S SUPREME COURT DACA DECISION MEAN FOR YOU? Ping me at bquilantan@politico.com with your answer. Send tips to your host or to my colleagues, Juan Perez Jr. at jperez@politico.com, Michael Stratford at mstratford@politico.com and Nicole Gaudiano at ngaudiano@politico.com. Share event listings: educalendar@politicopro.com. And follow us on Twitter: @Morning_Edu and @POLITICOPro. | | | | Get the free POLITICO news app for the critical updates you need. Breaking news, analysis, videos, and podcasts, right at your fingertips. Download for iOS and Android. | | | | | | NCAA, PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES PRESSURE MISSISSIPPI TO DUMP ITS FLAG: The NCAA, in a statement on Friday , announced that its Board of Governors expanded the association's Confederate flag policy to "prevent any NCAA championship events from being played in states where the symbol has a prominent presence." The only state the policy affects is Mississippi, which features a Confederate battle flag in the upper left corner. — The policy, enacted in 2001, previously barred awarding states that displayed the Confederate flag from being able to host predetermined championship sites. The NCAA hosts 90 championships in 24 sports every year. — "There is no place in college athletics or the world for symbols or acts of discrimination and oppression," said Michael V. Drake, board chair and president of The Ohio State University. "We must continually evaluate ways to protect and enhance the championship experience for college athletes. Expanding the Confederate flag policy to all championships is an important step by the NCAA to further provide a quality experience for all participants and fans." — If Mississippi keeps its flag, it could potentially forego millions of dollars in economic impact that NCAA postseason events bring to the state, said the leaders of Mississippi's eight public universities in a statement. The universities sided with the NCAA and urged the state to get a new flag. They said they decided to lower the flag on their campuses years ago because it's "divisive." — "We are looking forward to a time when our state flag represents the full and rich diversity of Mississippi, a diversity that is reflected in our student-athletes, our student bodies, and the friends and fans of our athletics teams," the university presidents wrote. "We look forward to a time when Mississippi's state flag unites Mississippians, rather than divides us." | | | | BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE - A DIFFERENT KIND OF NEWSLETTER : Are you interested in creating a sustainable future for generations to come? Our sustainability newsletter, "The Long Game," is designed for executives, investors and policymakers who lead crucial conversations about how society can continue to thrive. Join the sharpest minds for a discussion about the most significant challenges from pandemics to plastics, climate change to land use, inequality and the future of work. Winners play the long game, subscribe today. | | | | | | | | HOUSE EDUCATION PANEL TO DISCUSS INEQUITIES, COVID-19 TODAY: The House Education and Labor Committee today will hold a hearing on "Inequities Exposed: How COVID-19 Widened Racial Inequities in Education, Health, and the Workforce." It starts at noon and can be watched via Webex. — Members will hear from: Camara P. Jones, adjunct professor at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University; Valerie Rawlston Wilson, director of the Economic Policy Institute's program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy; Avik Roy, president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity; and John B. King Jr., president of The Education Trust and former Education secretary under President Barack Obama. — On the education front: Lawmakers are expected to look at how the pandemic has exacerbated inequities and is disproportionately affecting communities of color in early childhood education, K-12 and higher education. DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CAUCUS HOSTS TITLE IX ROUNDTABLE: Co-Chairs Jackie Speier (Calif.), Lois Frankel (Fla.) and Brenda Lawrence (Mich.) and Vice Chairs Veronica Escobar (Texas) and Deb Haaland (N.M.) will host a virtual roundtable on DeVos' final Title IX rule. It will be livestreamed today from 2 to 4 p.m. — The caucus argues the rule "guts protections for student survivors of sexual violence" and invited panelists include : Chanel Miller, author of "Know My Name"; Amanda Thomashow, executive director of Survivor Strong and the first survivor to bring a Title IX complaint against serial predator and former Michigan State University college physician Larry Nassar; Sage Carson, manager at Know Your IX; Shiwali Patel, director of Justice for Student Survivors at the National Women's Law Center; and Suzanne Taylor, systemwide Title IX director at the University of California. | | | TRUMP SAYS FURTHER VISA RESTRICTIONS COMING, STUDENTS NOT EXPECTED TO BE INCLUDED: Trump is expected to expand an April executive order that puts restrictions on foreign workers and extend it through the end of the year. The order, which is set to expire today, was enacted because of the coronavirus, the Trump administration has said. Agricultural workers and students are not expected to be included. — "We're going to be announcing something tomorrow or the next day on the visas," Trump told Fox News on Saturday. "You need them for big businesses where they have certain people that have been coming in for a long time, but very little exclusion and they're pretty tight." — Education groups have been lobbying to make sure that the Optional Practical Training program and international student visas are safe from the restrictions. More from POLITICO's Anita Kumar. | | | DEVOS TALKS TITLE IX, BIDEN AND A SECOND TERM: While DeVos hasn't committed to serving a second term, she told Scarry that's she unsure of what's next and could see a run for office in her future. "I never sought this office and never thought about being in a federal role," she said. "So, I never say never to something." Here are some more top takes: — DeVos is working remotely from her home in Grand Rapids, Mich. She acknowledged that her new Title IX rule could be the issue that defines her legacy, though she didn't expect that when she first stepped into the role. — DeVos called Biden a "total hypocrite" for vowing to end her Title IX rule even though he faces sexual assault allegations. Biden has denied them, and his campaign did not respond to a request for comment. — Scarry also mentioned Biden's position during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and described it as a shift in stance on the presumption of innocence for those accused of sexual misconduct. — "I mean, he was asking for what the rule has actually guaranteed for everyone, the presumption of innocence, at a time when he wanted something totally different for a 19- or 20-year-old college student. So, it's a total hypocritical position for him to take, and I was, frankly, disgusted." 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REGISTER HERE. | | | | | | | | — A National Institute for Early Education Research report, "Access to High-Quality Early Education and Racial Equity," found that by the time they enter kindergarten, Black children are on average nearly nine months behind in math and almost seven months behind in reading compared with their white non-Hispanic peers. — An analysis from the Institute of Education Sciences, "How States and Districts Support Evidence Use in School Improvement," provides a snapshot of how states promote evidence-based strategies in their lowest-performing schools, and how districts operating these schools choose improvement practices. Findings are based on national surveys administered in 2018 as part of its study on the implementation of ESSA. | | | — Peter Hans was elected to be the next president of the University of North Carolina System, taking the helm on Aug. 1. Hans currently serves as president of the North Carolina Community College System and has held the role since May 1, 2018. — Hala Al-Tinawi was appointed by Gov. Ralph Northam to be executive assistant to the Virginia secretary of education, and Tori Noles was appointed to be a policy adviser to the secretary of education. — The Center for Education Reform, Freedom Coalition for Charter Schools, Children's Scholarship Fund and National Alliance for Public Charter Schools launched "With Justice for All," a YouTube contest for students to submit videos about their education experience during the coronavirus pandemic. | | | — With no students, small college town worries over future: The Associated Press — Amid rising interest from students, HBCUs must face pandemic's toll: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — What Covid-19 computer models are telling colleges about the fall: The Chronicle of Higher Education — Opinion: Charter schools' enemies block Black success: Wall Street Journal — Opinion: It looks like the beginning of the end of America's obsession with student standardized tests: The Washington Post | | | |  | | | | | | | Follow us on Twitter | | | | Follow us | | | | |
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