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In this week's edition: New college admissions data that the Trump administration is requesting could be inaccurate and impossible to interpret, experts warn ([link removed]) . Plus, a dad writes in an op-ed about the biases facing Black fathers who speak up and advocate for their children ([link removed]) .
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** Experts knock new Trump plan to collect college admissions data

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by Jill Barshay

Pesident Donald Trump wants to collect more admissions data from colleges and universities to make sure they’re complying with a 2023 Supreme Court decision that ended race-conscious affirmative action. And he wants that data now.

But data experts and higher education scholars warn that any new admissions data is likely to be inaccurate, impossible to interpret and ultimately misused by policymakers. That’s because Trump’s own policies have left the statistics agency inside the Education Department with a skeleton staff and not enough money, expertise or time to create this new dataset.

The department already collects data on enrollment from every institution of higher education that participates in the federal student loan program. The results are reported through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). But in an Aug. 7 memorandum, Trump directed the Education Department, which he sought to close in March, to expand that task and provide “transparency” into how some 1,700 colleges that do not admit everyone are making their admissions decisions. And he gave Education Secretary Linda McMahon just 120 days to get it done.

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** Reading list
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Sold a Story: Episode 11: How this low-income school district outperformed wealthy districts in reading ([link removed])

There’s a school district in eastern Ohio where virtually all the students become good readers by the time they finish third grade

Sold a Story: Episode 12: This literacy approach works — but it’s never really caught on ([link removed])

The program Success for All has been around for decades, and numerous studies have shown it's effective. But relatively few school districts use it

Sold a Story: Episode 13: A new law put a successful literacy approach at risk ([link removed])

Ohio legislation threatened the Steubenville district’s success in reading

Tracking Trump: His actions to dismantle the Education Department, and more ([link removed])

The president is working to eliminate the Education Department and fighting ‘woke’ ideology in schools. A week-by-week look at what he’s done

OPINION: Black fathers should not be perceived as a threat when they show up for their children ([link removed])

We cannot ignore the role that bias plays in shaping who gets welcomed, who gets questioned and who gets believed
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