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MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday it plans to investigate whether New York education officials are being discriminatory by threatening to withhold funding ...

President Donald Trump is weighing in on a school mascot dispute at Massapequa High School, where some parents are upset that a Chiefs mascot and logo must go under a state rule. By Ed Shanahan ...

“The U.S. Department of Education’s attempt to interfere with a state law concerning school district mascots is inconsistent with Secretary McMahon’s March 20, 2025 statement that she is ...

The Massapequa School District is at the center of a heated controversy over its longtime "Chiefs" mascot after New York state education officials ordered districts to retire Native American ...

O'Hare said the Massapequa school system “stayed silent during the regulatory process” and did not reach out to Indigenous leaders or the department’s Mascot Advisory Committee to determine ...

“However, the U.S. Department of Education’s attempt to interfere with a state law concerning school district mascots is inconsistent with Secretary McMahon’s March 20, 2025 statement that ...

The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday it plans to investigate whether New York education officials are being discriminatory by threatening to withhold funding if a Long Island school ...