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Infants were “forced to drink bottles” and hit, thrown on the floor, kicked and yelled at when they became restless at one program, according to records. When one baby cried, a staff member muffled the noise by holding a bib over the infant’s mouth and nose. Other documents describe staff failing to comfort crying injured children, and letting young children play on unsafe gym equipment. A staff member called children “pussies” when disciplining them, according to records. At another program, records say two staff members placed a crying 23-month-old child in the bathroom for almost 1 hour and 20 minutes.
What might happen if the Education Department were closed? The Trump administration has promised big changes, but the president can’t make them alone.
A random selection of colleges and universities and their acceptance rates in 2022 versus 2012. Adelphi University had an acceptance rate of 66 percent for the 2012-2013 school year and 73 percent for 2022-23. Brigham Young had an acceptance rate of 55 percent for 2012-13 and 67 percent for 2022-23. CUNY Baruch had an acceptance rate of 22 percent for 2012-13 and 50 percent for 2022-23.
Malaysia Robertson, 9, outside of the closed Washington Elementary School in Kenner, La., on Friday evening, July 28, 2023. Credit: Christiana Botic for The Hechinger Report