Further coverage on the state’s Native American mascot mandate can ... in Coudersport and Sayre (PA) and Oswego (NY). Smith currently covers high school sports in the Greater Syracuse Area ...

New York education officials have refused to rescind the state’s ban on Native American mascots and team names, despite ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon says her agency found that New York’s ban on tribal themed mascots in public schools ...

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American ...

FILE - Chiefs signs and logos are displayed Massapequa High School ... New York school districts have until June 30 to commit to replacing offensive Native American mascots or team names, or ...

The Trump administration is applying pressure on New York to dissolve its ban ... the use of Native American logos and mascots statewide. The Massapequa school district is fighting to keep its ...

Earlier administrations investigated whether Native American school mascots were discriminatory. The Trump administration defends them, reflecting a broader shift. By Troy Closson A New York ...

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon made a visit to a New York high school that was forced by the state to get rid of its Native American mascot. New York in 2023 ordered its high schools to ...

New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American chief mascot and could face a Justice Department investigation or risk losing federal funding ...

Iowa is home to America's best high school mascot, according to Sports Illustrated ... Center Point-Urbana beat out schools from New York, Virginia, Maryland and more. In the final round of ...

where we are saying that this emblem or mascot has to be removed," McMahon said, speaking from the Massapequa High School gym. But the New York State Education Department shot back forcefully ...

A New York state ... use of such mascots is harmful to Native American students. Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced the department’s decision Friday at Massapequa High School, which ...