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Yale Covers Up Gun in Stone Carving of Puritan, Indian
Yale University has covered up a musket on a stone carving depicting a hostile interaction between a Puritan settler and an American Indian, leaving the… Read More
EducationCommentary
Interest Groups Threaten Arizona Children’s Access to Educational Options
After their lawsuit failed to block Arizona families from choosing how and where their children learn, district school interest groups are trying again to stop… Read More
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Betsy DeVos: I Should Have Decried Ravages of Racism Much More Forcefully
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said Wednesday that she “should have decried much more forcefully the ravages of racism in this country.” In an interview with… Read More
EducationCommentary
Is College Education Worth It?
August is the month when parents bid farewell to not only their college-bound youngsters but also a sizable chunk of cash for tuition. More than… Read More
EducationNews
‘Stress Reduction Policies’ Let Students Choose Their Own Grades
A professor at the University of Georgia created a “Stress Reduction Policy” that allows students who feel “unduly stressed” to choose their own grades, according to a… Read More
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Professor Who Tweeted ‘Trump Must Hang’ Won’t Return to Teach at That School
A professor who tweeted that President Donald Trump “must hang” and “justice = the execution of two Republicans for each deported immigrant” will not return… Read More
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Evergreen State Police Chief Resigns: ‘We Should Have Rifles’
The police chief of the Evergreen State College resigned after the campus administration would not let her or her officers have access to rifles, according… Read More
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Harvard Professor Says School President’s Agenda Is Moving on From ‘Truth’ to ‘Change’
A Harvard University professor asserted that the school president is abetting the “slow decline” of the university from an institution seeking “truth” to one pursuing “change” in… Read More
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Unions Trying to Shut Down STEM School Before It Even Opens
Unions are trying to shut down a proposed Los Angeles state-run science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) school, local media reported Monday. If unions are not… Read More
EducationCommentary
North Carolina Acts to Protect Free Speech on Campus
On Monday, North Carolina lawmakers took a bold stand in favor of free speech on public college campuses. The time is ripe for such reforms,… Read More
EducationNews
Ben Shapiro, Adam Carolla Call on Colleges to Teach Students Civil Disagreement
Instead of disinviting controversial speakers, college administrators should model civil disagreement for students, say Ben Shapiro and Adam Carolla. Shapiro, editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire,… Read More
EducationCommentary
We Must Protect Free Speech on College Campuses
“The history of intellectual growth and discovery clearly demonstrates the need for unfettered freedom, the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge… Read More
EducationCommentary
Why Education Savings Accounts Are the Path to Student Success
Education savings accounts are a new, groundbreaking effort to provide more educational opportunities to students throughout the country. These are private savings accounts that parents… Read More
EducationCommentary
Harvard’s Proposed Policy Would Punish Students for Having Normal Social Lives
For the second time in less than two years, Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana is expanding paternalistic restrictions and sanctions on the student body based… Read More
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Colleges Pay Diversity Officers More Than Professors, Staff
Top public universities pay administrators with jobs related to diversity initiatives an average of $175,088 per year, substantially more than other professors and faculty members,… Read More
EducationCommentary
18 States Sue Betsy DeVos Over Delayed Regulation Enforcement. Why the Delay Is a Good Thing.
Under the banner of student loan borrower protection, the Obama administration placed significant regulations on institutions of higher education. The most egregious of which is… Read More
EducationCommentary
School-Based Health Services and Medicaid in Context: A Better Way to Pay
Congressional efforts to reform health care include capping federal funding and streamlining Medicaid to refocus it on its original, neediest recipients and slow the rate… Read More
EducationCommentary
More States Putting Parents in Charge With Education Savings Accounts
Sarah Greenbank didn’t think she would be able to send her daughter, Ashlee, to anything but an Arizona public school. She didn’t think a private… Read More
EducationCommentary
College Trustees Are Largely to Blame for Today’s Campus Madness
Is there no limit to the level of disgusting behavior on college campuses that parents, taxpayers, donors, and legislators will accept? Colleges have become islands… Read More
EducationCommentary
Educational Freedom for Our Warriors in the Land of the Free
When our Founding Fathers drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Continental Congress adopted it on July 4th, 1776, they declared themselves a nation built… Read More
EducationCommentary
New Studies Show a Consistent Result: Private School Choice Works
Time heals all wounds—except, it seems, in the research world. Opponents of parental choice in education, like publicly funded K-12 scholarships and vouchers, are not… Read More
EducationCommentary
Supreme Court Lays Solid Foundation for School Choice Growth
This week, the nation’s highest court made two decisions that could profoundly affect the future of educational freedom in the United States. On Monday, the… Read More
EducationCommentary
This School Board Leader Tried to Rig a Public Forum in Favor of Transgender Advocates. That’s Unconstitutional.
Stacking the deck at the casino makes for bad feelings among friends. Things get more serious when you’re a government official stacking the deck at… Read More
EducationCommentary
A Liberal Democrat Student Explains Why He Advocates Free Speech at Colleges
Free speech on campuses—and the lack thereof—was the topic of a hearing on Tuesday of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Among the panelists was Zachary Wood,… Read More
EducationCommentary
Free Speech Is Dying on the College Campus. How We Can Revive It.
Higher education rests on the free flow of ideas. Education requires that positions be held tentatively, tested by opposing arguments that are rationally considered, and evaluated…. Read More
EducationCommentary
How Hip-Hop Is Teaching High Schoolers About the Free Market
Greg Caskey is a 27-year-old Abington, Pennsylvania, native who is a social sciences teacher at Delaware Military Academy. The academy is a thriving charter high… Read More
EducationNews
This School District Partners With LGBT Advocacy Group to Impose Transgender Policy
HOPEWELL, N.J.—Freshmen football players, changing in their high school locker room at the beginning of the school year, were startled to encounter a girl who said she identifies… Read More
EducationCommentary
Our Public School System Isn’t Producing Education Equality
All across America, preparations are underway for high school graduation. It’s a glorious time, representing both a milestone and a gateway to adulthood. But missing… Read More
EducationNews
High School Removes Students’ Pro-Trump Slogans From Pictures
A New Jersey high school scrubbed pro-Trump slogans displayed on clothing students wore for their yearbook photos. Multiple Wall Township High School students came forward… Read More
EducationCommentary
Let’s Help Military Families by Adopting a ‘GI Bill’ for Their Children
President Donald Trump made helping the “forgotten man” a key theme of his presidency from the get-go. The challenge for Trump is how to aid… Read More
