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Reports on education reform, school choice, and classroom policies. The Daily Signal provides conservative commentary and opinion alongside education news.
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opinion
Classic Learning Test Challenges SAT and ACT Dominance
The Classic Learning Test, an alternative to standardized tests like the SAT and ACT, has scored recent legislative victories in Texas and Oklahoma, with another win expected in Louisiana. These changes allow students to use their CLT score when applying for college. Jeremy Tate, a former schoolteacher who created the CLT in 2015, spoke with… -
opinion
A Victory for Sororities: Education Department Rules Sororities Are for Women Only
It turns out, sororities are for women after all. The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights just affirmed what every sorority woman in America knew the first time she walked into her chapter—a sorority is for women. In a statement that would’ve been self-evident five minutes ago—just as it was over a century… -
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Teen Suspended and Dubbed a Racist for Saying ‘Illegal Alien’ Wins $20K, Apology From School
There’s justice for a North Carolina teen wrongly suspended and branded a racist for using the phrase “illegal alien.” Last year, 16-year-old Christian McGhee of Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina, was given an English assignment: Write about aliens. Being an intelligent lad, Christian asked the teacher a logical question: “Like space aliens… -
opinion
The Deadly Consequences of Campus Chants
Ideas have consequences. The ideas pushed on many college campuses have deadly consequences. Elias Rodriguez stands accused of murdering two Israeli Embassy staffers. The shooting happened recently outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. The victims were Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, a young couple who were about to be engaged. The propaganda press has… -
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Education Department to Launch Title IX Investigations to Mark Law’s Anniversary
To mark the 53rd anniversary of Title IX, the Department of Education is announcing investigations into two apparent violations of the federal law protecting women’s spaces and sports. Title IX was enacted into law on June 23 in 1972, so President Donald Trump’s Department of Education will celebrate June as Title IX month. Secretary of… -
opinion
The Inescapable DEI Albatrosses
A few Democrat officeholders, activists, and pundits are finally coming to their senses that their brand is toxic to a majority of the American people. The Biden administration killed what was left of it in a number of ways. First, it serially lied to Americans about the cognitive decline and cancerous condition of President Joe… -
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Here’s Why DeSantis Isn’t Opposing University of Florida President Candidate Who Made ‘Woke’ Statements
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday explained why he is allowing University of Michigan President Santa Ono to proceed in the confirmation process to lead the University of Florida, despite Ono’s previous statements that DeSantis admitted make him “cringe.” Ono published an op-ed earlier this month explaining that his ideas on the Left’s ideology—often referred… -
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Maryland Lawsuit Against LGBTQ Indoctrination in Schools Cites Historical Precedent
Lawyer Eric Baxter argued Wednesday that his defense of Maryland parents seeking to opt their kids out of LGBTQ+ classroom discussions in the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor could be a generational opportunity to reaffirm parental rights in education. Baxter, senior counsel at Becket, a nonprofit religious liberty law firm, spoke to an audience at… -
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EXCLUSIVE: University of Kansas Might Be Circumventing Anti-DEI Law
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A medical watchdog thinks the University of Kansas’ medical school is engaging in “zombie DEI” initiatives, even though diversity, equity, and inclusion projects are banned by state and federal law. “Rebranding DEI as ‘health equity’ or other such terms is a clear effort to skirt state law in the name of… -
opinion
Higher Education Faces an Existential Crisis of Its Own Making
Harvard University is having a rough time. I know, how tragic, right? On Monday, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration was considering giving $3 billion in grant money initially slated for Harvard to trade schools. This comes right after he tried to block foreign students from attending the school. That move was initially… -
opinion
DEI Enthusiasts Allowed the Free Palestine Movement to Get This Far
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Recently, two Israeli diplomatic employees in Washington, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were shot. Apparently, the… -
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Bills Allowing Prayer, Bible in School, Ten Commandments Head to Abbott’s Desk
THE CENTER SQUARE—With days left in the legislative session, the Texas House passed bills authorizing prayer and Bible reading in public schools and requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in classrooms. Democrats opposed them, citing biblical references to slavery that teachers are not qualified to teach or shouldn’t be discussing. SB 10, filed by… -
opinion
The School Choice Tide Lifts All Students
Now that Texas and South Carolina have passed school choice bills, parents will be able to choose the best school for their kids in 17 states. Why not all states? After all, competition improves services. The Post Office couldn’t get it there overnight. Then FedEx showed it can be done. Quickly, UPS and DHL did it, too,… -
opinion
The Big, Beautiful Bill Targets University Endowments—As It Should
President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” passed by the House Thursday contains numerous, needed policy changes, including something that should have happened ages ago: taxes on large, private university endowments. Many universities have been engaging in numerous assaults on America’s social fabric, including targeting and unfairly gaslighting conservative students, professors, and would-be professors. They’ve also… -
opinion
Schools Closing in Arizona? Blame the Failing Schools, Not School Choice
School choice opponents have long predicted that policies like Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program would destroy the public school system. For years, Gov. Katie Hobbs has warned that it would “decimate” the state budget and “bankrupt” the state, yet the program has a history of surplus and savings. The choice deniers’ predictions have always proven… -
news
Lockheed Martin Phases Out Key DEI Policy After Questions About Anti-Christian Double Standard
Major defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced Thursday that it will phase out employee resource groups, which divide workers along racial, LGBTQ, and activism lines, after President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders and after shareholders expressed concern about an anti-Christian double standard. “As we shared in January, Lockheed Martin took immediate action to ensure compliance with… -
opinion
Wilder Boycotts Desegregation Commemoration Over Youngkin’s DEI Policies
Until this past weekend, there was only one place you had a chance to see all of Virginia’s living governors come together in the same place, and that was at the inauguration of the next one. But on May 17, in commemoration of the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education… -
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WHO VOTED AGAINST? Supreme Court Splits 4-4 on Catholic Charter School
In a tied decision, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday allowed an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision to stand, disqualifying a Catholic charter school from receiving state funding. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the ruling, resulting in the 4-4 decision. The court did not issue an opinion, only stating, “The judgment is affirmed by an… -
opinion
Republican Governor Undercuts Trump’s Anti-DEI Efforts
Rooting out discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion programs should be a top Republican priority. But it’s not for Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo. Last month, the Department of Education asked states and school districts to certify that they don’t discriminate based on race. It specifically highlighted DEI programs that favor one race over another as impermissible…. -
opinion
ORWELLIAN: Women’s College Honors Inveterate Foe of Women’s Rights
Smith College, which presents itself as a women’s college, just granted an honorary degree to a man, and not just any man, but one of the most influential campaigners against women’s rights. Yes, in a piece of fresh Orwellian insanity, a women’s college granted an honorary degree to Rachel Levine, a man who has fathered…