Education News
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
How AI Is Sparking Questions About the Purpose of Education
Artificial intelligence and advancing technologies are on the rise. No new news there. However, the type of technology we are seeing and the capabilities it has are ever new. Large language models like ChatGPT, Grok, and DeepSeek are replacing the need for search engines and making life more manageable for countless people around the globe…. -
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Trump’s War on ‘Illegal DEI’ Leaves Diversity Industry in Ruins, Study Shows
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The plight of corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion jobs is only getting worse as the Trump administration’s crackdown takes hold, new employment research shows. As of September, job postings for diversity roles have plunged roughly 50% from pre-pandemic levels, falling to about 1,500 this year, according to Revelio Labs data reported by Bloomberg. By comparison,… -
opinion
Another Year, Another Depressing Report on the State of American Education
Another year has come and gone, and America’s educational death spiral continues. The most recent numbers from The Nation’s Report Card, put out by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, are depressing when it comes to the present state of American education and the future of our nation. The report, based on test results from 2024 shows a 4%… -
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Increasing Opportunity, Hope for Our Children
An age-old conundrum regarding raising children is the issue of nature versus nurture. That is, do genes determine a child’s success in life, or is it the environment in which that child is raised? Or, even more fundamentally, is intelligence genetic, or can education increase IQ? James J. Heckman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist from the… -
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DNC Doubles Down on DEI
The Democratic National Committee’s Resolutions Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution affirming what it called the “American Values” of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the party’s annual summer meeting. The Democratic Party has struggled to regain its footing after a stunning loss in the 2024 election, but party leaders have so far ignored advice to avoid… -
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Uproar as White Male Cast as Retired Robot in Broadway Hit
Actor Andrew Barth Feldman’s imminent substitution for the Tony-winning and severely talented Darren Criss in “Maybe Happy Ending” has launched a brouhaha on Broadway. Feldman is white. This, according to actor B.D. Wong and some 2,400 signatories to his open letter of complaint, disqualifies Feldman from portraying that show’s lead character. Oliver is a retired robot in Seoul,… -
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‘Beyond Outrageous’: Conservatives Slam Blue State Agency for Attacking Moms for Liberty in Police Training
Conservative groups loudly condemned a Massachusetts police agency for citing the Southern Poverty Law Center in attacking the parental rights group Moms for Liberty in a law enforcement training. Moms for Liberty called for a retraction, suggesting that the police agency actually went further than the SPLC in attacking the parental rights nonprofit. The SPLC,… -
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EXCLUSIVE: American Parents Coalition Calls for Federal Investigation of YMCA
American Parents Coalition Executive Director Alleigh Marré is requesting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, chairwoman of the House Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee, investigate the YMCA’s use of over $600 million in annual federal funds to support policies jeopardizing children’s safety. She also accuses the YMCA of infringing on parental rights and violating federal law. In… -
opinion
INSANE: Leftist Group Accuses PragerU of Trying to ‘Protect White Supremacy’
Last week, the Trump White House hosted PragerU CEO Marissa Streit to launch a patriotic exhibit called “The Founders Museum,” a joint effort involving the White House, PragerU, and the Department of Education. That seems a rather odd thing for an “antigovernment extremist group” to do, yet that’s exactly the label the Southern Poverty Law… -
opinion
Schools Should Celebrate Title IX Month—Not Pride Month
Every June, schools across America fill their bulletin boards with rainbows, host Pride events, and encourage elementary school children to participate in LGBTQ-themed activities. Whether it’s teachers in New Jersey posing on social media in shirts that suggest non-gender-affirming parents are not loving, or an Oregon school district planning a Pride-themed field day for young students, the emphasis is… -
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Trump’s Counterrevolution: 4 Stars Driving Change Against DEI
President Donald Trump clearly made it a mission in his second go-around in the White House to make larger institutional changes to the way the federal government does business. He clearly intended not only to make the government more efficient, but to change institutional power structures that embolden the permanent bureaucracy. Some of those efforts,… -
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…