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Parents Could Face Jail Time for Sending 2 Emails School Staff Don’t Like: Critics Sound Alarm on California Bill
California already has undermined the rights of parents from out of state when it comes to experimental transgender "health care," but the Legislature also is considering a bill that would criminalize causing "substantial disorder" at school board meetings—an attempt to "chill parents from speaking out," critics warn. SB 596, which the California State Senate passed… -
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On-Campus DEI Bureaucrats Already Ditching New Loyalty Oaths
Will the last diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucrat to leave their office on campus please turn out the lights? On college grounds today, so-called DEI departments are withering as whistleblowers reveal that the offices have promoted racial prejudice and operated with little transparency—and no measurable results—for years. School officials and lawmakers in states such as… -
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Ruling Against Middle Schooler Punished for Wearing ‘There Are Only 2 Genders’ T-Shirt to Be Appealed
The Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a “notice of appeal” after a federal district court in Massachusetts ruled that a middle school in Middleborough, Massachusetts, has the right to prohibit a student from wearing a “There are only two genders” T-shirt to school. “We look forward to showing the court how this isn’t just about… -
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Coach to Return to High School Football Field After 7-Year Court Battle Over Prayer There
After a seven-year legal battle that ended with a victory at the Supreme Court, Joe Kennedy will be back on the field Sept. 1 coaching football and taking a knee in prayer. “I have been looking forward to this since the 2015 season,” Kennedy told The Daily Signal Tuesday. “I am praying for a fantastic… -
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Federal Judge Dismisses Parents’ Lawsuit, Lets School Allow Boys to Use Girls’ Bathroom
A federal judge ruled Monday that an Ohio school district’s policy that allows students to use the bathroom on the basis of gender identity rather than biological sex may stand. In 2022, a coalition of parents, represented by America First Legal, sued Bethel Local Schools, alleging that the district’s policy was enacted without community input… -
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Milton Friedman’s Vision in Education Becomes Reality
On the occasion of his “eleventy-first” birthday, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins famously disappeared. On July 31, we celebrate what would have been the 111th birthday of another man who was diminutive in size but larger than life in spirit: Milton Friedman. Were he to reappear today, he would likely marvel at how much progress has… -
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‘GENERATIONAL LEARNING LOSS’: Experts Reveal the Full Extent of COVID-19 School Closures
A generation of American students has fallen behind academically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the forced school closures that took place during that time. A subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce addressed the problems created by school closures Wednesday in a panel called “Generational Learning Loss: How Pandemic… -
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Pro-LGBTQ Radicals Threaten to Kill, ‘Dismember’ School Board Chief Over Parental Rights Policy
A local school board president in California has been inundated with threats that left-wing activists will dismember her, kill her children, and slaughter her pets. Her crime? Saying that teachers should not keep parents in the dark if their children begin to “identify” as transgender. The new Chino Valley (California) Unified School District Board of… -
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Pushing LGBTQ Agenda, Top California Educrat Disrupts School Board Meeting. Board Rules Against Him Anyway.
School is not even back in session yet, but some state education officials are still trying to restrict parents’ influence over their children. At a school board meeting Thursday in Chino Valley, California, about 35 miles from downtown Los Angeles, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond tried to stop the board from considering a… -
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Following Affirmative Action’s Demise, DEI Must Be Destroyed
On Thursday, Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez announced that the embattled associate dean for “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” or DEI, Tirien Steinbach, has resigned. Steinbach’s all but assuredly forced “resignation” followed an outpouring of disgust from Americans revolted by her disgraceful antics during the Stanford Federalist Society student chapter’s attempted hosting in March of… -
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Biden’s Education Department to Hold Summit on Race in College Admissions Despite Recent Supreme Court Ban
The U.S. Department of Education has announced it will be holding a one-day summit on college admissions and racial diversity dubbed the “National Summit on Equal Opportunity in Higher Education” in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling banning the use of racial preferences in college admissions. On June 29, by a vote of… -
opinion
Meet Some of the 34 Professors Who Protested My Speaking at Arizona State University
In February, I was invited along with Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, and Robert Kiyosaki, author of the bestseller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” to speak at Arizona State University at a conference titled “Health, Wealth and Happiness.” The invitation came from the T.W. Lewis Center for Personal Development, an independent center affiliated… -
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College Racism
The Left is angry because the Supreme Court ruled race-based affirmative action unconstitutional. President Joe Biden says he “strongly disagrees.” But Chief Justice John Roberts was right to say, “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.” It’s a victory for Students for Fair Admissions, the group that sued, thereby forcing Harvard to admit that… -
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Sotomayor’s Staff Leaned on Colleges, Libraries to Buy Her Book Ahead of Speaking Gigs
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s taxpayer-funded staff frequently pushed colleges and libraries to purchase her books ahead of speaking engagements, according to The Associated Press. Supreme Court staff often assisted with arranging speaking engagements designed to promote Sotomayor’s books, which have earned the justice a minimum of $3.7 million since she took her seat on the bench… -
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‘Unacceptable and Irresponsible’: GOP Congresswoman Raps NYC Mayor’s Plan to House Illegal Aliens in Schools
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is under fire after announcing tentative plans to house illegal aliens in public schools over the summer. “Our schools and educational resources should be dedicated to our children, not diverted to support unvetted migrants who are entering our country illegally,” Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., told The Daily Signal…. -
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Pennsylvania Governor’s Reversal on School Choice Betrays Voters, Children
In a year when the school choice movement has racked up a string of victories in red states, Pennsylvania was on track to become the first state to see a Democratic governor sign a publicly funded school choice policy into law. But the supposed new era of bipartisan support for expanding school choice remains a… -
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New Book Details Teachers Union Internal Document Pushing Critical Race Theory in K-12 Schools
Editor’s note: The following excerpt is from a new book detailing the rise of government unions, their stranglehold over public policy, and how to defeat them. Aaron Withe’s “Freedom is the Foundation” explains why every American should be concerned about government unions using our tax dollars and union dues to push their radical ideology on… -
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Ohioans Declare Independence From the District School Monopoly
Just in time for Independence Day, Ohio families can finally declare independence from the district school monopoly. Over the weekend, Ohio lawmakers passed a state budget that expands eligibility for the state’s EdChoice Scholarships to all K-12 students. Gov. Mike DeWine signed the bill into law on Monday, making Ohio the eighth state in the… -
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Supreme Court Declares Racial Preferences in College Admissions Unlawful. Left Melts Down.
The Supreme Court declared on Thursday that racial preferences in college admissions at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution and are against the law. The Left isn’t handling it well. What a surprise! The decision is undoubtedly a huge blow to the racial preferences regime… -
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Supreme Court Finally Ends Racist Discrimination in College Admissions
In a decision that will benefit families all across the country and their high school-graduating sons and daughters who aspire to attend college, the Supreme Court has finally fulfilled its duty to uphold the guarantees of equal protection in the 14th Amendment and end the pernicious, morally repugnant racial discrimination practiced by Harvard College and…