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opinion
Texas University’s Insistence on Critical Race Theory, Ideological Conformity Draws Overdue Pushback
Is it time for lawmakers to take a more active role in curtailing the radicalism now pervasive throughout higher education? There are certainly signs that’s the case, and it should have happened long ago. A battle going on in Texas underscores the point. Last year, Texas banned the teaching of critical race theory in K-12… -
opinion
Don’t Buy Media’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Distortions About Florida’s Parental Rights Bill
For the crime of trying to protect young children from sexually explicit material in the classroom, Florida legislators are being crucified by the media. The Florida House recently passed the parental rights bill known as HB 1557, and it has cleared a final committee in the state Senate. Senators now have until March 11 to… -
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Indiana Parents’ Rights Over Their Child’s Education Are Threatened. Here’s What Parents Around the Country Need to Know.
Parents and voters are taking every opportunity to reject racially biased teaching and sexually explicit classroom material. Through whistleblower activity and using their right to speak at school board meetings, families are advocating for their students’ interests, and state lawmakers should take notice. Currently, a high-profile legislative proposal in Indiana is going in the wrong… -
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Catholic School Parents Ask Archdiocese to Fight DC Mayor’s Masking Order
More than 1,000 Catholic school parents and parishioners are pressuring the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to fight D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s mask mandate for schools. The group ADW Parents has existed for several months, but revamped its efforts in light of Bowser’s recent announcement removing mask mandates for many businesses and government offices but… -
opinion
Seeking Truth, Former Liberal James Lindsay Now Fights Critical Race Theory
Commentator and author James Lindsay first came to national attention after he and his colleagues published a series of hoax papers in social science journals to demonstrate the loose academic standards of the journals. He used to be a liberal, Lindsay says, but became more conservative when he recognized the real threat that ideologies such… -
opinion
Christian-Based Credit Union Offers Alternative to Big Banks, Aid to School Choice Movement
In this age of cancel culture, nothing is off limits for the woke left. Christians and conservatives increasingly find themselves on the defensive. Deplatforming and censorship are the norm on social media. In fact, it happened to The Daily Signal just last week for allegedly violating YouTube’s COVID-19 “misinformation” policy. And while having a video… -
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Biden Education Department to Cancel $415M in Student Loan Debt for 16,000 Borrowers
The Biden administration will cancel $415 million in student debt for nearly 16,000 borrowers who claim they were misled by for-profit colleges. The loans for almost 16,000 former students will be canceled under a legal provision, called the "borrower defense to repayment," which allows students to have their debts erased if they prove a for-profit… -
opinion
EXCLUSIVE: 15 Civics Education Programs, Ranked From Best to Worst
Any parent with school-age kids knows they’re probably not getting the civics education they need. Teachers lack proper training or are increasingly pressured to embrace “action civics.” A new study from the Pioneer Institute and the National Association of Scholars, provided exclusively to The Daily Signal, offers a detailed ranking of 15 civics education programs offered for… -
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Maryland Public School District Announces ‘Anti-Racist System Audit’
Maryland’s largest school district plans to issue an “anti-racist” survey to students to “address racial barriers” in the school district, according to an announcement from the district superintendent. Montgomery County Public Schools will issue an “Anti-Racist System Audit” to all parents, guardians, staff, and all fourth through 12th graders from March 1-31 to review “district… -
opinion
Maryland Legislature Considers Creating ‘Advisory Council’ to Collect Data on Homeschoolers
If we have learned anything about left-wing cultural revolutionaries over the past few years and decades, it’s that they insist that all conform to their view of “diversity.” All are welcome, except for those who disagree. That’s why it’s so troubling to see government authorities rope in, and attempt to control, people attempting to maintain… -
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Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Bill Hits Target: Gender Ideology Harms Kids
Children are being targeted with sexual content—not just in social media, but also in school curriculums. As with other recent controversies, however, leaders in Florida are fighting back. Lawmakers in the Sunshine State have introduced a new bill, Parental Rights in Education. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, that may be because big media… -
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YouTube Removes, Then Restores, Video of Mom Fighting Mask Mandates in School
YouTube has reversed course after removing a video of a mom calling for the end of mask mandates in her children’s school district. Virginia resident Merianne Jensen last week stood before her local school board and demanded that the elected leaders stop playing “politics with kid’s faces.” “We are forcing healthy children home for exposure… -
opinion
We Hear You: Do Catholic Schools Really Embrace Gender Ideology?
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience reacted passionately to a mother's commentary about how a Catholic high school encouraged her daughter's attraction to transgenderism rather than helped the girl's parents respond with facts and faith. Below is a generous sampling of opinion from the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Charlie Jacobs' commentary article… -
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‘You Are on the Losing Side of History’: Meet Mom Fighting Schools’ Mask Mandates
Watch the video, above, of Virginia mom Merianne Jensen, whose powerful speech about masks at a school board meeting went viral, or read the lightly edited transcript below. To see somebody, just a plain old simple mom, getting up and calling out the superintendent, I think that resonated with parents. People all over the country… -
opinion
Proposals Rejecting Critical Race Theory See Through Radical Talking Points
Radical activists are not above intimidation. Consider the nation’s largest teachers union, which recently pressured social media companies to reconsider allowing posts that oppose critical race theory. In its announcement to tech companies, the union couched its bigoted worldview as benign, claiming critical race theory is spread not at the K-12 level, but through “graduate… -
opinion
Meet the Georgia State Representative Fighting to Keep CRT Out of Schools
As critical race theory continues to attract national attention, one Georgia lawmaker is trying to pass legislation to ensure it stays out of the Peach State’s schools. On Jan. 14, Georgia state Rep. Brad Thomas introduced a bill to ban concepts like critical race theory and The New York Times’ 1619 Project from being taught in schools. “The legislation… -
opinion
Schools Conspire With Outside Groups Behind Parents’ Backs to Counsel Kids on Myriad Gender Choices
As a former school board member and currently a public school teacher of 30 years, I want to share some information with parents that school districts won’t tell them. Under a program called Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, many outside agencies have access to students without parental knowledge or consent. Many of those agencies provide mental… -
opinion
Despite What They Say, Public Schools Have Plenty of Funding
Editor’s note: Jan. 23-29 is National School Choice Week. This is the last of a five-part series of commentaries exploring the successes and challenges of educational choice and the people fighting to make it available to all American schoolchildren. As we conclude National School Choice Week 2022, people around Washington state are about to hear… -
opinion
Left Barely Masks Its Contempt for Parents’ Involvement in Education
As a rule, leftists are pretty stealthy about expressing their true feelings, preferring to pose as “moderates” until the time comes to actually impose their radical agendas. That results in a good deal of dishonesty when it comes to their message, but every so often a whiff of candor does leak out—only to be quickly… -
opinion
Education Is Not One-Size-Fits-All
Jan. 23-29 is National School Choice Week. This is the fourth of a five-part series of commentaries exploring the successes and challenges of educational choice and the people fighting to make it available to all American schoolchildren. All children in the United States should have access to a quality education, no matter their race, gender,…