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 to Do Homeschooling: Practical Advice From an Expert
Choosing to homeschool your child is a big decision, but many Americans just had the choice made for them. Schools all over the country have closed their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic—with some states, such as Virginia, announcing that schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year. Leigh Bortins, founder of… -
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Conservative, Not Liberal, Cities Are Ending the White-Black Achievement Gap in Education
A recent report by Chris Stewart has shed new light on some of the educational problems faced by black youth. The report is titled “The Secret Shame: How America’s Most Progressive Cities Betray Their Commitment to Educational Opportunity for All.” Stewart is a self-described liberal and CEO of Brightbeam, a nonprofit network of education activists… -
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School Closures—and Accidental Homeschooling—Continue. Here Are More Resources for Families
As of today, 91,000 public and private schools in 39 states with more than 41 million students collectively, have closed because of the coronavirus, according to Education Week. As parents continue to navigate their new role as homeschool instructors, resources are being made available online to meet the needs of families. Some schools have begun live-streaming PE… -
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We’re All Homeschoolers Now
In the fight against coronavirus, 33 states have closed some 64,000 schools, affecting more than 32.5 million students, Education Week reports. Texas is waiving state testing requirements for school districts, New York is relaxing state requirements for how many days a year schools have to be open, and, in California, the Los Angeles Unified School… -
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At Least 6 States Close Down All Public Schools
Public schools across the country have begun to close over the coronavirus pandemic, with some states outright declaring that all public schools are closed. Officials in Oregon, Ohio, Michigan, Maryland, Kentucky, and New Mexico declared this week that schools in their states will be closed, while some public schools in Washington state, Virginia, and Connecticut… -
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Teacher Takes Union to Court for Ignoring Supreme Court Ruling on Dues
Pennsylvania’s largest public employee union needs to stop evading a landmark Supreme Court ruling, an art teacher argues in a lawsuit that could undo key provisions of state labor laws. The Pennsylvania State Education Association continues to negotiate provisions to give it “fair share fees” in collective bargaining agreements, despite the fact that the highest… -
opinion
Pro-Lifers Should Get Same Access to Schools as Planned Parenthood Does
Many of the political and cultural trends that are anathema to traditional values or free-market conservatism in society today can be traced back to a lack of education, poor education, or education rooted in progressive bias. One college group, Students for Life of America, is attempting to do its part in upending that cycle. Students… -
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Ensuring Civics Education for the Next Generation
The value of civics education in middle and high school cannot be overstated, advocates say. The Founding Fathers knew that if America did not hold fast to the principles they had set forth in our founding documents, the great American experiment surely would fail. David Bobb, president of the Bill of Rights Institute, joins The… -
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Federal Government Can’t Fix Public Schools, Betsy DeVos Says
“I want to tell everyone today you are either for children or against children when it comes to educational freedom and choice in education.” So said Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, who spoke Thursday with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at the Conservative Political Action Conference about the need to bring more education opportunities… -
opinion
LGBT Activists Promote ‘Trans Reading Day’ in Public Schools
It started as just one rogue Wisconsin school, showing its LGBT pride. Now, five years later, it’s a national movement in public schools—and most parents have no idea it’s happening. Do you want your child to be psychologically manipulated at school Thursday? Most moms and dads would say no. But on Thursday, the Human Rights… -
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California Teachers Union Wants Kids to Pursue Gender Transition Without Parental Consent
Even in California, you have to be 18 to get a tattoo, 16 to drive a car, 21 to buy a gun, alcohol, or pot. But if you want to change your gender? Well, then, you just have to be 12. And your public school will be more than happy to help. Need an abortion?… -
opinion
Booker T. Washington: A Legacy of Enterprise and Education
Author and educator Booker T. Washington played a critical role in the promotion of education and free market enterprise among black Americans at the turn of the century. Alabama businessman and political consultant Richard Finley joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss what the legacy of Washington, who died in 1915, means to him and… -
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Teachers Union Demands Kids Share Bathrooms With Transgender Educators
MADISON, Wis.—As the Madison Metropolitan School District faces a lawsuit over its policy on student gender identity, it is being accused of discriminating against transgender teachers in the bathroom. On Madison Teachers Inc. fired out a press release last Tuesday asserting it supports equal restroom access for the school district’s students and staff. The union doesn’t like… -
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Study Shows the Result of Left-Wing Conformity on College Campuses
Are our institutions of higher education little more than left-wing indoctrination centers? A recently released study found that, whether that’s generally true or not, the perception that they are indoctrinating students is fairly universal at one of the nation’s large, public universities. A team of professors at the University of North Carolina conducted research on… -
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Review of School-Based Sex Ed Finds Increases in Sexual Activity
A global research review of school-based comprehensive sex education programs found very little effectiveness from these programs and instead found increased sexual activity. The review, conducted by the Institute for Research & Evaluation and published in the Institute of Law and Medicine in January, examined 60 studies of 40 school-based comprehensive sex education programs in… -
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Parents Ask Court to Stop Schools From Helping Children Make Gender Transitions
A group of Wisconsin parents is asking a state court to halt a public school district’s policy that they say instructs teachers to assist and encourage children in adopting transgender identities without notifying—and possibly while deceiving—parents. The lawsuit is being brought by 14 parents, representing eight families, who allege the Madison Metropolitan School District’s policy… -
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Opponents Go After ‘Draconian’ Bill Requiring Parental Notification Before Teaching LGBTQ Content in Schools
Opponents criticized an Iowa bill that would require schools to notify parents before teaching LGBTQ content to children. Lawmakers introduced the Republican-sponsored House File 2201 in January, a bill that would require schools to annually notify parents about any kind of material that discusses gender or sexual orientation. This would then give parents the opportunity to inspect such material… -
opinion
Political Bias and Anti-Americanism on College Campuses
A recent Pew Research Center survey finds that only half of American adults think colleges and universities are having a positive effect on our nation. The leftward political bias, held by faculty members affiliated with the Democratic Party, at most institutions of higher education explains a lot of that disappointment. Professors Mitchell Langbert and Sean… -
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Free to Succeed: A Brief History of School Choice
Perhaps it’s the title, but at first glance, Milton Friedman’s 1955 essay, “The Role of Government in Education,” seems unassuming. To many Americans, the role of government in education is self-evident and impregnable. So, given public schools are run by the government, an essay on the government’s role in education seems like it would be… -
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Study Reveals the Absurd Conformity of Higher Education
A recently released study confirms the suspicion that American higher education has become absurdly and ruthlessly monolithic in terms of political ideology. The study found that the ratio of college professor donations to Democrats as opposed to Republicans was 95:1. Besides federal agency employees, few other industries outside working for the Democratic National Committee or…