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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How to Put Parents Back in Control of Their Child’s Education
A good primary and secondary education is the cornerstone of the American Dream: it prepares us for economic and personal success and facilitates our pursuit of happiness. Most parents are powerless to influence the quality of their child’s education. But too often the history of America’s public school system has been a story of dashed… -
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Flashback: Celebrities Discuss Their Support for School Choice
Several celebrities spoke out in a video released last year about their support for school choice.. Actress Vivica A. Fox, “Today” show co-host Kathie Lee Gifford and former football and baseball player Deion Sanders all agree that “it’s time for educational choice.” The ad, which was made by American Federation for Children, states that “too… -
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Teachers Union Accused of Ignoring State Law … for Four Decades
HARRISBURG, Pa.—A law firm representing a Pennsylvania college professor is accusing a state teachers union of ignoring—for more than four decades—a law requiring it to report the use of dues money for political contributions. It’s the latest salvo in an ongoing dispute between Mary Trometter, an assistant professor of culinary arts at the Pennsylvania College of Technology,… -
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About 1 Million Kids Are Now Eating Dinner at School
First came lunch, then breakfast. Now, schools are serving dinner, too. Should schools feed students dinner before they go home? There’s a growing demand for schools to feed students dinner before they come home, according to the Associated Press. Many low-income students are already provided with breakfast and lunch while they are at school. As… -
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What Parents Really Think About Their Kids’ New School Lunches
School lunch standards have changed—and not for the better. This was evident recently in a Twitter campaign using the hashtag #ThanksMichelleObama. Students took photos of their mostly inedible-looking lunch trays of food. >>> These Gross School Lunch Pictures Are Going Viral With the Hashtag #ThanksMichelleObama Yum school lunches #thanksmichelleobama pic.twitter.com/eS27j75Oae — Jess (@Jess_Sency) November 18, 2014… -
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Government Shouldn’t Force Religious Schools to Violate Religious Beliefs
Just before the Christmas break, the D.C. City Council passed a law that could force pro-life organizations to pay for abortion coverage. But that wasn’t the only piece of bad legislation, violating religious liberty which came out of the D.C. Council in December. A new bill might force Christian schools to recognize an LGBT student… -
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Union Lawsuit Against Florida School Choice Programs Dismissed, But the Battle Continues
Hundreds of Florida parents are able to celebrate the New Year with access to school choice thanks to a decision last Tuesday to dismiss the union lawsuit against the Sunshine State’s Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts and expansion of the tax credit scholarship program. For the second time, Leon County Circuit Court Judge Charles Francis found… -
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Nation’s Eighth Largest School District Faces Big Questions
This is could be a landmark year for Philadelphia schools. From the results of an anticipated state audit to the expansion of its charter program, the district faces important changes in 2015 that will affect the quality of education and help drive spending in the face of a massive deficit. Here are the five biggest… -
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Indiana Joins Growing Number of States Pushing Civics Exam to Graduate High School
FORT WAYNE, Ind.—Hoosier lawmakers have joined a growing number of states that want your kid to take another exam. To graduate high school, students would have to pass an exam similar to the naturalization test required for immigrants to become U.S. citizens. Still a work in progress, the bill will come up for debate during… -
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State-Run University Under Fire for Sloppy Fiscal Practices, Improperly Hiking Student Fees
As if the University of Virginia didn’t have enough of a negative spotlight, a new audit finds Thomas Jefferson’s institution isn’t keeping tight reins on all of its money and property. The university, located in Charlottesville, improperly awarded no-bid contracts, eliminated competitive bids by separating purchases, nixed $72,0000 worth of forklifts from its asset records… -
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School Stops Seventh-Grader From Distributing Fliers for Religious Event
A Kansas school blocked a seventh-grader from handing out fliers inviting students to join her in prayer at the school’s flagpole. Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano called the school’s ban “so obviously wrong and misguided,” noting that students “theoretically” have the same constitutional rights as anyone else. “Schools can restrain speech if the… -
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Former Catholic School Teacher Fired for Violating Catholic Teaching Awarded $1.95M, Mostly for Hurt Feelings
It is no secret that the Catholic Church teaches that birth control, abortion and in vitro fertilization are morally wrong. It is also no secret that many Americans who self-identify as Catholic also see no moral problem with these things. While regulated, these things are legal throughout the United States. But can a Catholic diocese… -
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This College Will Pay Student Loans of Alums Making Less than $37K a Year
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com For many college students (and their parents), there’s a lot of concern that future salaries won’t be enough to cover the huge student loans many students today take on. In Michigan, Adrian College is tackling that fear head on: they’re offering to pay all to some of student loan… -
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‘I Wouldn’t Eat It Either’: These Wyoming Schools Abandoned Federal School Lunch Guidelines
Seven Wyoming schools have said "no" to the federal school lunch guidelines — and the money that comes with them. According to Wyoming Public Media, seven schools have decided to forego the federal standards instituted by the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act and decide what to feed their students themselves. The district’s business manager, Jeremy… -
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‘Public Education’ Should Fund Any Education, Not Just Government-Run Schools
“Are you saying public education is just a funding mechanism? … Is all education now public [and parents] can just choose?” asked Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Nancy Rice during oral arguments over the constitutionality of Douglas County’s Choice Scholarship Pilot Program. The case has brought forth a question that has been at the forefront… -
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State-Run University Spent $96,000 on First-Class Airline Tickets
LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska has been dinged by the state auditor for allowing employees to spend nearly $96,000 on 20 first-class flights around the world, book $300-a-night oceanfront resort rooms for a week and get reimbursed for alcohol while traveling, in violation of state law. While digging through travel records, auditors found… -
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Did Unqualified Students Get Favorable Treatment at University of Texas?
Supporters of University of Texas President Bill Powers have for months worked mightily to deny or to marginalize evidence lawmakers were pulling strings to get unqualified students admitted to the university. A new trove of public records demonstrates that many of Powers’ most vocal defenders — key alumni association members, an education coalition, politicians and… -
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Watch This 10-Year-Old Explain Common Core to Her School Board: ‘It Stinks’
Elizabeth Blaine, a 10-year-old from New Jersey, doesn’t like Common Core. Why? “Because it stinks,” the fourth-grader told school board members Monday night in Montclair, N.J., during a meeting on the national standards. Silencing everyone in the room, Blaine was critical of the assessment group known as PARCC, arguing that she should have the option… -
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Pakistani Nation Must Unite Against Terrorists Following Attack on Schoolchildren
Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership must do what is necessary to rid the nation of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP, the Pakistani Taliban), the group claiming responsibility for today’s abominable attack on a Pakistani school that left more than 100 children dead. Nine TTP gunmen stormed the Army Public School and Degree College in Peshawar Tuesday… -
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How Savings Accounts Are Providing a Tailor-Made Education for Students
Kami Cothrun was a frustrated public school teacher when she decided to open a school of her own. She “saw a need” and decided to act. What started out as a small endeavor with just six students has blossomed into three Arizona campuses with 200 special-needs students. "I really wanted to offer something different to…