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Tech Entrepreneur Palmer Luckey Says Homeschooling Under Attack by Those Who Fear Its Success
Summary OXON HILL, Md.—Abraham Lincoln was homeschooled, and it seems to have worked out for him, said tech entrepreneur Palmer Luckey, who was homeschooled. Luckey, founder of Oculus VR and co-founder of Anduril Industries, has been at the forefront of technological innovation for the U.S. military. On Wednesday at The Forum, an event sponsored by The… -
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Scouting America Unveils Military Service & Veterans Merit Badge on Veterans Day
Summary Scouting America will introduce its new Military Service & Veterans Badge on Veterans Day. The Military Service & Veterans Badge is meant to inspire Scouts while also encouraging them to honor and understand the armed forces. The Scouting America website states that the badge is “designed to deepen understanding and foster respect, this badge connects Scouts with… -
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Myrtle Saves Children’s Literature
Patriotic children’s literature is making a comeback with the upcoming book “Myrtle Saves the Boston Tea Party.” The new children’s book is set to release Nov. 10. Author Amelia Hamilton told the Daily Signal she hopes to educate children about America’s founding through the exciting tale. “I really feel like America’s founding was an adventure,” she said…. -
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Another Crisis?
“There is an epidemic of suffering!” says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. “A mental health crisis!” says Vice President JD Vance. Alarmist media agree: “Mental health crisis among U.S. teens,” reports The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal: “America’s mental health is worsening.” As usual, when the media and politicians agree, the proposed solution… -
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When Politics Run the School
Summary News Alert! The congressional midterm election is this year. (Oh! That’s what all those ads I must watch before Instagram opens are all about!) More to come about those, but right now we need to look at why the 34 municipal school board elections in Virginia should be important to you. *A (Satirical) Editorial… -
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Education Freedom Is on Midterm Ballot
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill/Working Families Tax Cuts Act into law, and it’s unfortunate that very few parents know this legislation provides the largest national expansion of K-12 education freedom in our nation’s history. Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, a new federal Education Freedom Tax Credit provides up… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Europe Lost 2 World Wars—and America Inherited Its Self-Hatred
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: “It seems to me that postmodernism or French philosophy instilled in my sons the notion of oppressed-oppressor. Rationality is… -
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Everett School District Settles After Religious Nonprofit Sues Over Violation of First Amendment Rights
A religious education nonprofit has settled its lawsuit against the Everett School District in Washington state after suing the district for violating its First Amendment rights. The Everett School District, whose board director admitted “animus” toward LifeWise Academy, will be required “to undergo religious liberty training, make changes to district policies governing religious activities,… -
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What Does a Test Say About Your Child? There’s More Than Meets the Eye
Elementary and secondary schools are approaching the middle of the first semester. Do you know how your child is doing? The answer is not as simple as it sounds. State and federal lawmakers can help parents and schools by approving new methods for educators to measure students and by maintaining the Nation’s Report Card, a… -
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Ohio’s EdChoice Ruled Unconstitutional, but Still Allowed to Continue
Ohio’s school choice program, EdChoice, is being appealed to the state supreme court. While the 10th District Court of Appeals, which heard the case in May, ruled unanimously on Thursday that the program is unconstitutional, EdChoice is still allowed to remain in place while Attorney General Andy Wilson appeals the decision. The decision from Wilson,… -
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Armed Community Hero Stops Shooting Spree at Oregon Elementary School
Oct 15 (Reuters) – A 16-year-old shooter opened fire on Thursday at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, killing four people including three children, before being killed by an armed member of the community who had pursued the assailant into the school, police said. The shooter entered Silver Rail Elementary School by firing through locked doors, police… -
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Poll: Arizona Voters Give Schools Failing Grade, Yet Hobbs Leads Biggs
Summary FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL—Nearly 80% of Arizona voters have an unfavorable opinion of public education in their state, one of the few areas of agreement between Republicans and Democrats in the weeks leading to Election Day. The League of American Workers shared the polling data exclusively with the Daily Signal. Only one-quarter of Arizona… -
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What Has Become of Charlottesville, Virginia?
For more than a decade now, my hometown here in central Virginia has been fixated on getting national notoriety ever since the Yeardley Love case. We’ve had marches with Nazis and fascists, we’ve melted down Civil War general statues, we’ve had the University of Virginia fight against antisemitism and then, five years later, defend antisemitism…. -
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Ohio Conservatives Celebrate State’s F Grade in Sex Ed
An “F” is not normally worth celebrating, but that’s exactly what Ohio conservatives are doing after the state received that grade from the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. John Stover with Ohio Value Voters, Inc., and Aaron Baer with the Center for Christian Virtue are actually thrilled with the rating and… -
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Virginia Districts Plan the Summit While Students Are Stuck at Base Camp
Last month, public school leaders from Fairfax County, Prince William County, and Richmond traveled to Aspen, Colorado. As members of the Aspen Institute and College Board’s Social Mobility Leadership Network, their districts are participating in a three-year program on expanding low-income students’ access to advanced coursework. As I previously wrote in the Daily Signal, membership… -
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Democrat Leaders vs. Biology
Does two plus two equal three? Or can a man be a woman? Democrat leaders in Washington, D.C., have embraced an ideology that denies the basic scientific truth that an individual’s sex is as unchangeable as the fact that two plus two equals four. An enduring example of this fact-denying ideology occurred when the Senate… -
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Children Should Not Be Trained to See Parents as the Enemy
A parent’s first duty is not complicated. It is to love a child, form a child’s character, and prepare that child to be a productive member of society. Schools exist to help with that work by teaching children. They do not exist to replace it. That distinction is now under pressure. In some academic circles,… -
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DOJ Ends ‘Onerous’ Racial Mandates on School Districts
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division dismissed more than 50 desegregation cases that sat on court dockets for more than half a century. “In this administration, we are ending prolonged federal oversight of these school districts because the effort does not reflect the reality of those classrooms today,” said Assistant… -
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Activist Challenges School Library Books: ‘What in the World Are We Doing?’
Conservative activist Bonnie Wallace, who has been vocal about sexually explicit books in Texas public schools, is now calling attention to books in school libraries that contain extreme violent content. Wallace has attended multiple school board meetings to show trustees that books containing sexually explicit material are available in their school libraries and should be… -
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Vermont Teachers Union Pushes Gender Identity in Sports, Raises Alarms About ‘White Privilege’
The Vermont teachers union formally recognizes students’ right to play sports based on “gender identity,” rather than biological sex. The National Education Association Vermont chapter also asserts that the state’s public school teachers must acknowledge the nation’s “white supremacy culture” as responsible for “white privilege” that is “conferred irrespective of wealth, gender, and other factors.”…
