EducationNews
White House Battle With Harvard Intensifies
In the latest escalation of a feud between Harvard University and the White House, President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to pull the Ivy League institution’s… Read More
Education News
‘Will Not Surrender’: Harvard Scoffs at Trump Admin’s Demands to Address Antisemitism
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Harvard University announced Monday it will not agree to the Trump administration’s demands to address antisemitism on campus. The Department of Education… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Standardized Testing Pendulum Swings Back
In the name of “equity,” many competitive colleges had stopped using entrance exams in their application process. Now, the pendulum has swung: Realizing that standardized… Read More
Education Commentary
Universities: No More ‘Blind Neutrality’ When It Comes to Protesters
Universities face a reckoning. President Donald Trump canceled $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University for failing to protect Jewish students. Columbia caved to the administration’s… Read More
EducationNews
Catholic Charter School Funding Fight Heads to Supreme Court
Oklahoma consistently ranks among the worst states in the country for public school outcomes. In an effort to improve educational options, the state’s official charter… Read More
EducationNews
Reclaiming Higher Ed From the Left: College Presidents Highlight 4 Approaches
Backpacking for three weeks in the wilderness before starting college or working 15 hours per week in lieu of tuition could be some of the… Read More
EducationCommentary
New Senate Proposal Moves the Ball on Closing Down Department of Education
Will the U.S. Department of Education end with a bang or a whimper? So far this year, President Donald Trump’s executive orders have arrived with… Read More
Education Commentary
Rubio Stands Firm: No More Student Visa Privileges for Terrorism Backers
Protesters are getting exactly what they asked for when they waved Hamas flags, burned American flags, and turned college campuses into breeding grounds for extremism…. Read More
EducationNews
Public Opinion Shifts Toward Support for Bible-Based Character Education in Schools
A strong majority of U.S. voters—78%—support teaching character and moral education to public school students, and 67% support that education being Bible-based so long as… Read More
Education Commentary
Save Your School, Don’t Donate Today
It’s no secret that American colleges and universities, once revered as pillars of intellectual integrity, have devolved into hotbeds of anti-American ideologies and radical left-wing… Read More
EducationNews
New York Schools Defy Trump on DEI Programs
THE CENTER SQUARE—In a forceful pushback, New York education officials are defying the Trump administration’s directive to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in public… Read More
EducationCommentary
Shut Down the Department of Education ASAP
A recent report from the American Enterprise Institute summarizes results from the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress—also known as the Nation’s Report Card…. Read More
EducationAnalysis
Harvard and DEI: An Expensive Lesson
The U.S. Department of Education is calling on colleges to account for racist and antisemitic incidents on campus—and its move to withhold taxpayer dollars from… Read More
EducationNews
California Democrats Defy Federal Law, Reject Bills to Protect Girls Sports
California Democrat lawmakers killed two bills meant to protect girls sports Tuesday despite pressure on Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom to limit girls and women’s sports… Read More
EducationNews
DeSantis Cracks Down on Colleges Repackaging DEI Despite Florida Ban
Some college administrators have “repurposed DEI under a different banner” and “think they can get away with it” despite anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion laws Florida… Read More
EducationNews
Cruz, Banks Seek to Give School Choice to Military Families in New Bill
WASHINGTON—Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced the Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act on April 1, a bill aimed at giving… Read More
EducationNews
EXCLUSIVE: Group Equips Parents to Lobby Lawmakers to Follow Trump’s Edict on Girls Sports
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A conservative organization for parents is equipping them to challenge their elected representatives who are defying President Donald Trump’s executive order… Read More
Education News
Trump Administration Targets Harvard in Crackdown on Campus Antisemitism
Editor’s note: This piece has been updated at the end with Harvard’s response to the government’s review. The federal government has initiated a grant review… Read More
EducationCommentary
School Choice Soon Available to Half of US Kids, But How It’s Designed Is Critical
School choice will soon hit a tipping point. If Texas enacts a universal school choice bill, as seems very likely, then more than half of… Read More
EducationCommentary
Trump Administration Halts ‘COVID-19’ Education Spending Spree, Sends Savings to Treasury
On Friday, the Trump administration took another step toward reining in wasteful government spending and narrowing Washington’s role in K-12 education. The Department of Education… Read More
‘Empire of Gender Secrecy Policies Is Going to Crumble’ After Trump Education Probe in California, Lawyer Says
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education under President Donald Trump launched an investigation into the California Department of Education Thursday in a move… Read More
EducationNews
Education Department’s Probe Into Anti-Parent California Law Could Help Affected Families, Legal Group Hopes
Aurora Regino was the last to know that her daughter’s school district was secretly helping the 11-year-old identify as a boy. An elementary school guidance… Read More
EducationNews
Border Patrol Recruiter Asked to Leave California High School Career Fair
A Border Patrol recruiter was asked to leave a college and career fair on Wednesday at a public high school in Southern California. A post… Read More
EducationCommentary
Real School Accountability Puts Families First
Arkansas has been a national leader on education freedom, but a bill before the state Legislature would be a step in the wrong direction. In… Read More
EducationNews
Texas Lawmaker ‘Sneaks’ into University’s Transgender Event, Exposes Programs Funded by Taxpayers
Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison sounded the alarm after he “snuck” into a state-funded transgender conference at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday,… Read More
EducationAnalysis
Maine Insists on Standoff With Trump Over Men in Women’s Sports. Who’s Winning This One?
Maine is putting it all on the line in the name of “transgender rights.” The state has gone so far as to risk federal funding… Read More
EducationCommentary
Teachers Unions Oppose Reintroduction of Phonics
For decades, K-12 schools have wandered away from a time-tested, research-based method of teaching reading: phonics. Student scores have plunged to historic lows, but some… Read More
EducationNews
‘Tremendous Change’: Trump Says ‘Won’t Be Long’ Until States Run Department of Education
President Donald Trump said it “won’t be long” until states are “really running” the Department of Education. The Daily Signal asked Trump at his March… Read More
EducationCommentary
FOLLOW THE MONEY: Is This the Real Reason the Left Is Freaking Out About the Department of Education?
Judging from the Left’s responses to President Trump’s order to wind down the Department of Education, you might be forgiven for thinking the president had… Read More
EducationCommentary
The DEI Higher Ed Machine Is Crumbling
The Trump administration is routing DEI regimes on college campuses. The University of California announced Wednesday that it would drop diversity statement requirements when hiring… Read More
