EducationCommentary
A Tale of Two States’ School Choice
Universal school choice policies are sweeping the nation. But not all policies are created equal. As the experience in two states demonstrates, how the policies… Read More
Education Analysis
The Disease Slowly Killing Our Schools
This is a preview of this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown.” Don’t miss politics editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Dr. Matthew Spalding by turning… Read More
EducationNews
MULTI-GENDER BATHROOM? Parents Outraged Over Virginia High School’s New Layout
When students return to Christiansburg High School for classes on Wednesday, they’ll find at least one large “open plan” gender-neutral and multiple-stall bathroom. Parents are… Read More
EducationAnalysis
Parents Angry as Virginia High School Faces Probe of Minors’ Abortions
In what has become a chilling unearthing, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia has launched an investigation into Centreville High School for accusations of arranging… Read More
EducationCommentary
Is the Woke Tide Turning in American Universities?
The student giving a tour at an elite American university this summer hit all the right points: what the core and elective courses are, how hard they… Read More
EducationNews
‘Prime Target’: Stanford Students Expose China’s Malign Influence in Academia
Chinese authorities are strategically placing students at Stanford University and requiring them to report on academic research, student journalists said Tuesday at a Heritage Foundation… Read More
Education Commentary
Conservatives, Stop Funding Radical Leftists
Stop giving money to your adversaries. This should seem like an obvious rule of politics. But until the Trump administration went after funding for NPR,… Read More
EducationCommentary
Congress Needs to Stop Preserving the Education Department
Like a teacher cleaning the classroom before school opens, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is sweeping out the inefficiencies in her agency—but instead of… Read More
AI Is Making Us Wiser. Just Ask Socrates.
A recent MIT study made for splashy headlines: “Using AI makes you stupid, research finds.” Though researchers cautioned against using words like “dumb” or “stupid”… Read More
EducationNews
Trump Talking to ‘Many’ Universities About Ending Trans Procedures for Minors, Leavitt Says
After the Trump administration’s $50 million settlement with Brown University prohibits it from performing transgender medical interventions on minors, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, the… Read More
EducationCommentary
Education Department’s Return on Investment? Zero. Shut It Down.
In fiscal 2024, when President Joe Biden was still in office and the federal government was running a $1.8 trillion deficit, the Department of Education… Read More
EducationCommentary
Columbia Struck Deal With Trump. Will the Rest of Higher Education Follow?
There’s a reason Claire Shipman, the acting president of Columbia University, cut a deal with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon last week. Elite universities like… Read More
EducationNews
Trump Answers If $500 Million Settlement With Harvard Is Enough
President Donald Trump said he will “see what happens” in negotiations with Harvard as the university is reportedly willing to settle with the administration for… Read More
EducationCommentary
Virginia Schools Face Ultimatum Over Transgender Policies
The U.S. Department of Education is charging that five public school divisions in Northern Virginia are violating federal law by continuing to allow boys who… Read More
EducationCommentary
Exposing the ‘Weapons of Mass Deception’: How State Grading Systems Obscure School Performance
For decades, American education reformers have promised that technocratic accountability systems would transform our schools. We’ve spent billions implementing standardized tests, creating elaborate school-rating systems,… Read More
EducationCommentary
College Sports Is in Peril. President Trump and Republicans Are Trying to Save It.
Last week, President Donald Trump announced an executive order protecting college sports. This is an important step to end the pernicious assault on the industry by… Read More
EducationCommentary
It’s Time to End the Public School Monopoly on Education
The Donald Trump administration has been pursuing, on two fronts, the critical objective of fixing America’s broken education system. One, an executive order by President… Read More
EducationNews
EXCLUSIVE: Lawsuit Against School District Which Secretly Transitioned Tween Girls Added to SCOTUS Docket
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—America First Policy Institute and Illumine Legal asked the Supreme Court to hear the case of two families whose daughters were exposed… Read More
EducationCommentary
Columbia’s Settlement With Trump Could Trigger a Revolution in Higher Ed
Real accountability is coming to higher education thanks to President Donald Trump. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Friday that Columbia University agreed to pay $21… Read More
EducationNews
Strong Support for School Cellphone Bans, Polls Show
After years of flip-flopping opinion on screen usage in schools, a vast majority of American voters want to ban cellphones in the classroom. New polls… Read More
EducationAnalysis
It’s Back-to-(Micro)-School Time! And What Are Microschools Anyway?
It’s nearing back-to-school time in Virginia as we enter a universe where the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the dismantling of the federal… Read More
EducationNews
Trump Administration Reaches Agreement With Columbia on Racial Discrimination
After months of feuding with Columbia University over its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, President Donald Trump announced a settlement with the school on Wednesday…. Read More
Documentary Explores Effort to Bring Bible Back to Public School Students
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Fathom Entertainment, in partnership with LifeWise Academy, has announced the Oct. 23 release of “Off School Property: Solving the Separation of… Read More
EducationNews
How Your Tax Dollars Pushed DEI in Schools
Taxpayers heavily subsidized the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda in schools and nonprofits under the Biden administration’s Department of Education. Last week, the Supreme Court… Read More
EducationNews
EXCLUSIVE: McMahon Reveals Plan to Work With Congress to Bring Down Department of Education
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Education Secretary Linda McMahon would like Congress to use a number of small bills to dismantle the Department of Education, she… Read More
Ohio Attorney General Yost Appeals Judge’s Decision on School Choice
School choice has been a key issue at both the state and federal levels, though this once seemingly bipartisan issue has faced opposition. Last month… Read More
EducationNews
‘Win for Taxpayers’: Fiscal Conservatives Back Trump’s Plans to Cut Education Spending
Fiscal conservatives are cheering the White House’s plans to introduce another rescissions package that includes cuts to federal education funding. “Additional rescissions packages are a… Read More
EducationCommentary
Lawsuit Over California School’s Race-Based Scholarships Could Deal Massive Blow to DEI
No matter how many times elite institutions of higher education are rebuked by the American people or the courts, they remain fanatically dedicated to racial discrimination in… Read More
EducationNews
EXCLUSIVE: White House Targets Bloated Federal Agency in Next Round of Rescissions
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The White House plans to introduce another rescissions package soon that will include cuts to education funding, sources familiar with the… Read More
EducationCommentary
Trump Revives Traditional School Discipline Policies
School discipline based on traditional notions of justice and common sense is increasingly returning to classrooms thanks to the Trump administration. In April, President Donald… Read More
