Education Analysis
It’s Time to Hold School Boards Accountable, This Father Says
All parents want their children to receive a good education and in Fort Worth, Texas, John Pritchett is working hard to ensure that desire becomes… Read More
EducationCommentary
We Hear You: Rebuffing Teachers Unions and Reopening Schools
Editor’s note: The Daily Signal’s audience isn’t buying the teachers union’s reasons for refusing to return to classrooms. Here’s a sampling, plus some thoughts on… Read More
EducationCommentary
Activists Outline Plan to Push Agenda of Black Lives Matter in Classroom
Corporations, nonprofit institutions, the media, and countless individual Americans have expressed support of the Black Lives Matter movement, funneling millions of dollars into organizations that… Read More
EducationCommentary
School Choice Provides Opportunity for All of America’s Kids to Have Better Life
Tiffany Dunston is the epitome of an education opportunity success story. She grew up in a poor neighborhood in Washington, D.C., and became motivated in… Read More
EducationNews
North Carolina College Hosts ‘White Caucus’ for Students to Talk About ‘Guilt,’ ‘Fragility’
The Elon University School of Education invited “white identifying” students to participate in a white caucus to discuss race without distressing people of color, according… Read More
EducationNews
Cotton, Rubio Blast Biden Over Decision on China’s Confucius Institutes at Colleges
Two Republican senators on Tuesday blasted President Joe Biden for withdrawing a proposed rule that would require U.S. schools to disclose their partnerships with Confucius… Read More
EducationNews
Petition Calls on San Francisco School Board to Focus on ‘Improving Schools, Not Renaming Them’
A petition being circulated online in San Francisco is demanding that the city’s Board of Education focus on “improving schools, NOT renaming them.” The petition… Read More
EducationCommentary
Why Action Civics Is More Action Than Civics: K-12 Students Aren’t Ready to Be Activists
Educators and policymakers agree that the teaching of civics in K-12 schools is not preparing children to participate in civic life. There’s broad agreement among… Read More
EducationCommentary
Power to the People 2.0
During the rebellious ’60s, the slogan “power to the people” became a mantra for the young to protest what they saw as oppression from their… Read More
EducationCommentary
Why Civil Discourse Should Be Fruit of Liberal Arts Education
Even in the midst of a global pandemic with many college students off campus in virtual classrooms, debates about free speech in higher education remain… Read More
Education Analysis
The Real Harm of Teachers Union’s Decision to Keep Schools Closed
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced it’s now safe to resume in-person schooling, providing appropriate precautions are taken. Yet, the Chicago Teachers… Read More
EducationCommentary
Here’s How Some States and Families Are Taking Back Control Over Their Children’s Education
When schools closed last March due to the coronavirus pandemic, no one expected them to still be closed nearly a year later. The image projected… Read More
EducationCommentary
Military Families Deserve More School Choice for Their Children
I was disturbed to read a 2017 Military Times survey that found that 35% of service members pointed to dissatisfaction with their children’s education as… Read More
EducationNews
These 2 Moms Refuse to Settle for Failures of Online Learning
Fed up with not being able to keep their children physically in school full time in a Pennsylvania suburb, a group of concerned parents is… Read More
EducationCommentary
Amid Shuttered Schools, 7 Days of Hope for Educational Freedom
Hope is a powerful, uniquely human concept. Hope is also a necessity to persevere through the trials and tribulations, the ups and the downs, of… Read More
EducationNews
EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Offer 6 School Choice Bills
The Republican Study Committee plans to introduce six school choice measures in the House on Thursday in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has… Read More
EducationCommentary
It’s Time for a Bold, Reaganesque Approach to Teachers Unions on School Closures
In 1971, the Supreme Court upheld a 1955 law making it illegal for federal employees to strike against the U.S. government. So, when members of… Read More
EducationCommentary
Teachers Unions Are Keeping Kids Out of the Classroom. School Choice Can Ensure They Learn Anyway.
National School Choice Week has taken on renewed importance this year, as too many families are approaching the one-year mark of crisis online learning provided… Read More
EducationCommentary
National School Choice Week 2021 Is an Opportunity to Reexamine Our Children’s Education
As we prepare to celebrate National School Choice Week, so many things come to my mind. The months of the COVID-19 pandemic have caused parents everywhere to… Read More
Education Analysis
What’s Next for 1776 Commission and the Fight to Preserve US History
One of President Joe Biden’s very first executive actions was to disband the 1776 Commission and remove the commission’s report from the White House website. … Read More
EducationNews
San Francisco Area Doctors Call for Reopening California Schools
Thirty doctors and other health care professionals at the University of California at San Francisco have published an open letter calling for the reopening of… Read More
EducationAnalysis
What the School Board Members Who Shape Your Child’s Curriculum Really Believe
Over 14,000 school boards, with about 100,000 members, set the course for instruction in classrooms across the country. To understand the views of parents and… Read More
EducationNews
President’s 1776 Commission’s Report Defending Nation’s History Draws Leftist Fire
The political left is criticizing the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission report, which aims to bring clarity about the facts of America’s founding. The report—released Monday… Read More
EducationCommentary
Teachers Unions Fail Science
Is your child’s school open now? Probably not — because teachers unions say that reopening would “put their health and safety at risk.” They keep… Read More
Education Analysis
Preserving America’s Past Through Trump’s 1776 Commission
The future of America rests largely upon the rising generation, a generation that is being taught to embrace far-left progressive ideology about America and its… Read More
EducationCommentary
Time to Heed the Science and Reopen Schools
There’s no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted childhood education. In many countries, kids have physically returned to school. In others, schools were never… Read More
EducationNews
Trump Announces Members of Commission Focused on Teaching Youth About America’s Founding
President Donald Trump has called upon 18 conservative leaders to serve on a new commission focused on teaching the next generation the truth about America’s… Read More
EducationCommentary
How to Stop Schools From Parenting Your Children
I’m tired of schools trying to play the role of surrogate parents. Like too many parents across our nation, I’ve become increasingly concerned about the… Read More
EducationCommentary
2020 Proves What Happens on Campus Does Not Stay on Campus
The Las Vegas marketing slogan “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” meant to convey the hope that whatever you did during your stopover in… Read More
EducationCommentary
8 Education Choice Wins in 2020
This year, the coronavirus pandemic presented new hurdles for 55.1 million students and their families after 124,000 public and private schools closed nationwide. Despite these… Read More
