EducationAnalysis
Podcast: A Homeschooling Mom Shares Why, and How
Where do you begin if you’re thinking about homeschooling? Can you do it if you’re not a teacher? And how can you make sure your… Read More
EducationAnalysis
DeSantis Gets Unexpected Boost From African-American ‘School-Choice Moms’
Conservative Republican Ron DeSantis and progressive Democrat Andrew Gillum presented voters with starkly different choices on an array of issues, none more distinctively polar than… Read More
EducationCommentary
How Liberal Policy Keeps Black Kids From Succeeding
What do you think of the proposition that no black youngsters should be saved from educational rot until all can be saved? Black people cannot… Read More
EducationCommentary
Professor Thinks Banning These Words Would Fix Free Speech on College Campuses
University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax is accustomed to political wrongthink. Wax has a bachelor’s degree from Yale College, a medical degree from Harvard,… Read More
EducationCommentary
Micro-Schools Offer Kids a Customized, Hands-On Education
There’s a world of difference between telling kids what they are supposed to know and teaching them how to learn. As parents look for more… Read More
EducationCommentary
Regulations Threaten to Limit Best Schooling Options for Children
What is the measure of a good school? And who is best positioned to decide what works? For decades, policymakers and education officials have attempted… Read More
EducationCommentary
Education Savings Accounts Remain a Choice for Arizona Parents
Leading up to Tuesday’s election, Arizona’s teachers union and its allies were more bombastic than strategic. But despite the campaign against families’ ability to choose… Read More
EducationCommentary
How Affirmative Action Backfires on Minority Students, and Why Colleges Do It Anyway
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas once recounted the time when his Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School was dismissed from nearly every law firm… Read More
EducationNews
4 in 10 College Students Say It Is OK to Disrupt a Speaker on Campus, Survey Finds
An overwhelming majority of American college students say they support the First Amendment, yet more than 4 in 10 think it’s OK to disrupt a… Read More
EducationCommentary
How School Choice Is Lifting Up Puerto Rico’s Children After Hurricane Maria
Thirteen months ago on Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria slammed the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, devastating homes and infrastructure and leading to loss of… Read More
EducationNews
Student Cancels Petition Seeking Removal of Clarence Thomas’ Name From Campus Building
An alumna of a Georgia college has canceled her petition demanding that the college remove Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ name from a campus building…. Read More
EducationCommentary
Proof That ‘See Something, Say Something’ Can Stop a School Shooting
What could have been a news cycle about yet another mass school shooting in America instead focused on a different type of terrorism this week—suspicious… Read More
Education Commentary
Problematic Women: Meghan Markle Says University Education Is a ‘Right’
The Trump administration proposes changes to Title IX, Meghan Markle says university education is a “right” in her first royal tour speech, and Sandra Day… Read More
EducationNews
Fellow Alumni Seek to Rescind Sen. Susan Collins’ Honorary Degree for Kavanaugh Vote
Hundreds of alumni and faculty are calling on a university to take back an honorary degree it gave to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in retaliation… Read More
EducationCommentary
A Better Way to Spend Our Education Dollars
With the recent release of a study on education spending, many are reiterating a hackneyed conclusion: that the U.S. needs to funnel more money into… Read More
EducationFeature
How a Professor Who Lost His Job for Being Conservative Fought Back and Won
Disclosure: Troy Worden received a $100 donation to a GoFundMe for legal fees from Mark McIntire prior to the publication of this article. A prior… Read More
EducationAnalysis
Why Do Millennials Like Socialism? Betsy DeVos Cites Lack of Civics Education
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke to The Daily Signal this week about her efforts to restore local control of education, the Trump administration’s priorities for… Read More
EducationNews
Rutgers Reinvites Critic of Radicalism After Canceling Speech
Rutgers University last week canceled a speech against radicalism by investigative journalist Lisa Daftari in the face of a growing outcry from student groups who… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Daily Signal Podcast: Betsy DeVos on Giving States More Power in Education
Betsy DeVos received heaps of scorn from the left when she became education secretary, but since taking office last year, she’s accomplished much—and given a… Read More
EducationNews
Susan Rice’s Son Pursues Assault Charges in Incident at Pro-Kavanaugh Event at Stanford
The son of former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice, a pro-Trump College Republicans leader, is pressing “full charges” against a fellow Stanford University student… Read More
EducationCommentary
A Question for Harvard: Who Actually Wins From Racial Preferences?
Sarah, a young African-American woman I’ve known for more than a decade, will apply soon to college. She’s gifted, motivated, and wise beyond her years…. Read More
EducationCommentary
Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Are a Role Model for School Choice
Who would you rather have choose your child’s school—a politician or a bureaucrat? If you answered “neither,” you’re in good company with the conservatives in… Read More
EducationNews
Pro-Palestine Professor Who Rescinded Letter to Let Student Study in Israel Is Punished by University
The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor punished a pro-Palestine professor who rescinded a recommendation letter for a student wanting to study in Israel. John… Read More
EducationNews
UC Berkeley Limits Free Speech … Again
The University of California at Berkeley, regarded as the birthplace of the free speech movement, has done away with one of its historic “free speech… Read More
EducationNews
College Apologizes for Taxpayer-Funded Protests at Family Farm
The president of Evergreen State College has apologized, more than a year after the fact, for the Washington state school’s use of taxpayer funds to… Read More
EducationCommentary
Harvard Students Want Kavanaugh Banned From Public Life, Because of #MeToo
Day by day, the #MeToo movement’s credibility is getting chipped away. The allegation being peddled by porn actress Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, is one… Read More
EducationCommentary
Obama’s Anti-Discipline Policies Set Our Students Up for Failure
President Barack Obama’s first education secretary, Arne Duncan, gave a speech on the 45th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,… Read More
EducationNews
Georgetown Professor Says White Men Should Be Castrated, Fed to Swine Over Kavanaugh Support
A professor at Georgetown University known for making incendiary comments against supporters of President Donald Trump said white men deserve “miserable deaths” for supporting Supreme… Read More
EducationNews
Michigan Professor Refuses to Write Letter of Recommendation for Student Who Wants to Study in Israel
A professor at the University of Michigan has come in for criticism after initially supporting a student’s application to study abroad and then rescinding that… Read More
EducationAnalysis
How ‘Diversity Ideology’ Killed the University and Is Infecting America
When we think of institutions that shape our nation’s future, many often think of Congress and the White House, but it was John Maynard Keynes,… Read More
