EducationCommentary
In Wake of Nassar Assault Scandal, Michigan State Students Choose Wrong Target
Everywhere I go, I carry a Spartans water bottle. I used to hope that someone on the street would yell to me, “Go, Green!” It… Read More
EducationInternationalCommentary
University of Texas at Austin Nixes Beijing-Funded Propaganda Institute
The University of Texas at Austin has become the latest North American institution of higher learning to reject the idea of a Chinese Confucius Institute on… Read More
EducationAnalysis
Podcast: Why School Choice Matters
Lindsey Burke, an education expert at The Heritage Foundation, joins us to discuss why parents love school choice options like education savings accounts, and her… Read More
EducationCommentary
University of Virginia Betrays the Legacy of Its Founder, Thomas Jefferson
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, which is located in Charlottesville and is dedicated to “the defense of free expression in… Read More
EducationCommentary
College Tuition Costs Are Out of Control. Here’s How We Can Right the Ship.
You can’t put a price on education, the saying goes, but if you did, it would be very high. And the cost falls on everyone…. Read More
EducationCommentary
Homeschooling Is Not a Crime
It’s elementary. Education control freaks will use any excuse to crack down on competition. With 2 million K-12 students now educated at home (including our… Read More
EducationNews
Betsy DeVos: ‘Common Core Is Dead’
In her first major policy address of 2018, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos criticized the education policies of the Obama and Bush administrations, and laid out… Read More
EducationNews
Trump: School Choices ‘Empower Parents’ to Seek Best Future for Children
President Donald Trump formally proclaimed this week to be National School Choice Week, and called on lawmakers, parents, and students to explore new education options…. Read More
EducationCommentary
School Choice Helped This Girl Escape a Broken School, Then Become Valedictorian
The right to choose where your kids attend school should be common sense. But for too long, it’s something too many parents have been denied… Read More
EducationNews
Comey to Teach College Ethics Course
Former FBI Director James Comey will begin teaching an ethical leadership course at the College of William & Mary in the fall, the school announced… Read More
EducationCommentary
How the Great Books Are Revolutionizing College Admissions Tests
You may remember taking the SAT or the ACT. Hours and hours of memorizing techniques and tricks, all to get that perfect score to unlock… Read More
EducationCommentary
Here’s How Bad Left-Wing Antics on Campus Were in 2017
A frequent point I have made in past columns has been about the educational travesty happening on many college campuses. Some people have labeled my… Read More
EducationCommentary
In a Harsh New Hampshire Winter, Passage of Education Savings Accounts Is a Breath of Spring
As New Hampshire hunkers down for another brutal January, lawmakers are giving families something to look forward to once the snow melts: namely, more opportunities…. Read More
EducationNews
University Offers ‘Problem of Whiteness’ Class, Again
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will reintroduce a class this spring that teaches students why being white is a bad thing. The “Problem of Whiteness” course—part… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Low Academic Quality of Too Many Teachers
My recent columns have focused on the extremely poor educational outcomes for black students. There’s enough blame for all involved to have their fair share…. Read More
EducationNews
College Republicans Say Conservative Speaker Was Treated ‘Unfairly’ at Southern New Hampshire University
Conservative activist Matt Walsh came to Southern New Hampshire University at the request of the SNHU College Republicans and the Young America’s Foundation, but Walsh… Read More
EducationCommentary
Student Debt Is a Symptom of Our Broken Education System. This Bill Would Spark a Change.
We are facing an education crisis in this country. While the value of continued education after high school is undeniable, our nation’s singular focus remains… Read More
EducationNews
Teacher Offers to ‘Rip’ Ben Shapiro’s ‘Shoulder Out of His Socket’ for Charity
A lecturer at University of California, Merced declined to debate conservative author Ben Shapiro, but offered to fight him, according to an audio recording. Fernando… Read More
EducationCommentary
How Affirmative Action Hurts Asian-Americans in College Admissions
Michael Wang stared at the letter in dismay. It marked the sixth Ivy League university he had been rejected by, out of the seven he… Read More
EducationNews
Mike Pence Helps Pass Cruz Amendment Expanding 529 Plans
The Senate passed an amendment from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Friday to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that would allow 529 college savings plans… Read More
EducationCommentary
House Proposal Would Bring Needed Reforms to Higher Education. Here’s Where It Can Still Improve.
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced a bill last week, formally known as the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity through Education… Read More
EducationCommentary
This DC Mom Loves School Choice, and Senate Bill Would Greatly Expand It
Two years ago, Christmas came early for Kofi Minor and her daughter, Elisa Thomas. “She was struggling in school,” says Minor, a resident of the… Read More
EducationCommentary
No, Tax Reform Will Not ‘Decimate’ Colleges or ‘Hurt’ Students
Liberal elites at universities, who rarely meet a tax they don’t like, finally seem to have found one tax proposal that is unacceptable to them…. Read More
EducationCommentary
Why Black Kids Get Trapped in Failing Schools
The educational achievement of white youngsters is nothing to write home about, but that achieved by blacks is nothing less than disgraceful. Let’s look at… Read More
EducationCommentary
Colleges Care About Diversity, Except When They Don’t
A common feature of our time is the extent to which many in our nation have become preoccupied with diversity. But true diversity obsession, almost… Read More
EducationNews
Through God, This Mississippi Boys School Is Working to Heal the Racial Divide
GREENWOOD, Mississippi—Thomas McMillin Howard, known as “T. Mac,” describes Greenwood, Mississippi as a “backwards place.” And sadly, most people who’ve visited would agree. Separated by… Read More
EducationCommentary
Free Speech Is Dying on College Campuses. Here Are 5 Ways to Revive and Protect It.
During the past 18 months, college students have engaged in disruptive and even violent activities toward guest speakers whose ideas they considered offensive. In response,… Read More
EducationNews
School Choice on the Front Line for Military Families
Men and women of the armed forces worry about their children’s education while deployed overseas, says Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Congress can do something… Read More
EducationNews
Teacher Faces Discipline After Using Wrong Pronoun for Transgender Student
A school in England suspended a teacher after he accidentally referred to a transgender boy student as a girl. Math teacher Joshua Sutcliffe, 27, said,… Read More
EducationCommentary
We Hear You: Free Speech, the Transgender Agenda, ‘Mockingbird,’ and the Deep State
Editor’s note: Outrage over the muzzling of certain ideas in our school classrooms and government offices is the common thread of this week’s collection of… Read More
