EducationCommentary
Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles-based public interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal… Read More
EducationNews
Twenty minutes outside the U.S. Capitol, 10-year-old Aniyah Maddox gets ready for school in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the District of Columbia. She… Read More
Education Commentary
“When you have a 50 percent graduation rate, you need to think outside the box,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., declared about his proposal to rehabilitate… Read More
EducationNews
President Barack Obama greatly increased financial assistance for college students since 2008, but the cost of higher education and student debt still climbs and graduation… Read More
EducationCommentary
Thanks to a lawsuit, over 92,000 kids, many of them children of color, from low-income families are at risk to lose their privately funded scholarships… Read More
EducationNews
A group of 160 black education and community leaders from across the country are pushing back against an attempt by the National Association for the… Read More
EducationCommentary
Last year’s college news was about demands for safe spaces, trigger warnings, and bans on insensitivity. This year’s college news is about black student demands… Read More
EducationCommentary
Homeschooling has been growing in popularity in recent years, and now accounts for about 3.4 percent of the school-age population. That’s more than double the… Read More
EducationCommentary
The University of Chicago’s president, Robert J. Zimmer, wrote a Wall Street Journal article, titled “Free Speech Is the Basis of a True Education.” In… Read More
EducationCommentary
“Choice” always seems to be a winning argument for the left, except when it comes to education. Liberals repeatedly cry foul as soon as someone… Read More
EducationCommentary
Let’s concede at the outset that many students find their college years enlightening and enriching. But something is rotten in the state of academia, and… Read More
EducationCommentary
If you want to be unquestionably affirmed and unchallenged in all your beliefs and views, don’t go to the University of Chicago. In a letter… Read More
EducationCommentary
Children are filtering back to school in the nation’s capital, but one school is getting students off on the wrong foot by promoting careers propped… Read More
EducationCommentary
As the fall semester begins, parents, students, taxpayers, and donors should be made aware of official college practices that should disgust us all. Hampshire College… Read More
EducationCommentary
For much of American history, education was decentralized, seen as a responsibility of families, communities, churches, and local governments. Parents in the mid-17th century, for… Read More
EducationCommentary
Did DePaul University just admit that it can’t keep its students safe from fellow students who are protesting? Sure seems that way. Hiding behind student… Read More
EducationNews
PHILADELPHIA—Do Democrats support school choice? The Daily Signal posed the question to delegates and attendees at last week’s Democratic National Convention, where voters appeared divided… Read More
EducationCommentary
A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union is threatening education choice in Nevada. The lawsuit revolves around a century-old law with a “shameful… Read More
EducationCommentary
The prospects for a better future are nearly hopeless for roughly 20 percent of black people—those who reside in big-city, crime-infested, and dysfunctional neighborhoods. There… Read More
EducationCommentary
How many non-teachers does a school district need? Since 1950, public schools all across America have added staff at a rapid rate—much faster than their… Read More
EducationCommentary
A new regulation issued by the Obama administration could impose yet another cost on higher education, with no real benefits. The proposed rule, published last… Read More
EducationNews
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill caused an outcry when it published “microaggression guidelines” on a college forum. Although UNC quickly removed the… Read More
EducationAnalysis
The House Education and Workforce Committee recently marked up a number of proposals concerning higher education. Instead of using the opportunity to address the drivers of… Read More
EducationCommentary
Any day now the U.S. Supreme Court will hand down its decision in Abigail Fisher’s discrimination suit against the University of Texas at Austin. However… Read More
EducationNews
Gov. Nikki Haley, a Republican, signed a South Carolina House bill into law that implements the study of U.S. founding documents into the state’s public… Read More
EducationCommentary
A recently released report confirms what Common Core critics have suspected all along: Common Core State Standards do not adequately prepare students for college-level work…. Read More
EducationCommentary
Why are more and more parents making the decision to home-school their children? In her interview with The Daily Signal, actress Sam Sorbo explains how… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Obama administration seems to live in a parallel reality, oblivious to the racial animus that has become the hallmark of late-stage Obama and to… Read More
EducationAnalysis
On Tuesday, the Senate considered a proposal that would expand Pell Grants (federal aid meant to help low-income students attend college) to cover year-round tuition. In theory,… Read More
EducationCommentary
Back in March 2014, Stanford University’s Graduate Student Council revoked funding and demanded exorbitant security fees (over $5,000!) from the Student Anscombe Society related to… Read More
