EducationCommentary
Texas and the Promise of ‘Universal’ School Choice
With a stroke of his pen this Saturday, Gov. Greg Abbott will make every school-aged child in Texas eligible for education choice. It’s a historic… Read More
EducationNews
EXCLUSIVE: Legislation Would Codify Trump Order Barring Decertifying Colleges Over DEI
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Republican senator wants to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion discrimination in higher education… Read More
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Supreme Court Considers Whether the First Amendment Allows ‘Religious Charter Schools’
One of the Supreme Court’s last argued cases of the 2024-25 term may turn out to be one of its most significant. On Wednesday, the… Read More
EducationCommentary
Governor’s Surprise Veto Sinks School Choice Opportunity for North Dakota
Last week, North Dakota was poised to become the 17th state to make every K-12 student eligible for school choice. Instead, the failure of Gov…. Read More
EducationCommentary
Oklahoma Case Offers Supreme Court Chance to Benefit Families
A great many of the cases heard by our nation’s courts, at every level, require the delicate parsing of subtly contradictory facts and opinions leading… Read More
EducationCommentary
Trump Rejects Obama-Era Race-Based School Discipline Policies
The second Donald Trump administration continues to ferret out racial favoritism in education and the federal workforce, and there is plenty to be found. The… Read More
Education Commentary
Elite Universities Should Stop Digging Themselves Into a Hole
Elite universities are so determined to fight the Donald Trump administration that they’ve decided to double down on their antisemitism and stick with anti-Israel protesters and ideological rigidity. If they… Read More
EducationCommentary
Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes a Powerful Argument for School Choice
During oral arguments in the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson unintentionally made a practical and convincing case for universal… Read More
EducationCommentary
Families Fight Back as South Carolina Court Strikes Down School Choice
South Carolina’s school choice program faced a crushing setback when the state’s Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional after hundreds of students had already started classes… Read More
EducationNews
Americans Support Pulling Funds from Harvard, Taxing Endowments According to Poll
Americans are broadly supportive of the Trump administration’s battle with Harvard University, and majorities even support the federal government taxing the endowments of wealthy universities. This… Read More
EducationCommentary
Education Freedom Meets Religious Freedom
Two important developments in education occurred over the last week. One was a sign of the problem we have. The other was a sign of… Read More
EducationNews
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Executive Order Will Bar Decertifying Colleges Over DEI
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Wednesday prohibiting higher education accreditors from participating in unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion… Read More
EducationNews
Secretary McMahon Restores Accountability on Defaulted Student Loans Biden Ignored
As part of her efforts to overhaul the federal education system, Education Secretary Linda McMahon is restoring accountability to the federal student loan system. Beginning… Read More
EducationCommentary
Fairfax County Doubles Down on Keeping Secrets from Parents
Recent votes to continue secret gender “transitions” in schools and to remove public access to the Fairfax County, Virginia, sex education committee cap years of… Read More
EducationNews
After 5-Year Hiatus, Federal Student Loan Collections Set to Resume
After five years on hold, the U.S. Department of Education will resume collecting student loan payments on May 5. “American taxpayers will no longer be… Read More
EducationNews
Children ‘Do Not Belong to Government,’ Education Dept. Warns Colorado on Transgender Bill
As Colorado lawmakers consider a bill that would take custody rights away from parents who diverge from transgender orthodoxy, the Trump administration’s Education Department says… Read More
EducationNews
Supreme Court Clash Over Parents’ Religious Freedom and Schools’ Gender Curriculum
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on an important case involving the intersection of the rights to exercise religion and to direct the upbringing of… Read More
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Nearly 400 Colleges and Universities Refuse to Close DEI Offices
A recent report from an education watchdog has found that colleges and universities across the nation are still operating diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and… Read More
EducationNews
Heritage Foundation Unveils Classical School Database
The Heritage Foundation has compiled a searchable Classical Schools Database featuring nearly 900 schools across the United States that say they are “committed to offering… Read More
Education Commentary
End US Taxpayer Support for the Higher Education Gravy Train
One of the most important insights of public policy is the understanding that most laws are predicated upon a (stated or unstated) quid pro quo. … Read More
Education Commentary
Will Harvard Go Full Hillsdale?
Harvard University has rejected various demands of a presidential commission on antisemitism. The task force wants to persuade Harvard to ensure Jewish students on its… Read More
EducationCommentary
Texas Tips the Scales: School Choice Now Covers Half of US Kids
In a historic victory for educational freedom, the Texas House of Representatives finally passed a universal school choice bill—marking not just a win for families… Read More
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DOJ Announces Lawsuit Against Maine for Failing to Protect Women’s Sports
The Department of Justice launched a civil lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education for failing to protect women in women’s sports, Attorney General Pam… Read More
EducationCommentary
Harvard Doesn’t Have a Right to Your Money
Ivy League schools are aghast to learn that they really have to stop racially discriminating and start protecting Jewish students from antisemitic threats. According to… Read More
EducationNews
White House Battle With Harvard Intensifies
In the latest escalation of a feud between Harvard University and the White House, President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to pull the Ivy League institution’s… Read More
Education News
‘Will Not Surrender’: Harvard Scoffs at Trump Admin’s Demands to Address Antisemitism
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Harvard University announced Monday it will not agree to the Trump administration’s demands to address antisemitism on campus. The Department of Education… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Standardized Testing Pendulum Swings Back
In the name of “equity,” many competitive colleges had stopped using entrance exams in their application process. Now, the pendulum has swung: Realizing that standardized… Read More
Education Commentary
Universities: No More ‘Blind Neutrality’ When It Comes to Protesters
Universities face a reckoning. President Donald Trump canceled $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University for failing to protect Jewish students. Columbia caved to the administration’s… Read More
EducationNews
Catholic Charter School Funding Fight Heads to Supreme Court
Oklahoma consistently ranks among the worst states in the country for public school outcomes. In an effort to improve educational options, the state’s official charter… Read More
EducationNews
Reclaiming Higher Ed From the Left: College Presidents Highlight 4 Approaches
Backpacking for three weeks in the wilderness before starting college or working 15 hours per week in lieu of tuition could be some of the… Read More
