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49 Senators OK Common Core Advocate as Education Secretary
The Senate voted 49-40 Monday evening to confirm John B. King Jr., President Barack Obama’s nominee, as secretary of education. A total of 11 senators… Read More
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How Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin Wants to Change the Traditional Public Education Model
Across the country, state legislatures are challenging the traditional public education model. And in Oklahoma, Gov. Mary Fallin is looking to Sooner State lawmakers to… Read More
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Senate Republicans Help Advance Obama Education Nominee Who Supports Common Core
Despite opposition from former educators, school boards, and public officials for his “blind commitment” to Common Core, a Senate panel Wednesday voted in favor of… Read More
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Meet the College President Taking on ‘Ideological Fascism’
Campus protests swept the nation last fall, costing some college presidents their jobs. But at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Everett Piper didn’t cower and quit. He… Read More
EducationCommentary
Why Are Higher Education Subsidies Going Toward Lazy River Rides?
Navigating life after college can be tricky for new graduates. Students are struggling to pay off debt and many recent graduates find their degrees don’t… Read More
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How the New Left on College Campuses Is Killing Free Speech
The role of colleges and universities in America used to be to encourage intellectual thought and discussion. But Charles Kesler, one of America’s most prominent… Read More
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Colleges Use Tax-Exempt Status to Excuse Restricting Free Speech
Universities point to the tax code as an excuse to suppress free speech on campuses across the United States, an education rights group told a House panel. Students, professors,… Read More
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College Students’ ‘Crybully’ Movement Hurts Universities, Scholars Argue
Too many college students are more interested in silencing opposition than fostering ideas, education experts said at a forum in Washington, D.C. “The burning irony… Read More
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South Dakota Governor Vetoes Transgender Bathroom Bill
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, a Republican, vetoed a controversial bill Tuesday that would have prohibited public school students from using bathrooms, lockers, and shower… Read More
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State Lawmakers Fight Teaching Students Just One Side of Climate Change Debate
West Virginia state lawmakers are digging in against new science education standards in public school curricula that reflect only one side of the climate change… Read More
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Minnesota Kindergarten Students Forced to Confront Gender Identity
It all started with a book: “My Princess Boy.” On Oct. 14, 2015, the elementary school principal of a Minnesota charter school informed parents that… Read More
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Campus Protesters Try to Silence Conservative Speaker, Demand College President’s Resignation
Student protesters swarmed California State University, Los Angeles to barricade the entrances of a theater where conservative commentator Ben Shapiro was set to deliver a… Read More
EducationCommentary
Why Have Universities Been Overtaken by Mob Rule?
Student groups have asserted control of many university campuses across America. Without even resorting to force, they have successfully compelled the resignation of presidents and… Read More
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There They Go Again: College Students Can’t Identify Photo of Ronald Reagan
A video shows “politically challenged” college students are unable to identify former President Ronald Reagan in a photograph. “Was that a former president?” a student majoring… Read More
EducationCommentary
DC Devotes $29K per Student Each Year. What if Parents Controlled That Money?
Washington, D.C., public schools consistently underperform relative to the rest of the country, while having the highest per-pupil revenue in the nation. Clearly the “spend… Read More
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Virginia Mom Takes Fight Against Sexually Explicit Books to State Lawmakers
After discovering what she considers over-the-top, sexually explicit material in her children’s high school reading assignments, a Northern Virginia mother is lobbying for greater transparency… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Dirty Little Secret of How Teachers Unions Stay in Business
Less than 1 percent of Pennsylvania public school teachers have formally approved of the unions representing them, and teachers unions from Erie to Philadelphia have… Read More
EducationCommentary
This College President Rejected The Loony Demands of His Students
In the wake of incidents smacking of mob rule at the University of Missouri and Yale, some college administrators are waking up. Students attend college… Read More
EducationCommentary
Why School Choice Helps All Kids (Not Just a Few)
No child should be placed on a wait list to his future. Yet today, more than a million kids in cities across America languish on wait… Read More
EducationCommentary
My School Choice Story
It’s National School Choice Week, and I am so excited to see the incredible number of events around the country highlighting education. It brings back so… Read More
EducationCommentary
How School Choice Could Improve Life for Teachers
During National School Choice Week, advocates are demonstrating how students thrive when they have more education options. While it’s often easy to see the success… Read More
EducationCommentary
Congress Shouldn’t Push Obama’s Flawed Child Nutrition Policy on Children
The Senate is at work on reauthorizing child nutrition programs. Last week, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed by voice vote its child nutrition legislation that… Read More
EducationCommentary
What School Choice Advocates Have to Celebrate
National School Choice Week has just kicked-off, and there is much to celebrate this year. National School Choice Week will feature over 16,000 events across… Read More
EducationCommentary
School Choice Interest Skyrocketing as Public Schools Disappoint
This is shaping up to be the best year yet for National School Choice Week. The annual January event, which began in 2011, will feature… Read More
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District 211 School Allows Transgender Student to Use Girls’ Locker Room
A transgender student was granted access to an Illinois public school’s female locker room Friday after reaching an agreement with the school. The agreement with… Read More
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Detroit Public School Teacher ‘Sick Out‘ Underway While Just 8% of Students Can Read Proficiently
Nearly all schools in Detroit were closed Wednesday due to a massive teacher “sick out,” preventing students from attending class. Teachers have complained about over-crowded… Read More
EducationCommentary
A Way for Lawmakers to Show They Believe Black Lives Matter
The great Jack Kemp used to say about politicians that “voters don’t care what you know until they know that you care.” Congressional conservatives say… Read More
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Ithaca College President to Step Down Following Protests for Handling of Race-Related Incidents
Tom Rochon, president of Ithaca College, announced Thursday he will be stepping down next year following campus-wide protests and calls for his resignation from both… Read More
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Liberal Professors Outnumber Conservative Faculty 5 to 1. Academics Explain Why This Matters
Professors in higher education have become notably more liberal during the past 25 years, according to a recent study, and academics predict that the trend… Read More
EducationCommentary
Why Sexual Orientation Laws Are a Threat to Local Education
Since the Department of Education was founded in 1979, the federal government has been increasingly involved in public education. The newest encroachment by the federal… Read More
