What to Know About Connecticut’s Push to Limit Homeschooling
Connecticut lawmakers are concerned about child abuse. Good, that issue should be a priority for parents and policymakers alike. But stripping rights away from all… Read More
SC Lawmakers Seem to Be Allergic to Educational Opportunity
Why do South Carolina lawmakers want to make it more difficult for families to educate their children? Lawmakers are misinterpreting the very law they approved… Read More
SecurityNews
EXCLUSIVE: Heritage Says States Should Charge Tuition to Illegal Alien Children
Children should not receive a free education at America’s public schools unless they are lawfully present in the United States, a new report from The… Read More
EducationNews
He Had Near-Perfect SAT Scores. Was He Rejected in Favor of Foreign College Applicants?
Who are America’s public universities really for? A growing backlash argues that domestic students—many with near-perfect test scores—are being edged out in favor of full-pay… Read More
EducationCommentary
A Different Kind of Classroom Is Outperforming Expectations
In recent years, many parents have begun questioning long-standing assumptions about traditional education. Concerns about bureaucracy, one-size-fits-all curricula, and institutional failures have eroded confidence in… Read More
News
Chicago Public Schools Offer ‘Family Planning,’ Condoms, Abortion Information to Students
The Chicago public school system is offering “family planning” services and condoms to students as young as 12. Under school system policy, schools teaching fifth… Read More
EducationCommentary
It’s Time to End the Public School Monopoly on Education
The Donald Trump administration has been pursuing, on two fronts, the critical objective of fixing America’s broken education system. One, an executive order by President… Read More
EducationCommentary
Will K-12 Students Be Disadvantaged by DC Layoffs? Of Course Not
WASHINGTON—Who needs the U.S. Department of Education to stay just the way it is? Not Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who sees it as her mission… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Could an End to Funding Mean a Start to School Choice?
Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s voice still echoes loudly in Virginia and across the United States. “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they… Read More
EducationCommentary
The School Choice Tide Lifts All Students
Now that Texas and South Carolina have passed school choice bills, parents will be able to choose the best school for their kids in 17… Read More
Education Analysis
From School Board Mom to National Leader: Tiffany Justice’s New Mission for Parental Rights
The rise of parental activism in education has transformed America’s political landscape since COVID-19 lockdowns exposed what was happening behind classroom doors. Now, one of… 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
EducationCommentary
New Senate Proposal Moves the Ball on Closing Down Department of Education
Will the U.S. Department of Education end with a bang or a whimper? So far this year, President Donald Trump’s executive orders have arrived with… Read More
EducationNews
Idaho Governor Signs $50 Million Private School Choice Bill into Law
THE CENTER SQUARE—Idaho Gov. Brad Little just unlocked $50 million to expand private school choice starting next school year. Little signed House Bill 93 into… Read More
EducationCommentary
F-Minus: A Tale of Two Cities’ School Districts
The Nation’s Report Card recently went public. It’s the kind of thing that kids hide from their parents. The National Assessment of Educational Progress offers a grim view… Read More
EducationCommentary
Future of Charter Schools Jeopardized by Their Own Political Shortsightedness
A decade ago, charter schools were heralded as the crowning achievement of bipartisan education reform efforts. But during last week’s National School Choice Week observations, charters… Read More
EducationCommentary
Missing the Public School ‘Segregation’ Forest for the Trees
ProPublica recently published “Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars.” The article focuses on 20 private schools in North Carolina founded… Read More
EducationCommentary
Nation’s Second-Largest School District Revises Race-Based Grant Program
In August, the nation’s second-largest school district announced a major policy shift that caused the soon-to-be-unemployed minds at the Los Angeles Times editorial board to collectively explode last month. Why? Because in the… Read More
In Linda McMahon, Trump Makes Strong Pick for Education Secretary
Various polls show a majority of Americans support President-elect Donald Trump in his Cabinet picks and transition back to the White House. One strong choice… Read More
EducationCommentary
Critical Race Theory Is Still Plaguing Some K-12 Schools. Here’s How Parents, Lawmakers Can Fight Back.
Critical race theory gripped the nation’s attention after the summer of 2020 and the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. According to Google Trends, the… Read More
EducationCommentary
Critical Race Theory Organizers Plot Their Return to the Classroom
The top practitioners of critical race theory just held a weeklong “summer school” in Nashville, Tennessee, to strategize, assess the movement, and debate how best to proselytize… Read More
EducationNews
Colorado Middle School Requires Teachers to Show LGBTQ+ ‘Day of Silence’ Video to Students
A middle school in Colorado set time aside for all students and staff to participate in a daylong LGBTQ+ celebration, encouraging students to watch a… Read More
EducationNews
‘Our Babies Sometimes Say Harmful Things’: Superintendents Deny Antisemitism Is ‘Pervasive’ Problem in Their Schools
In an explosive House subcommittee hearing Wednesday, Republicans pressed the leaders of three major public school districts about their responses to antisemitic incidents. Rep. Kevin… Read More
SocietyNews
Judge Blocks Suspensions of Middle School Female Athletes Who Refused to Compete Against Male Student
A West Virginia judge granted a preliminary injunction allowing several middle school girls to compete after the school district banned them from competition after refusing… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Decay of Education
The decay in American education is an alarming national security threat. Most high school or college graduates know about little more than their sexual orientation… Read More
Education News
EXCLUSIVE: Seattle School Board Member Calls Israel ‘Right-Wing Apartheid Force’ in Pro-BLM Email
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Emails obtained by Parents Defending Education, a watchdog organization, show a Seattle school board member called Israel a “right-wing apartheid force”… Read More
EducationCommentary
Third-Largest Teachers Union Faces Demise of Its Own Making
In a frantic attempt to preserve its monopoly over the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, attorneys for the Florida union currently representing the district’s 24,000-plus teachers… Read More
EducationNews
‘BRING IT ON’: School Board President Challenges Parents Concerned Over Gender Policy Changes
An Arizona school board has taken a combative approach toward parents concerned over proposed curriculum or policies focused on sex education and transgenderism. These proposed changes… Read More
EducationNews
EXCLUSIVE: Parents Kept in the Dark Over Illegal Immigrants Housed in NYC School, Emails Show
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—School administrators in New York City agreed to house illegal aliens at James Madison High School in Brooklyn without including parents… Read More
EducationCommentary
Biden’s Department of Re-Education
Throughout all of history, education has been understood as being about learning the truths of reality and conforming oneself to those truths in order to… Read More
