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Parents Give NC School District 15 Days to Protect Religious Freedom or Face Lawsuit
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A group of parents has given a North Carolina school district 15 days to provide religious accommodations related to a transgender teacher or face a lawsuit, according to a demand letter obtained by the Daily Signal. Thomas More Society attorneys argue that recent Supreme Court precedents require the Wake County Public… -
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A New Way to Teach Western Civilization
This fall, Hillsdale College and Golden Thread Academic, a humanities imprint of Encounter Books, will release a new Western civilization curriculum for high school teachers. The Golden Thread Curriculum will serve as a guide for teachers who use “The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition” as textbooks. Written by professors Allen C. Guelzo… -
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Cruz Ensures Protections for Women in College Sports Act
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is leading the effort on a massive bipartisan bill to “protect, save, and preserve college sports in America.” While conservative groups formerly critiqued the bill for leaving a gap that would override state laws that ban men from competing in women’s sports, the authors changed the language of the bill to… -
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Professor Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk Murder and Villainized ‘White Men’ Still Works for University
Carnegie Mellon University has not fired professor Uju Anya, instead allowing her to take “voluntary professional leave” after a string of “offensive and objectionable” social media posts celebrating the anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. A Daily Signal review of publicly available university records shows that Anya is still an associate professor of second-language acquisition and… -
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Georgia Tech Gets 3rd Place for Free Speech
Georgia Tech’s main campus placed third for free speech in a recent ranking released by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Out of the 261 schools surveyed, Georgia Tech’s main campus placed only behind the University of Chicago, which ranked first, and Claremont McKenna College, which ranked second. The report comes one year after… -
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Parents Can’t Escape Washington’s Transgender Policies by Changing Schools, Supreme Court Brief Argues
The Supreme Court’s recent parental rights ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta is giving new momentum to a challenge against Washington state’s transgender policies, as parents urge the nation’s highest court to block laws that create an “incentive” for gender-confused children to run away. In 2023, Washington lawmakers enacted laws allowing youth shelters to refrain from… -
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Ohio Serves as Model for Christian Education Network Expansion
The Center for Christian Virtue has announced that its Christian Education Network initiative is expanding with eight state affiliates. In 2024, The Heritage Foundation awarded the center $100,000 to support its Education Restoration Initiative and expand the Ohio Christian Education Network schools model across the country. Aaron Baer, the president of the Center for Christian… -
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Grad Schools Are Training Activists, Not Teachers
Who is teaching the teachers? Critical theorists, DEI peddlers, and all manner of indoctrinators who have weaponized the American education system to further their ideological and cultural goals. That’s my conclusion after reading a study released Wednesday by the American Enterprise Institute’s Daniel Buck. Buck reviewed the syllabi of many of America’s top graduate schools… -
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Left-Leaning News Outlet Stealth-Edits Video of Professor Asking Audience to ‘F— Up’ ICE Officer
A professor of pan-African studies with a leadership role in Black Lives Matter urged her audience to “f— up” an officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Sunday, stating that there should be nowhere the agent could “go where they are comfortable.” Melina Abdullah, a professor of Pan-African studies at California State University, Los Angeles,… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Generation That Built America Was the Last of Its Kind
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Our friend, your friend, and I’m a great admirer of David Mamet, the playwright and screenwriter and author. He… -
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House Ed Committee Investigates How AI Affects College Admissions
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The House Education and the Workforce Committee is sending a letter to the Government Accountability Office in order to assess how AI is affecting college admissions. “As artificial intelligence tools continue to improve, some institutions of higher education have begun to use these tools in their admissions and institutional scholarship selection… -
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Virginia Students, Administrators React to Limits on Phones, Devices
Virginia students started the school year earlier than in the recent past, thanks to a 2019 law that allowed districts to start classes in mid-August. Students are also spending less time on their phones, and for hyper-online members of Generation Z, that is an adjustment. In 2024, former Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order… -
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Fairfax and Loudoun Schools Have a Results Problem
Last week, the Virginia Department of Education released the results of the state’s Standards of Learning assessments. The results from two of Virginia’s most affluent counties are troubling. Students in Fairfax County Public Schools and Loudoun County Public Schools failed their SOL assessments at rates that should concern parents, taxpayers, and district leaders. 2025-2026 SOL… -
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Trump Administration Targets Race-Based Discrimination With New IRS Crackdown on Private Schools
The Trump administration plans to end tax-exempt status for private schools that engage in any type of race-based discrimination or race-based admissions. The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service will issue the proposed regulation Thursday to restore merit. “Under President Trump, this Administration is standing up for America’s students by ensuring racial discrimination has… -
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FIRST OF ITS KIND: Civil Rights Division Tests Novel Use of Education Law to Combat Gender Secrecy Policies
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division brought a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against a Kansas school district, applying decades-old laws to combat a new problem: gender secrecy policies allowing school staff to hide a student’s claimed gender identity from parents or legal guardians. “Parental rights are paramount in the operation of America’s public schools, and Kansas City,… -
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Bid to Raise Sales Taxes in Virginia Raises Questions
Thirty-five percent of Virginia’s municipal governments will be holding a referendum this November on whether to add a 1% sales tax to any transactions that take place in their county or city. The General Assembly approved amendments to Sections 58.1-605.1 and 58.1-606.1 to allow all Virginia cities and counties to put forth a referendum to… -
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This Disability Law May Be Parents’ Secret Weapon Against Transgender Policies in School
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The law firm America First Legal released a parental rights toolkit Tuesday, explaining how a law that protects the rights of disabled children also helps parents defend their rights when schools adopt policies hiding a child’s transgender identity from parents. “Parents hold the fundamental and constitutionally-protected right to direct the upbringing… -
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Even After Affirmative Action’s Fall, DEI Thrives at Elite Law Schools
DEI may be crumbling in the federal government and waning in the public esteem, but it is still going strong in elite educational institutions despite popular and legal headwinds against it. Aaron Sibarium at The Washington Free Beacon dropped a report on Monday about how one prestigious law school journal often made race a deciding… -
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Ken Paxton Launches College Student Initiative Ahead of Texas Senate Race
Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign launched 11 college chapters across Texas as it seeks to mobilize young conservative voters ahead of the 2026 election. -
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Texas Lawmaker Who Struggled With Dyslexia Wants to Take His Fight to Congress
Texas Congressional candidate Steve Toth says his personal experience with dyslexia has shaped his efforts to improve literacy and support for students with learning disabilities.