College, or Expensive Elementary School?
UC San Diego is admitting students who don’t have a basic understanding of math. Young adults are literally paying for courses they should have mastered already.
College Grads Have Little to Show for Grade Inflation
Cushiony marks are being handed out by professors like candy. As a result, students aren’t ready for the workforce and are left with little to no hope.
Chicago’s $23.6M Travel Scandal Shows Need for School Choice
Students like me need school choice for the best education possible, and the huge scandal in the Windy City illustrates exactly why.
Behind the Wall of Government Schools
You will not believe the abysmal environment of America’s public schools due to institutional neglect and political agendas warping what is taught.
How Gen Z’s Education Is Powering Mamdani’s Campaign
Young people are taught the principles of CRT and DEI, which flatten complex issues into simple moral issues where siding with the “oppressed” is the only acceptable answer.
Left-Wing Radicalism: What’s Wrong With the Education System
The Oxford Union president-elect who debated Charlie Kirk and celebrated his attack was voted out, while two school teachers mocked Kirk’s death at “No Kings” protests.
Why Students Want Trump to Abolish the Department of Education
It’s the beginning of what could be a much broader effort to finally abolish the Department, which has been ineffective and harmful to American education for decades.
Enemies Within
The National Education Association is teaching our children that the Palestinians are the “indigenous people” in the Holy Land. That is raw antisemitic propaganda.
Trump’s Plan to Reform Higher Education
His administration has rolled out a compact that offers preferential funding and other benefits for schools that agree to and follow through on meeting the goals of the new program.
Mississippi, Not California, Is the Education Future
Overall, when adjusted for socioeconomics and demographics, Mississippi has the best fourth-grade results in the nation.
The Academic Roots of Hate
It’s a story of demagogues and dogmas that dominate America’s institutions of higher learning, undoing thoughtful upbringing and indoctrinating generations of people.
Trump Should Pair Autism Research With School Choice Reform
Our education system routinely denies students access to the environments where they could succeed. The solution is more choice.
How Can We Expect Immigrants to Embrace American Values if We Don’t?
The modern public school system is a failure. It’s depressing to think that newcomers often have a better comprehension of our history and political institutions.
Freedom of Speech Is Not Job Protection
Democrats and leftists falsely frame the fact that teachers have been fired over posts celebrating or justifying Charlie Kirk’s assassination as an infringement on free speech.
Another Year of Education Failure for Our Nation’s Children
The numbers don’t lie: High school seniors just registered record lows in reading and math proficiency — further proof that we are failing to properly educate them.
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Michael Barone Closing the Door on Immigration? Not Yet.
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Victor Davis Hanson A Newsom Nihilist Nomination?
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Allen West Sympathy for the Devil
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