13+ hour, 39+ min ago  (178+ words) America’s experiment with Title IX social engineering has failed. That changed in the 1990s. Regulations narrowed the definition of athletic opportunity to varsity competition only. A subsequent court case, Cohen v. Brown University, led to an inflexible demand placed on schools....

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (643+ words) Student behavior is deteriorating, and teachers are leaving the profession as a result. Student violence in many of our nation’s schools is out of control. An Education Week teacher survey, whose results were released in March, found that 35 percent of…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (401+ words) A new Gallup survey shows public confidence in American higher education has declined amid rising concerns over campus politics and financial value following a brief period of recovery last year. Just the News reports that the latest Gallup survey done…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (253+ words) A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas cannot continue offering in-state tuition rates to illegal alien students because the state’s 25-year-old policy conflicts with federal law. In a decision issued Thursday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (403+ words) A new report has revealed that a pair of Southern California school leaders separately stole nearly $20 million from their schools in order to fund lavish personal lifestyles. According to The New York Post, the report was co-authored by the State…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (331+ words) Progressive California education activists are urging the state to recognize “black English” in preschool classrooms, claiming the approach would strengthen literacy development and affirm the language spoken by many black children. Black Californians United for Early Care & Education (BlackECE), a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (666+ words) Despite resistance from the teachers’ unions, we must implement merit-based pay for teachers and expand parental choice to improve educational outcomes. The recently released scores from the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the nation’s report card,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (1057+ words) The union boss continues to spew drivel, regards teachers as victims, and at the same time takes advantage of them. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, wrote a hyperbolic piece titled “America’s Teachers Can’t Afford to Teach,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (328+ words) The Trump administration announced Tuesday that oversight of special education and civil rights enforcement in schools will be transferred to other federal agencies, continuing the administration’s effort to reduce the role of the Department of Education. Under the new arrangement,…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (650+ words) Up to 25 percent of U.S. colleges may close soon, largely due to their inferior product. Similarly, the Hechinger Report projects that 442 of the nation’s 1,700 private, nonprofit four-year colleges and universities, representing 670,000 students, are at risk of closing or merging over the…...