Education
No Matter Who Wins the Fight Over Trump's School Lunch Reforms, Kids Lose.
School lunches are unlikely to improve, whatever the lawsuit’s outcome.
De Blasio Advisory Group Wants To Abolish Gifted Classes in NYC Public Schools
"It was the year 2019, and everybody was finally equal."
Survey: 59% of Republicans Now Think College Is Bad for America
Republicans and right-leaning independents have turned rapidly against higher ed.
A Dodgeball Game in Michigan Ends in Assault Charges for 10-Year-Old
A school criminalizes a playground injury.
Kamala Harris' New Student Debt Provision Would Help Approximately No One
Her proposal is supposed to chip away at the "opportunity gap."
A Texas School District Implements Random Drug Testing
Want to join the robotics team? You'll need to pass a drug test first.
This School District Threatened To Take Kids Away From Parents Over Lunch Debt. Then It Refused a Businessman's Offer to Pay Those Debts.
Instead of teaching kids the importance of paying their debts, Wyoming Valley West school district offered a lesson about the arbitrary and terrifying power of government.
Bill de Blasio Panders to Unions Over Educating Poor Kids
Democratic candidates are selling out their constituents to advance their careers.
De Blasio's 'Hate' for Charter Schools Is Bad for America, Terrible for New York
Democrats repudiate their own recent past and seek to restrict educational choices for poorer kids.
School Choice Could Have Stopped Battle Over Holocaust-Denial at a Florida High School
We wouldn’t have to squabble over control of shared institutions if we were free to pick the right schools for our kids.
14-Year-Old Posts Picture of Airsoft Gun on Snapchat, School Suspends Him for 3 Weeks
The principal calls it "very, very serious" wrongdoing.
'Unschooling' Is the Ultimate Laissez-Faire Version of School Choice. But Can Your Kids Teach Themselves How To Read and Do Math?
Author Kerry McDonald explains why her kids flourish outside of conventional classrooms—and why yours might too.
Welcome to the Busing Election!
What the backward-looking Democratic debate tells us about contemporary education policy and woke politics
NCAA Doesn't Want California To Allow Student-Athletes To Be Paid
NCAA has warned the state that if the "Fair Pay To Play Act" passes, all California schools would be ineligible to participate in postseason play.
Bernie Sanders Wants To Cancel All Student Debt and Make College Free, at a Cost of $2.2 Trillion
The Vermont senator is clearly trying to outdo his main progressive rival, Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Some People Are Buying Their Way Into Top Public Schools. That's Not How School Choice Should Work
Every kid deserves choice.
Activists Want a Problematic Mural of George Washington Destroyed. It Will Cost a High School $600,000.
The artist wanted students to learn about Washington's flaws. How traumatizing.
After L.A. Teachers' Strike, California Task Force Recommends Strict Restrictions on Charter Schools
Union leaders made charters a major point of contention during the January protests.
Warren's Wealth Tax Draws Skepticism from Economists
The Democratic hopeful has a plan for everything. Will her plans add up?
Booker Expresses Tepid Support for Charter Schools While Sanders Seeks To Stifle Them
Sen. Cory Booker's comments were in response to Sen. Bernie Sanders' public education plan, which targets charter schools.
Are Millennials Responsible for Their Own Student Debt?
Most college students borrow responsibly but the media can't stop showcasing people whose behavior is inexplicable and indefensible.
The Democrats' Dumb War Against Charter Schools
The latest bad idea from Bernie Sanders is depressingly popular, sayeth the podcast crew.
Elizabeth Warren's Plan for Free College Tuition Would Punish Hard Work, Increase National Debt
Americans are paying more than ever for car loans. Why shouldn't the government bail those out too? For the same reason eliminating student loans would be a bad idea.
How To Crush 'the Tyranny of Metrics'
Historian Jerry Z. Muller says we waste too much time fixating on measurements that lead us astray.
Kamala Harris Lies About Truancy Laws, Defends Criminalizing Parents Whose Kids Miss School
Plus: Police raid reporters' home in San Francisco, a crackdown on free market economists in China, and more....
Chobani and GoFundMe Wipe Lunch Debts in School District That Planned To 'Lunch Shame' Students
Public schools in Warwick, Rhode Island, originally said that every student with lunch debts would be served a cold jelly sandwich.
'Unbridled and Performative Student Activism Is a Disease of Affluence': Camille Paglia Edition
Some students at the University of the Arts want the firebrand feminist fired. Where did they get the idea they should be picking faculty?
Government Control Turns Schools into Partisan Battlegrounds
End the curriculum wars by letting families choose education options that work for them.
Florida Men Screw Up Less Than Usual
The Florida Legislature had a heck of a week, passing everything from a major school choice program (yay!) to restricting the voting rights of felons (boo!).
Elizabeth Warren's Plan To Cancel Student Debt Helps the Well-Off
The unintended consequences of helping students with the brightest futures.
Democratic Contenders Apologize for Everything Except Their Lousy Economic Policies
Being a presidential candidate means never having to say sorry for heavy-handed proposals to limit choice and promise free stuff.
Matt Welch Interviews C.J. Ciaramella About Pot Politics on Sirius XM Insight
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