Education
High School Principal Apologizes for Prom Tickets That Say 'Party Like It's 1776'
"It was insensitive and irresponsible not to appreciate that not all communities can celebrate what life was like in 1776."
10 Killed at Texas High School. Explosive Devices Found at Campus.
According to law enforcement, most of the dead are students. Two suspects are in custody.
Police Investigating 12 Virginia Students for Sexting, Could Charge Them With Possessing Child Porn
"A felony that carries a minimum five-year sentence."
Should All Government Support for Higher Education Be Abolished? Watch the Live Debate.
Bryan Caplan vs. Edward Glaeser at the Soho Forum.
Fuddy-Duddy Functionaries Are Determined to Make Graduation As Joyless As Possible
School officials drag dancing graduates off stage and threaten cheering relatives with fines.
'All Gov't Support of Higher Ed Should Be Abolished': Live Debate in NYC, 5/14
Soho Forum and Reason present George Mason's Bryan Caplan vs. Harvard's Edward Glaeser on whether taxpayers should fund college.
Why the Left Hates Betsy DeVos
The secretary of education is fighting government bureaucracy.
Stossel: Betsy DeVos Responds to Her Critics
Trump's secretary of education says she's "undeterred."
25 Years of Experience in Child Care? Get a Degree or Lose Your Job, Says D.C.
A new lawsuit challenges a regulation that would take jobs away from capable day care workers, drive up costs, and limit access to early childhood education.
This Terrible Florida Sheriff Thinks Schools Should Be Arresting More Kids for Dumb Reasons to Stop Shootings
Mike Chitwood arrests 11-year-olds and then complains that officials aren't calling them more.
Penn State Lets Students Keep Their Scuba Club, But Only After They Swear Never to Host Scuba Trips Again
Club leader tells Reason, "We have an impeccable safety track record."
Penn State's 98-Year-Old Outing Club Is No Longer Allowed to Go Outside
"Student safety in any activity is our primary focus."
Los Angeles Schools Facing $15 Billion Debt for Retiree Health Care
An unreleased analysis of the school district's post-employment benefits shows liabilities climbed from $13.5 billion in 2015 to $14.9 billion in 2017.
Student Thinks University of Michigan's Race Requirement Exists 'To Get White People To Be a Little Less Racist'
And yet we wonder why conservatives have soured on higher education.
Why the Federal Government Can't Mandate an Ideal School Suspension Rate
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos might rescind Obama-era guidance on school discipline.
Kentucky Teacher Protests Are Political Theater Without Substance
Teachers have shut down schools across the state, allegedly to protest pension changes. But those pension reforms are pretty mild.
March for Our Lives Kids Don't Know Just How Safe Schools Are
Students say your right to own a gun conflicts with their right to feel secure.
At the March for Our Lives, Kids Say Their Right to Feel Safe Trumps Your Right to Own a Gun
"Certain guns, like AR-15s, shouldn't even be accessible to the public."
Bryan Caplan's Case Against Education
A new book raises fundamental questions about the value of education spending.
Teacher on Leave After Questioning Whether School Would Let Pro-Life Students Walk Out, Too
"Would that be allowed by the administration?"
The National School Walkout Reveals What Students Really Want: Safe Spaces
"It's about keeping people safe."
A Heretical Plan for Cutting Spending on Education
Government at all levels fuels an educational arms race through lavish and indiscriminate funding.
Gun Control and Militarized Schools Have Long Gone Hand in Hand
Rick Scott isn't blazing new ground here.
A High School Student Faces Expulsion for Noticing the Square Root Symbol Looks Like a Gun
No adults seem embarrassed by this reaction. They should be.
School Resource Officer Who Failed to Confront Mass Shooter Previously Defended Cops Living at School Rent-Free
Scot Peterson, SRO of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, also failed to assist a CPS investigation into Nikolas Cruz.
Armed School Resource Officer Stayed Safely Outside School While Mass Killing Was Underway
Sheriff on Marjory Stoneman Douglas cop's failure to act: "Sick to my stomach."
School Chief Threatens to Punish Student Protesters Who Skip Classes by…Banning Them from Attending Classes
He'd also like everyone to trim their hair so it doesn't touch their ears.
Stossel: Supreme Court Ruling May Crush Unions
The Supreme Court hears a case that might crush government unions. The unions are upset. Stossel debates a union official.
D.C. Public School Chief Resigns After Sneaking His Kids Into Top School
Top public school officials will risk their careers to have school choice. Maybe they should let everyone else have it too.
Supreme Court Case Could Spell End of Mandatory Public Sector Union Dues
Would extend "right to work" principles to government employment.
Calling the Cops Every Time a Student Seems Sad, Angry, or Lonely Isn't Going to Stop Mass Shootings
Nor will throwing money at the problem.
Success Academy Charter Schools Are a Big Success
The education establishment hates them.
Catholic School Parents Fight Lesbian Teacher's Firing. Here's Why That's Good.
School choice and cultural pressure are better than government mandates.
