Betsy DeVos Is Right: Feds Shouldn't Be Funding Special Olympics
The education secretary is wrongly getting dragged for zeroing out a gratuitous budget item.
Education
Harris Would Hike Teacher Pay Across the Nation by 23 Percent
Plus: Is Obamacare canceled? Beware "national cyber strategy." And Baltimore attempts eminent domain to take down a racetrack.
About that Campus Free Speech Executive Order
A crude tool unlikely to do much good and that might do some harm.
Teen Girl Kicked Off Cheerleading Team for Saying 'Fuck Cheer' Wins First Amendment Lawsuit
Students have the right to complain about school.
Trump: 'Universities Have Tried to Impose Total Conformity. That Changes Starting Right Now.'
The president signed an executive order supporting free speech on college campuses.
Trump Will Sign Executive Order Requiring Colleges To Promote 'Free Inquiry' If They Want Federal Research Funds
"It is the policy of the federal government to encourage institutions to foster environments that promote open, intellectually engaging, and diverse debate."
Parents, Not Government, Should Decide How To Teach Their Kids About LGBT Issues
A fight in England between educators and Muslims shows the need for more school choice, not control.
University of Cambridge Cancels Jordan Peterson's Visiting Fellowship Because He Is Not 'Inclusive'
The university "is an inclusive environment and we expect all our staff and visitors to uphold our principles. There is no place here for anyone who cannot."
New Study: Trigger Warnings Are Effectively Useless
The coping devices had trivial effects "even for people with a history of trauma."
College Bribery Scandal Shows How School Systems Set Up Poor, Minority Students To Fail
Those without a financial leg up have a much harder time succeeding.
Conservatives Want UC-Davis to Fire a Professor Who Welcomed Violence Against Cops
Joshua Clover has a First Amendment right to say horrible things about the police.
Public Universities Are Paying NCAA Tournament Head Coaches $96 Million a Year
Here's how much each coach earns.
Sanity Restored to School Lunches?
It doesn't matter how healthy options are if kids won't eat them.
Universities Play the Victim in Admissions Scandal, but They're Far From Blameless
Higher education is a moral mess.
Time to Put the College Admissions System on a Rocket and Shoot It Into the Sun
Cheating scandal should have taxpayers asking whether it's right to subsidize the campus party lifestyles of celebrity scions who fake water polo careers.
Activist Students Demand Sarah Lawrence College Punish a Conservative Professor for Expressing His Views
"The College must issue a statement condemning the harm that Abrams has caused to the college community, specifically queer, Black, and female students."
Reed College Trains RAs to Recognize Covert White Supremacy. Examples: 'Colorblindness' and 'Assuming Good Intentions Are Enough.'
"It's provocative, and that was the intention."
A Mild-Mannered Radical
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' totally insane, very practical ideas about how to fix college debt, reform entitlements, and redefine social justice
23-Year-Old Coleman Hughes Is Reframing the Discussion on Race: Podcast
Meet the undergrad who is recovering the legacy of gay, socialist civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin while explicating Kanye West's conservatism.
Securing Free Speech on Campus, Part II
Universities should be proactive about articulating, defending and protecting the free exchange of ideas on campus
Political Correctness Is Ruining Academic Journals
The stupidity of these journals says a lot about what's taught at colleges today.
Securing Free Speech on Campus, Part I
If universities do not take steps to address their campus free speech problems, politicians will do it for them
Trump Vows That an Executive Order on Campus Free Speech Is Coming 'Very Soon'
An official tells Reason that a draft of the EO targets federal grants to universities and colleges.
A Harvard Law Professor Is Representing Harvey Weinstein. Students Say This Makes Them Unsafe, Demand His Resignation.
Ronald Sullivan's choice of clients is "not only upsetting, but deeply trauma-inducing," according to activist students.
A Conservative Got Punched in the Face for Protesting Hate Crime Hoaxes
"Encouraging violence"
Louisiana Mom Arrested Under 'Notoriety' Law for Posting Video of a School Fight
But what she did wasn't actually illegal.
West Virginia Teachers Striking Over Law That Would Allow Charters and Vouchers for Special-Needs Students
Walkout unmasks how unions put kids second when it comes to publicly financed education.
Community College Bans Pro-Second-Amendment Banner with Picture of Rifles
A clear violation of the First Amendment -- and not even justified under the College's own stated reasons.
One Year Later, Parkland Remains a Stunning Example of Police Incompetence
The mass shooting became a story about gun control. But it's also a story of incomprehensible government failure.
This Private School Has a Better Way to Keep Kids Interested
"It was me choosing my life."
Students Fight to Free Contraception From Vending Machine Laws: Reason Roundup
Plus: Russian "spy" Maria Butina, Baton Rouge cops in blackface, good news for California sex workers, and a new FDA crackdown.
Professor at Augsburg University (Minnesota) Suspended for Classroom Discussion About Quoting the Word "Nigger"
The discussion stemmed from a student's reading a sentence in class from James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time.
Judge Says a College Club Has the Right To Demand Its Leaders Abide by Christian Values
The University of Iowa revoked credentials from Business Leaders in Christ for setting sex and marriage requirements for its leaders.
An Award-Winning Professor Quotes James Baldwin, Who Used the N-Word. Now He's on Leave.
Augsburg University suspended Phillip Adamo after students complained.
Cory Booker Is Running for President. Must He Run Away from School Choice?
The New Jersey senator was once a big supporter of education reform, but that could be a liability in 2020.
A Charter School Moratorium Will Not Fix What Ails L.A.'s Education System
The district's budget is broken, and the latest deal with the unions will make it worse.
