Kill the Federal Department of Education
We could decentralize education, improve outcomes, and help reduce the size of the federal Leviathan.
We could decentralize education, improve outcomes, and help reduce the size of the federal Leviathan.
As with some other recent executive branch actions, the Trump Administration appears to have overreached.
A group of parents tried to resist the changes years ago but say they were smeared as racists.
Eliminating the deficit requires cutting the biggest spending—defense, Medicare, Social Security. So far, Trump says he won't touch those.
A federal district court discusses how the First Amendment limits liability for "hostile environment harassment" based on "speech on matters of public concern" in universities (public or private). And the reasoning may extend to Title VII liability on workplaces as well.
New scores from the Nation's Report Card test reveal continued declines for already struggling students.
Trump signed two executive orders expanding federal funding of school choice while banning "radical indoctrination" in federally funded schools.
As tensions rise on campus and in board chambers, districts dish out more for security, lawyers, and staff turnover.
The settlement vindicates Kimberly Diei's First Amendment right to comment on sexually explicit rap songs without suffering government retaliation.
People want choice in how they teach their kids and are happy when they get it.
The state superintendent says the measure isn't intended to discourage undocumented parents from sending their kids to school. That's hard to believe.
A new working paper from Dartmouth College researchers provides more evidence that ditching the SAT hurts disadvantaged college applicants.
Even if the Trump administration quickly undoes it, it’s a precedent for future administrations.
In granting Mahmoud v. Taylor, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider this question.
Why should an unpopular president shape so much policy on his way out?
The pandemic showed the weakness of the leadership class. [UPDATE: Inadvertently posted it under my byline, but it's of course Ilya Shapiro's post, as the byline now reflects. -EV]
Millions of Americans are denied legal representation, and law schools are churning out lawyers who can’t meet society’s needs. It’s time for a two-track system.
The problem is likely widespread across the country.
My "lived experience" at Georgetown gave me a unique perspective on the higher-ed crisis.
New research indicates that, particularly in math, girls' test scores plummeted when compared to boys.
The Coddling of the American Mind, a new documentary based on the book of the same name, makes the case that destructive ideas in higher education are making people anxious.
Ballooning costs and shrinking student populations have left districts facing financial crises, but political pressures have kept closures off the table.
"As a result of Plaintiffs' scattered pleading, any serious allegations of actionable discrimination are buried as needles within a haystack of distraction."
Western New Mexico University's Board of Regents approved the severance package for Joseph Shepard after a state audit highlighted $364,000 in "wasteful" and "improper" spending.
Canyon Independent School District pulled sections of the Bible from its library shelves over concerns that its "sexually explicit" material violated Texas law.
Surely 2025 will be a freewheeling romp, right?…Right? Happy New Year!
An interesting empirical study. (Updated)
Charities can focus resources on those who genuinely need a hand while saying no to those who just need "a kick in the butt."
164 events or speakers were targeted, mostly over the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Nearly half of the universities in the College Football Playoff are located in states where sports betting is illegal.
Michael Malice's new book The White Pill sees a positive future for the country, in contrast with internet culture.
What is paid out to Social Security beneficiaries is not a return on workers' investments. It's just a government expenditure, like any other.
While the administration was fighting for debt forgiveness in court, it was also rolling out a broken FAFSA application form.
Gabriel Metcalf argues that his prosecution under the Gun-Free School Zones Act violated his constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
A new type of sore-loser law.