A Ruling Against Greg Abbott Suggests Federal Law May Require Schools To Mandate Masks
A federal judge concluded that the Texas governor's ban on mask mandates illegally discriminated against students with disabilities.
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When Will Positive COVID-19 Trends Be Reflected in the CDC's Advice?
Because the agency ties mask recommendations to virus transmission rather than serious cases, its guidance is unlikely to change anytime soon.
Mass Student Loan Forgiveness Is Already Happening
Biden is using executive authority to write off debts for some borrowers, while a Bush-era law could have even bigger implications.
20 States Sue Over Title IX Guidance on Gender Identity
Plus: Biden's Afghanistan speech, Texas abortion ban takes effect, Instagram's creepy new plan, and more...
Biden Keeps Pushing Dubious Arguments for CDC Supremacy
The president seems determined to anoint the agency’s director as the nation’s COVID-19 dictator, no matter what the law says.
The New York Times Assumes a Scientific Consensus on School Mask Mandates That Its Own Reporting Shows Does Not Exist
If all sensible people agree that students should be forced to wear masks, why do other countries reject that policy?
Department of Education Will Launch Investigations Targeting States That Banned Schools From Mandating Masks
Not everything potentially beneficial should be mandatory and not everything potentially harmful should be banned. And not every dispute about costs and benefits should be decided by the federal government.
The Biden Administration Seems To Think Every Public School Is Legally Obligated To Require That Students Wear Face Masks
The secretary of education argues that federal law makes the CDC's COVID-19 guidelines for schools mandatory.
Catherine Lhamon, Once and Future Title IX Czar, Says Campus Rules Don't Require 'Presumption of Innocence'
Her response to questions from the Senate HELP committee were disqualifying.
Biden's Latest Round of Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Is an Indictment of Federal Higher Education Subsidies
Thirty-five years after Bill Bennett sounded the alarm about student loan defaults, we still haven't learned a damn thing.
Catherine Lhamon, Obama's Title IX Enforcer, Just Got Her Old Job Back
Biden has tapped her to be assistant secretary for civil rights yet again.
Education Department To Suspend Payments, Refund Garnished Wages and Tax Returns for Student Loan Borrowers in Default
Education Department says its goal is to make sure borrowers in default get their tax refunds.
Biden Threatens to Revive Kangaroo Courts in College Sexual Assault Cases
The president has ordered the Education Department to consider rescinding reforms aimed at protecting the due process rights of accused students.
Teachers Unions Hate School-Opening Science Now That They Can't Influence It
Even after the massive Biden stimulus, union head honcho Randi Weingarten complains that schools don't have the resources or ability to fully reopen.
Citing Trump's Rhetoric, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Resigns
"That behavior was unconscionable for our country."
Congress Blocks School Choice in New Stimulus Package
Even as the pandemic has exposed the desperate need for disruptions to the calcified public school system, Congress just voted to restrict some of the very creativity that's sorely needed.
Senate Democrats Want Biden To Unilaterally Forgive Billions of Dollars in Student Loans
Legally, he might be able to do it. Fiscally, he shouldn’t.
Joe Biden Has Vowed To Undo Betsy DeVos's Title IX Reforms. Can He?
The new president could weaken due process protections for accused students, but it won't be easy.
'This Building Has Caused More Problems Than It Solved'
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on schooling during COVID-19, the future of higher ed, and why her cabinet department probably shouldn't exist at all
The First Night of the RNC Offered a Full-Throated Defense of School Choice
Republicans have turned away from freedom in many ways during the Trump era, but at least they've embraced school choice at the national level.
More Mudslinging in the Debate Over School Reopening
Plus: World population could peak sooner than expected, data cast doubt on vaping and lung cancer link, massive Twitter hack had inside help, and more...
After Dems Exaggerate Impact, Panicked Kids Are Suing Over Betsy DeVos Title IX Changes
Distorted partisan descriptions of the Department of Education changes could be doing real damage.
Don't Force Schools to Reopen, but Don't Force Families To Pay for Closed Schools Either
We should fund students instead of systems.
Matt Boermeester, a USC Football Player Who Was Expelled After an Unfair Title IX Investigation, Wins in Court
"USC stripped away my hopes and dreams of playing in the NFL, and this ‘win' does not erase that."
The ACLU Sues To Stop Rules That Strengthen Due Process
Plus: The House of Representatives goes virtual, Americans start moving around again, and more...
Biden Vows To Destroy Campus Due Process Again If Elected
Plus: Homeland Security has detained thousands of pregnant women, Ginsburg wrong about "seamless" contraception coverage, and more...
What You Need to Know About the New Title IX Regulations
All the important highlights from the 2,033-page document released by the Department of Education.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Issues New Title IX Rules To Protect Free Speech, Due Process for Accused Students
"Nothing Betsy DeVos has done since she took office will have a more lasting effect on people's lives than this."
President Trump, Betsy DeVos Want To Reduce the Education Department's Size and Power
It's a solid budget proposal—too bad it won't go anywhere.
School Choice Opponents Need To Stop Gaslighting Parents
Education activist Andrew Campanella on the moral perversity of school-choice critics.
The Story Behind Miss Virginia Exemplifies The Moral Case for School Choice
As a black child growing up in Arkansas, Virginia Walden Ford fought her way into segregated schools. As an adult, she fought to get her son out of failing public schools.
Betsy DeVos Wants To Overhaul the Broken Federal Student Aid System
Her plan isn't perfect, but she's right that the system is broken. Congress should act to fix it.
Betsy DeVos Threatens To Cut Funding for Duke-UNC Middle East Studies. Why Stop There?
The Department of Education alleges the universities' research is discriminatory against certain religions.
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.
Private College for $11,000 a Year? Libertarian Businessman Creates an Alternative to Higher Ed Waste
Bob Luddy, who made a fortune in commercial kitchen ventilation, is opening Thales College in North Carolina later this year.
The Education Department's New Title IX Rules Have Been Revealed. Here's What They Say.
They require that "due process protections are in place for individuals accused of sexual harassment."
Betsy DeVos Plans to Overhaul Title IX, Focus on Due Process for Accusers and the Accused
Reason has more details on the new rules, which would mandate cross-examination in disputes.
Federal Survey Wildly Overestimates Number of School Shootings
The Department of Education's data on school shootings is riddled with inaccuracies.
"This Is a Great Idea": Consolidate Cabinet-Level Departments
The Trump administration is right to push the streamlining various parts of the executive branch.
Trump Plan to Merge Education, Labor Departments Is Fine, But Won't Amount to Much
Changing the name plates on the front of Washington's many brutalist office buildings won't inject more competition or motivation into those departments.
Should All Government Support for Higher Education Be Abolished? Watch the Live Debate.
Bryan Caplan vs. Edward Glaeser at the Soho Forum.
Stossel: Betsy DeVos Responds to Her Critics
Trump's secretary of education says she's "undeterred."
Why the Federal Government Can't Mandate an Ideal School Suspension Rate
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos might rescind Obama-era guidance on school discipline.
Feminist Group Loses Fight to Declare Yik Yak App a Civil-Rights Violation
Court rejects Title IX complaint against University of Mary Washington over failure to ban the social-media platform from its campus
Bad Science Behind Campus-Rape Guidance Echoes '80s Trauma Myths
The "neurobiology of trauma" on campus is based more on social-justice goals than science. We've been here before.
Accused Student Says He Was Told to 'Stay Quiet' About His Own Lack of Consent
Denied a hearing and suspended, the recent Rollins College graduate is now suing.
Colorado State Pueblo Settles With Student It Falsely Accused of Rape
Grant Neal's girlfriend told school administrators repeatedly that he didn't rape her. They expelled him anyway.
