education
Trump administration pausing $210 million in federal funding to Princeton University as it probes antisemitism on campus: report
Princeton was one of 60 colleges and universities that the Department of Education’s civil rights arm warned earlier this month could have federal funding taken away over antisemitic discrimination and...
The secret reasons why top students are getting accepted to the Ivy League — and rejected by other schools
The old strategy of prioritizing Ivy League acceptance above all else is outdated.
Strokes may be more devastating to smart people — here's how
A new study found that highly educated people may suffer steeper cognitive decline after a stroke compared to those with less schooling.
This Bronx charter school is earning straight A’s throughout the community
As spring break approaches, you might think school is the last thing on the minds of students and families. However, this time of year is when young children begin enrolling...
Linda McMahon reveals game plan to unwind US Department of Education – and finding ways to 'operate very efficiently'
The education secretary Sunday insisted there won’t be cuts to programs involving special education and student loans even if they end up administered by other departments.
Unhinged trans rights protester lunges at NYC conservative mom as education meeting goes off the rails
A Manhattan mom was charged at by a screaming trans rights protester at an education meeting this week, prompting the NYPD to escort her out of the building.
Maine universities block transgender athletes from women's sports after Trump funding pause
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the University of Maine System has agreed to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to keep transgender athletes out of women's sports.
Axing the Education Department: Fine for kids, rough on teachers unions
It’s good to see President Donald Trump starting the process of dismantling the worse-than-useless Department of Education bureaucracy.
Trump to order plan to shut down Education Department
Trump has derided the Department of Education as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, finalizing its dismantling is likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department...
Parents, pols concerned about new homeschooling bill being called 'direct assault on families'
Conservative lawmakers in Illinois are sounding the alarm about a bill that could drastically change homeschooling rules in the Prairie State.
School district in hot water after parents say it secretly changed child’s gender
Lawyers are demanding answers about alleged efforts by a Texas high school to repeatedly use a masculine name and male pronouns for a biological teenage girl, despite objections by parents.
The Dem’s ‘Brahmin’ problem, Ukraine mineral deal is only fair and other commentary
"Seeking to recoup some of the funds provided to Ukraine is both reasonable and fiscally imperative," suggests Mark T. Kimmitt at The Wall Street Journal.
Parents push for chess to be included as a sport in NYC public schools
New York City high school parents are calling on the Public School Athletic League to recognize chess as a sport and offer it in schools.
The quiet crisis at ActBlue, Trump war on antisemitism and other commentary
“ActBlue is an important part of the Democratic machine. And now something appears to have gone terribly wrong,” reports the Washington Examiner’s Byron York.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon says mass layoffs are ‘first step’ toward eliminating agency: 'Not taking away education'
“Well, clearly we’re not taking away education, The president never said that. He's taking the bureaucracy out of education so that more money flows to the states."
How teachers' unions bent the Education Dept. to their will
Closing the department will help cut off the avenues unions use to lobby for exponential growth in education spending — spending that has done nothing to help kids succeed.
LI district blames planned school closure, layoffs on charters -- and begs Hochul for help: 'Students will suffer'
Long Island’s Hempstead School District says it plans to close an elementary school and cut jobs over a $34 million budget shortfall it blames on parents preferring charter to public...
Trans activists storm NYC schools meeting, dance 'Macarena' to protest support of female athletes
A mob of trans rights activists are continuously hijacking community education council meetings in NYC, employing "tactics" like dancing to the "Macarena" in protest.
Fresh proof New York's educrats don't care about education
A bombshell Manhattan Institute study on soaring absenteeism in New York schools proves yet again that the state's education officials have utterly given up on educating children.
Congress needs to help Trump scrap Education Dept.— AND its harmful programs
President Donald Trump’s order to begin dismantling the US Department of Education, which he’s expected to sign this week, is a welcome step toward shrinking government and shedding woke policies.