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Students, mostly carrying Pride flags, march to a Fairfax County School Board meeting after a rally in support of inclusive Family Life Education outside of Luther Jackson Middle School in Falls Church, Va.

Fairfax County Doubles Down on Keeping Secrets from Parents

Laura Bryant Hanford / April 23, 2025

Recent votes to continue secret gender “transitions” in schools and to remove public access to the Fairfax County, Virginia, sex education committee cap years of… Read More

EducationCommentary

Young students about 10-12 years old sit intently at their desks taking a standardized test.

New Senate Proposal Moves the Ball on Closing Down Department of Education

Jonathan Butcher / April 10, 2025

Will the U.S. Department of Education end with a bang or a whimper? So far this year, President Donald Trump’s executive orders have arrived with… Read More

EducationNews

Brad Little stands while his arme are held out.

Idaho Governor Signs $50 Million Private School Choice Bill into Law

Tom Joyce / February 27, 2025

THE CENTER SQUARE—Idaho Gov. Brad Little just unlocked $50 million to expand private school choice starting next school year. Little signed House Bill 93 into… Read More

EducationCommentary

Then-President George W. Bush holds a copy of the Nation's Report Card on Oct. 19, 2005.

F-Minus: A Tale of Two Cities’ School Districts

Deroy Murdock / February 08, 2025

The Nation’s Report Card recently went public. It’s the kind of thing that kids hide from their parents. The National Assessment of Educational Progress offers a grim view… Read More

EducationCommentary

Young students raising their hands to offer to answer a question in an elementary school history class

Future of Charter Schools Jeopardized by Their Own Political Shortsightedness

Ian Kingsbury / Jay Greene / February 05, 2025

A decade ago, charter schools were heralded as the crowning achievement of bipartisan education reform efforts. But during last week’s National School Choice Week observations, charters… Read More

EducationCommentary

Two black female students studying together, looking at their laptops and tablets

Missing the Public School ‘Segregation’ Forest for the Trees

Matthew Ladner / December 11, 2024

ProPublica recently published “Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars.” The article focuses on 20 private schools in North Carolina founded… Read More

EducationCommentary

Los Angeles schools chief Alberto Carvalho before a microphone

Nation’s Second-Largest School District Revises Race-Based Grant Program

Nicole Neily / December 05, 2024

In August, the nation’s second-largest school district announced a major policy shift that caused the soon-to-be-unemployed minds at the Los Angeles Times editorial board to collectively explode last month. Why? Because in the… Read More

Education PoliticsCommentary

In Linda McMahon, Trump Makes Strong Pick for Education Secretary

Carrie Sheffield / November 26, 2024

Various polls show a majority of Americans support President-elect Donald Trump in his Cabinet picks and transition back to the White House. One strong choice… Read More

EducationCommentary

Critical Race Theory Is Still Plaguing Some K-12 Schools. Here’s How Parents, Lawmakers Can Fight Back.

Jonathan Butcher / GianCarlo Canaparo / August 27, 2024

Critical race theory gripped the nation’s attention after the summer of 2020 and the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. According to Google Trends, the… Read More

EducationCommentary

Critical Race Theory Organizers Plot Their Return to the Classroom

Mike Gonzalez / August 10, 2024

The top practitioners of critical race theory just held a weeklong “summer school” in Nashville, Tennessee, to strategize, assess the movement, and debate how best to proselytize… Read More

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