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Democrats won't be able to do much policymaking over the next two years, because of President Trump and the Republican Senate. But they can... Read More
Title IX had to change.Whether you're a full blown Men's Rights Activist or a card carrying feminist, Title IX under Obama-era guidelines... Read More
On Friday, the Trump administration and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued proposed regulations governing sexual assault on college... Read More
Back in August, FIRE's Robert Shibley highlighted some important provisions contained in a leaked draft of new Title IX regulations that were... Read More
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Two former Purdue University students say the university kicked them out of school after investigators... Read More
Three professors of psychological and brain sciences left Dartmouth College this year under a cloud of alleged sexual misconduct. But the... Read More
A good case can be made that males are discriminated against on college campuses, and the discrimination has grown over time. Men are vastly... Read More
Ideas can inflame, and the consequences for expressing them can be severe. That's not exactly breaking news. In fact, it's more or less the... Read More
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says high school students who appear to be giving a Nazi salute in a photo are "a... Read More
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University has suspended a fraternity chapter and several students after a student fell while... Read More
In 2015, ITT Technical Institute announced that it had received a certificate of excellence for reducing the rate at which its... Read More
Just as Harvard University is preparing to defend its use of race in admissions in a high-stakes lawsuit, a new poll shows that Americans are... Read More
There are 1,800 students at one of the best high schools in America, and thousands more vying to get in. The acceptance rate this spring at... Read More
For years, critics of the college rankings of U.S. News & World Report have said that they reward prestige and wealth. The... Read More
When I was a professor of American studies at Berklee College of Music, I taught courses on social problems. My students and I discussed... Read More
A federal court has in recent weeks unsealed a trove of documents revealing how Harvard decides whom to admit out of the 40,000 or so... Read More
On Tuesday, the Charles Koch Foundation announced that it would be making a significant change: The philanthropic behemoth would begin... Read More
Despite the pivotal role that community colleges play in providing individuals with upward economic mobility, maintaining a strong workforce,... Read More
This report analyzes new data on student debt and repayment, released by the U.S. Department of Education in October 2017. Previously... Read More
How can quality K-12 schools improve a state's economy?Many people—including elected officials—don't automatically make the... Read More
Now in its third decade, Western Governors University (WGU) has students in every U.S. state and has over 100,000 enrolled students—a... Read More
Florida is fertile ground for studying for-profit education, given the industry's outsized presence there and a weak state regulatory... Read More
Welcome to the Washington Monthly's annual College Guide and Rankings, where we rate schools based on what they are doing for the... Read More
Education's political landscape has shifted dramatically over the past year. To the consternation of most school-district officials,... Read More
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RealClearEducation Tuesday
Education reform, at least its most contentious elements, didn't have a great night Tuesday.In Arizona, nearly two-thirds of voters... Read More
The cult of safetyism dates only to about 2013. That was the start of an era in which it became worryingly common to hear that, on this or... Read More
In recent months, two of America's most prestigious literary institutions have found themselves embroiled in heated debates over the... Read More
On a Friday in mid-August, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos quietly announced that she would abolish the Obama administration's gainful... Read More
With political attacks and civil unrest on the rise, and the tolerance for free speech rapidly declining, Michelle Obama offered a glimpse of... Read More
When Leonor Grave moved from Portugal to the United States in 2012 to start boarding school, she and her family had some inkling of what she... Read More
When the November elections finally arrived, I inspected the Gallup midterm poll showing the top 12 issues in the campaign. Fortunately,... Read More
When Allyssa DiGiovancarlo was in high school, she remembers, she had a teacher who would always preach the importance of civic engagement,... Read More
There is a moment in former University of Chicago President Hanna Holborn Gray's memoir, An Academic Life (Princeton University Press, 2018),... Read More
We know: You're bummed that the 2018 midterm election is over. No more candidate platforms to parse. No more fundraising emails in your spam... Read More
Many parents want to know how much time their kids should be spending in front of screens, whether it's their smartphones, tablets or TV.For... Read More
Changing the college application process and emphasizing civics education in high school can create university environments where speech... Read More
The Supreme Court's Janus v. AFSCME decision in June freed government workers nationwide—including public school teachers—from being forced to pay money to unions as a condition of employment. But that ruling was just a start toward liberating public servants from the grip of the unions that control their jobs. The next step should be eliminating the unions' ability to Read More
Today's Topics
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- EDUCATION NEWS
- Yale University Under Federal Investigation for Use of Race in Admissions Practices
- Ousted Editor Blames University Presses
- Why New York Isn't Celebrating Higher Test Scores
- Inside the Spending Deal That Will Fund the Ed Dept
- Senators Demand Answers After Student Loan Watchdog's Resignation
- Yale Law School's Dean Calls for Kavanaugh Investigation
- DeVos on First-Ever Gaterhing of G20 Education Ministers
- Teachers Are Winning Public Support for Pay Raises, Survey Finds
- Colleges Are Changing to Reach the Next Generation
- Most Americans Say Higher Ed Is Heading in Wrong Direction
- Student Loan Watchdog Quits, Says Trump Administration 'Turned Its Back' On Borrowers
- Kavanaugh Could Unlock Funding for Religious Education
- 'Silent Sam Is Down': Crowd Topples Confederate Statue at UNC
- Omarosa: DeVos Said Black Students Lack ‘Capacity to Understand'
- The Myth of ‘School Choice' in NC
- EDUCATION'S BIG QUESTIONS
- The Case for a College Honor Code
- How to Make Elite Colleges Less Elitist
- The Lasting Value of a Classical Liberal Arts Education
- How the Liberal Arts Can Prepare You for a Career in Medicine
- Why Study the Classics?
- The Problem With 'Privilege'
- Can Literature Make Us Moral?
- Americans Are Divided on Whether College Degrees Are Worth It
- Dear Students, Don't Be a Commodity
- PODCASTS
- Four Reasons Teachers Are Striking
- What's Happened to the University?
- Empowering the Young to End Chicago's Gun Violence
- Check State Plans Podcast Series
- Education Gadfly Show: Do ESSA Plans Deserve Our Thanks?
- New Skills Marketplace: Workforce Development
- Nevertheless: Building the Workplace We Want
- New Skills Marketplace: Corporate Education
- Education Gadfly Show: Much Ado About DeVos
- New Skills Marketplace: Charter Schools and CTE
- Education Gadfly Show: The Thing About School Closures
- Cult of Pedagogy: Episode 79
- HIGHER ED
- WeWork Acquires Flatiron School
- Why Does College Cost So Much?
- College of the Ozarks Won't Play Opponents Who Kneel During National Anthem
- Harvard Law School Marks Ties to Slavery in New Plaque
- Purdue University Introduces 3-Year Degree Program
- UNC Says No to Speech by White Nationalist Richard Spencer
- Building a 21st Century Workforce
- 40 Percent of 2-Year College Grads Earn a Bachelor's Degree
- Study Finds Oklahoma Leads US With Higher Education Cuts
- Picking Up the Pieces in Illinois
- DeVos Presses Pause on Gainful Employment Regulations
