RealClearEducation Week of March 17, 2025 Archives

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Monday, March 17
Trump’s War Against Academia
Gessen Cottom & Stephens New York Times
Trump Admin Cancels $400 Million in Grants to Columbia
Svrluga et al. WaPo
Randi Weingarten 'Spitting Mad' about 'Evisceration' of Ed Dept
Hanna Panreck Fox
Trump Can't Erase the Ed Dept with an Executive Order
Bart Jansen USA Today
45 Universities Face New Title IV Civil Rights Investigations
Lois Elfman Diverse
Trump Disrupts School Efforts to Fight Climate Change
Caroline Preston Hechinger
Arizona Republicans Want Chaplains in Public Schools
Caitlin Sievers The 74
Why The Future Of Education Has No Age Limit
Maja Zelihic Forbes
Teacher Resource: From Women’s Suffrage to the ERA
Retro Report
An ESA Lesson from Arizona
Jason Bedrick City Journal


Tuesday, March 18
Why Do Some Online Courses Cost More?
Jon Marcus NPR
The Incredible Shrinking Department of Education
Frederick Hess Education Next
Turmoil Rocks Columbia University as Trump Demands Changes
Jaclyn Diaz NPR
Brown University Professor Deported Despite a Judge’s Order
Dana Goldstein NYT
The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education
Editors New York Times
Trump’s Crackdown Is the Colleges' Fault
Riley & Piereson City Journal
The California Office for Civil Rights Is Closing
Kaleem & Blume Los Angeles Times
Texas Universities Ignore Ban on Race-Based Hiring.
Louis Galarowicz MTC
Tips for Helping Kids Manage Difficult Emotions
Deborah Farmer Kris KQED
Columbia Student: What to Know About Mahmoud Khalil
Irie Sentner Politico


Wednesday, March 19
The End of the University as We Know It
Meghan O’Rourke The New York Times
Columbia University’s Anti-Semitism Problem
Franklin Foer The Atlantic
Columbia Janitors Claim They Were Forced to Scrub Swastikas
Ryan King NY Post
Hillsdale Schools Columbia
William McGurn Wall Street Journal
Racist — but Underfunded?
Heather Mac Donald City Journal
New College of Florida’s Disastrous Stanley Fish Indulgence
Bruce Gilley Chronicles
How Alabama Created Rising Stars in Math
Cory Turner NPR
School Committee Eliminates Office of Educational Equity
Vivi Smilgius Brookline
Parents Sue Trump for Decimating Office for Civil Rights
Richards & Cohen ProPub
On Free Speech and Campus Chaos
Richard Epstein Civitas Institute
Brown Professor Deported after Attending Terrorist’s Funeral
Micaiah Bilger TCF
Why Parents of Exceptional Children Choose to Homeschool
Rachael Cody The 74


Thursday, March 20
College Admissions Are Rigged for the Rich
Granville Smith & Lallinger TCF
Judge Orders Ed. Dept. to Restore Some Grants to Schools
Zach Montague NYT
The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia
Christopher Eisgruber The Atlantic
Columbia Nearing Agreement to Give Trump What He Wants
Belkin & Whyte WSJ
Universities Face Choice to Fight Trump or Surrender
J Oliver Conroy The Guardian
How 'Race-Neutral' Can Universities Really Be?
Brittany Luse NPR
Upstart 'Classic Learning Test' Gets Testy Welcome From SAT
Vince Bielski RCI
Remote Learning Was Supposed to Make Snow Days Obsolete
Lauren Wagner 74
‘Sold a Story’: Literacy in Steubenville, Ohio
Robert Pondiscio The 74
Parents Battle Texas School over Their Child's Pronouns
Kendall Tietz Fox News
School Staff Watched Girls Change in Front of Trans Boy
Ashe Schow The Daily Wire


Friday, March 21
Trump Delivers on Reagan’s Promise To Dismantle Ed Dept
Philip Wegmann RCP
The Trump Admin Should Measure What Really Matters
Rowe & Brown RCEducation
Trump’s War on Columbia Comes for Middle East Studies
Gabby Deutch J Insider
Trump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change a Generation
Alan Blinder NY Times
Fixing The Biden DOE’s Legendary List of Abuses
Adam Kissel RealClearEducation
How a University Fights an Authoritarian Regime
Michael Ignatieff Chronicle of HEd
U.S. Colleges Are Hoarding Billions – and Yet Still Cry Poor
Matt Taibbi NY Post
Increasing Financial Aid Won't Fix High College Costs
Preston Cooper RCEducation
The Fake False Dilemmas of Early Parenting
Emily Oster The Dispatch
Are Screens Secretly Sabotaging Your Child’s Mind?
Denise Champney RCN
How to Make Sure Education Freedom Works for All Families
Kelly Garcia RCEd
Civics Should Be the Cause of Our Generation
Hans Zeiger The Fulcrum
Civics Worthy of America’s 250th Birthday
Michael Weiser RealClearEducation
Judge Says Trump Can’t Deport Georgetown Fellow
Iyer Blackburn & Boyette CNN
Men’s Futures Are Being Stolen from Them
Debra Soh Washington Examiner
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