RealClearEducation Week of January 12, 2026 Archives

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Monday, January 12
The End of the Humanities Crisis Is Not a Good Thing
Hayot & Seybold CHEd
I’ll Teach My Son to Be Civilized
Sarah Baird Wall Street Journal
The Gov Hasn’t Met Our Need for Unbiased Ed Research
Rick Hess Education Week
D.C.’s Deep State High School
Mark Judge Chronicles Magazine
Conservatives Oversimplify Student Achievement
Jill Barshay KQED
Who Failed Harvard?
Samuel J. Abrams Minding The Campus
This Trans Man Can't Teach in Texas
Alaina Demopoulos The Guardian
States Must Act on Pell Grants for Workforce Training
Bruno V. Manno The 74
A Generation That Doesn’t Know What Time It Is
Dale Chu Fordham Institute
Lawsuit Eyes Death Blow to Racial Preferences
Benjamin Weingarten RCInvestigations


Tuesday, January 13
Trump’s Next Plan for the U.S. Education System
Bianca Quilantan Politico
The Hard Truth About FIRE’s Political Mistake
John K. Wilson Inside Higher Ed
This Is No Way to Run a University
Greg Lukianoff New York Times
Designing AI-Resistant Assignments
Andy Szeto Faculty Focus
I’m an A.I. Power User. It Has No Place in the Classroom.
Geoff Watkinson CHEdar
It's Been a Rough 10 Years for Teaching Kids to Read
Matthew Yglesias X
The Disposable Academic
Michael Kirkham Economist
The Limits of A.I. in Military Education
Matthew Woessner RealClearDefense


Wednesday, January 14
How Mississippi Transformed Its Schools From Worst to Best
Doyle et al NY Times
Chicago Public Schools Spends a Lot on Empty Desks
Lilly Rossi Illinois Policy
Risks of A.I. in Schools Outweigh the Benefits, Report Says
Cory Turner NPR
Ban Social Media for Under-16s, Union Urges
Geraldine McKelvie The Guardian
Study: Moderate Social Media Use May Benefit Kids
Yi-Jin Yu ABC News
The Supreme Court Can Put Women’s Sports Back on Track
Suzanne Beecher RCEd
Job Report Offers Warning over Workforce Policy
Goldy Brown III RealClearEducation
Antisemitism Has a Campus Problem
Alexandra Chana Fishman RealClearEducation
Prison Education May Raise Risk of Reincarceration
Joshua Bay Inside Higher Ed
Where Did All the Good Students Go?
Rob Jenkins Minding The Campus


Thursday, January 15
UPenn Faculty Condemn Trump Demand for ‘Lists of Jews’
Alice Speri Guardian
A College Missed Its Enrollment Goal by Nearly Half
Taylor Swaak CHEd
Free Speech Is Disappearing Fast in Europe
Greg Lukianoff The Eternally Radical Idea
Teacher Testifies Uvalde Officer Failed to Stop School Massacre
Clarke et al. CNN
Amherst Seeks Removal of Sexual Ceremony Videos
Aaron Sibarium WFB
Where’s the Outrage? Universities Need to Speak Up.
Brian Rosenberg CHEd
Tech Has Nothing to Do with Great Teaching
Nikita Khetan EdSurge
California College of the Arts to Close After 116 Years
Walter Hudson EDU Ledger


Friday, January 16
Does 'Publish-or-Perish' Fuel Academic Fraud?
Vince Bielski RealClearInvestigations
The Lie That Elite Colleges, and a Nation, Wanted to Believe
Kevin Carey NY Times
Ed Dept Breakup a Sticking Point in Spending Talks
Mackenzie Wilkes Politico
A Big Bet on Apprenticeships in a Frozen Labor Market
Zach Boren RCEducation
Schools Are Getting Worse in Most Red States
Matthew Yglesias Slow Boring
Feeling Depleted? A Guide to Faculty Renewal
Cavanagh & Herman CHEd
Inside the Fight to Revive American Civics
Richard D. Kahlenberg Washington Monthly
Civics Takes Center Stage in 2026
Mary-Liz Shaw EdSurge
Why Did We Ever Stop Teaching This Way?
Beanie Substack
Five Signs You’re Over-Parenting
Dr. Meredith Elkins CNBC
University Retaliates Against Professor for Speaking His Mind
George Leef JGMC
Why Girls' Schools Are Right to Invest in Athletic Facilities
Samuel J. Abrams RCEd
Can American Children Point to America on a Map?
Mark Lilla New York Times
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