RealClearEducation Week of February 2, 2026 Archives

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Monday, February 2
Google Doesn’t Want Schools to ‘Bypass the Human’ with A.I.
Greg Toppo The 74
Texas A&M Ends Women’s & Gender Studies Degrees
Jennifer Kabbany College Fix
The 'Ban' on Plato at Texas A&M Was a Set Up
John Kainer RealClearEducation
Ed Department's Efforts to Fire Staff Cost over $28 Million
Cory Turner NPR
When States Run Education, It Puts Black Children Last
Janice Celeste The 74
When the Spanish Flu Upended Universities
Jill Barshay KQED
UCSD Can Live Without the SAT
Julie J. Park Inside Higher Ed
Anti-Semitism and the Character of America
Christopher Schilling MTC
School Choice: Beyond Left and Right
Jeanne Allen RealClearEducation
Why Boys Are Behind in Reading at Every Age
Claire Cain Miller New York Times


Tuesday, February 3
Trump Letter Banning DEI in Schools Is Legally Dead
Laura Meckler Washington Post
The Havoc One Disgruntled Student Can Wreak
Jessica Grose New York Times
What Keeps Higher Ed Up at Night
Katherine Mangan Chronicle of Higher Education
She Fought a Book Ban. She May Never Teach Again.
Goldstein & Oxford NY Times
School Closures Lead to Test Score Declines
Mara Casey Tieken The Hechinger Report
For Minnesota Universities, ICE Tests Values
Jack Stripling Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Science of Memory Goes to School
Frederick Hess Education Next
Why I Hesitate to Send My Kids to a White School
Mi Aniefuna EdSurge


Wednesday, February 4
Colleges Are Not Moral Actors
John Tomasi Chronicle of Higher Education
Students Are Skipping the Hardest Part of Growing Up
Clay Shirky New York Times
Can an AI Tool Help Students Disagree Better?
Aisha Baiocchi Chronicle of Higher Ed
Trump Said to Have Dropped Demand for Harvard Cash
Bender et al. NY Times
Nearly 40% of Stanford Undergrads Claim They’re Disabled
Elsa Johnson Times
Illini Student Republicans Support ICE amid Killings
Aidan Sadovi The Daily Illini
Accounting for Civics
Barry Melancon Jack Miller Center
Why Kinesthetic Learning is a Necessity
Eric Sheninger A Principal's Reflections
What’s Missing on Campus? Men.
Hilary Burns The Boston Globe
The Missing Men of UNC
Reagan Allen James G. Martin Center


Thursday, February 5
The Strange New Job Market for Conservative Scholars
Francie Diep CHEd
Childhood Isn’t Optimizable
Samuel J. Abrams Wall Street Journal
No More Gifted Students in Mamdani’s New York City
Maud Maron The Free Press
Lawsuit Alleges Cornell Pursued a 'Diversity Hire’
Jared Gould Minding The Campus
The DEI Debacle
Nimisha Barton Academe
The Campus Civility Collapse
Marie Newhouse Chronicle of Higher Education
Minnesota Districts, Teachers Union Sue Federal Government
Beth Hawkins The74
Teacher Resource: Strategies for Challenging Texts
Retro Report
The College Accreditation Battleground
Bruno V. Manno RealClearEducation
The Hypocrisy of University Budget Cuts
Samuel J. Abrams RealClearEducation


Friday, February 6
Kindergarten Readiness Varies Widely by Income
Makiya Seminera Associated Press
What It Means to Be 'Ready' for Kindergarten in California
Sequeira et all. LA Times
The Secret War against Student Journalists
Marie McMullan FIRE
Test Results Reveal a Deeper Issue in Math
L. Burleigh The 74 Million
Texas A&M Professor Sues after Firing over Gender Identity Lesson
Politico
A Renewed Call to Merge High School, College, and Career
Joel Vargas CRPE
Oklahoma Board Expected to Deny Jewish Charter School
Linda Jacobson The 74
The Hidden Conformity of Standing Out
Milo Linn-Boggs Education Next
UVA Brings Advising Into the Classroom
Joshua Bay Inside Higher Ed
3-Year Degrees Now Possible at North Dakota Colleges
Matt Lamb The College Fix
Research Finds Father, Not Mother, Affects Child Health
Ellen Barry NY Times
The Father-Daughter Divide
Isabel Woodford The Atlantic
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