RealClearEducation Week of May 25, 2026 Archives

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Monday, May 25

Special Ed Teachers Turn to AI for Help

Jonaki Mehta NPR

NAEP Expands, Adds Science and Civics Testing

Linda Jacobson Chalkbeat

Inside College Closures

Selingo and Horn Future U

The Happy Capitalism of Richard Scarry's Busytown

Elizabeth Nolan Brown Reason

Professors Are Old. Is That a Problem?

Chronicle of Higher Education

One-Third of Teachers Still Use ‘Discredited’ Reading Methods

Jessika Harkay 74

Tuesday, May 26

Florida Must Remain Vigilant Against Woke Academia

Paul du Quenoy Chronicles

Judson’s Last Ride

Sean Trende RealClearPolitics

The Simple Fix for America's Youth Sports Machine

Gates Garcia The Daily Wire

Will College Closures Limit Access? I Think Not.

Beth Akers Aei

The Living Declaration

Michael Auslin Jack Miller Center

The Internet Never Forgets

FacultyLeaks.com

Conceptual Understanding Is a Myth

Greg Ashman Filling The Pail

College is No Longer a Reliable Safety Net

Steve C. Taylor RealClearEducation

Wednesday, May 27

Specter of AI Haunts Class of 2026

Kathryn Palmer Inside Higher Ed

Trump Holds Back $2 Billion for Education Grants

Mark Lieberman Education Week

States Sue over Loan Limits on Nursing and Healthcare Degrees

Cory Turner NPR

Against My Advice, My Brother Is Going to College

Jared Gould Minding The Campus

The Ambitious Personality

W. Keith Campbell Explorations in Personality

Ideological Uniformity in Yale Honorary Degrees

Buckley Institute

AI Gave Me Confidence I Hadn't Earned

Cyril Manning Chronicle

The Largest Study of AI Use by Undergrads

Maya L. Kapoor Berkeley

2 Commonly Overlooked Signs of Intelligence

Mark Travers Psychology Today

The Enrollment Cliff: Which Schools Will Survive?

Jay Caspian Kang The New Yorker

Thursday, May 28

UC Faculty Warn of Students' 'Severe' Math Deficits

Jaweed Kaleem LA Times

Quality Concerns for California Community Colleges

Jamaal Abdul-Alim EDU Ledger

Teachers Union President Calls for Limits on AI & Screen Time

Tyler Kingkade NBC

College Grads Face a Better Job Market Than You Think

Courtney Brown USA Today

Computer Science Enrollment Is Declining

Andreesen Horowitz

What College Essays Tell Us About AI’s Effects on Creativity

Rebecca Winthrop NYT

Teacher Resource: The Constitution Drew on Ancient Principles

Retro Report

When Truth Is No Longer Paramount

John M. Kainer Martin Center

The Indoor Childhood Is Bad for America

Ben Sasse Wall Street Journal

How My Father, Ben Sasse, Raised Me

Alex Sasse The Free Press

Friday, May 29

Optimism at America’s 250th

C.C. Borzilleri RealClearEducation

Our Growth-Obsessed Universities out of Control

Brian Rosenberg Chronicle

Weingarten Backs Limits on AI Classroom Technology

Lily Altavena Chalkbeat

Devices Down, America Down

Natalya Murakhver Restore Childhood

Schools Push to Bring Recess Back

Lauren Coffey EdSurge

Harvey Mansfield, Radical

Michael Lucchese Civitas Outlook

UF Should Not Hire Stuart Bell as President

John Sailer City Journal

UC's Decision to Ignore SAT Scores Backfires

Sophie Gable Daily Mail

Middle-School Level Math and Science Skills at Cal

Lucy Hodgman SF Chronicle

Your Journalism Degree Is Now a STEM Degree

FacultyLeaks.com

St. John’s College Is Weird. Maybe Weird Is Good.

Beth McMurtrie Chronicle

Academic Armageddon

Richard K. Vedder The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

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