Education

Notebooks are stacked on desks in a classroom at A.G. Hilliard Elementary School, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Education’s purpose isn’t just about getting a good job

Richard Lorenc · April 26, 2026 5:00 am

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Yale committee offers an encouragingly realistic report about the state of higher education

An empty school classroom

The truth about Arizona’s school choice program fraud

Students work on chromebook computers during classroom instruction.

Los Angeles schools take the lead in issuing classroom screen time limits

The Missouri State Capitol

Missouri State University sued for allegedly policing student speech

Asking how to make education dynamic and innovative is the right question. But public schooling? That's the wrong answer. (iStock by Getty Images)

‘Super schools’ aren’t going to happen in the public sector

Neal McCluskey September 12, 2017 4:49 pm

One of the best ways to strengthen civil society is to increase charitable giving to 3 percent of gross domestic product. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)

Tax reform and philanthropy’s 3 percent solution

Adam Meyerson September 12, 2017 4:01 am

Statues of saints, like this statue of St. Peter at the Vatican, are part of a heritage of artwork meant to remind Catholics of venerable examples of holy lives. This culture should not be erased in the name of diversity at Catholic institutions with people of many faiths. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

‘Inclusion’ shouldn’t prompt Catholic schools to hide their faith under a bushel basket

Gabriella Munoz September 11, 2017 9:27 pm

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, at George Mason University Arlington, Va., campus. DeVos on declared that "the era of 'rule by letter' is over" as she announced plans to change the way colleges and university handle allegations of sexual violence on campus. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Letter from a Georgetown senior: Betsy DeVos sexual assault reforms could fix current title IX morass

Gabriella Munoz September 11, 2017 8:24 pm

Shared parenting is a simple change that could make a difference for children of divorced parents at no cost. (AP Photo/Patrick Collard)

How a change in parenting can improve education at no cost to taxpayers

Ned Holstein September 11, 2017 4:00 pm

Thanks to a new regulation from Washington D.C.'s government requiring that, by 2020, all childcare workers must have at least an associate's degree and center directors must have bachelor's degrees, about half of the city's childcare workers must soon head back to school or lose their jobs. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

How a new Washington, D.C. regulation is pushing women to lean out

Carrie Lukas September 8, 2017 11:03 pm

While I commend Betsy DeVos on the position she's taking and feel confident she'll get something more fair in place re campus sexual assault, I certainly don't envy her. I'm not even sure she knows what an uphill battle she has. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Finally, someone in power is standing up for due process in campus sexual assault cases

Suzanne Venker September 8, 2017 10:08 pm

Students smiled and looked shocked at Obama's presence in a photo posted on Twitter. (Eric Shultz Twitter)

Barack Obama makes surprise visit to DC high school

Caitlin Yilek September 8, 2017 10:02 pm

Yet again we see the activist Left's utter intolerance for alternative points of view. (iStock)

Newspeak University of Pennsylvania law students and faculty want to purge an oldspeak professor

Tom Rogan September 8, 2017 8:15 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., voiced his outrage over Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' announcement that she plans to overturn Obama-era Title IX campus sexual assault guidelines on Thursday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Bernie Sanders slams Betsy DeVos over plans to rescind Obama-era sexual assault policy

Mandy Mayfield September 7, 2017 11:27 pm

After unexpectedly being cut off from student loan data by the Department of Education last week, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray is seeking to mend the fence, arguing that the two departments would work better together. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

CFPB boss to Betsy DeVos on student loans: We’d work better together

Joseph Lawler September 7, 2017 10:10 pm

"Big deal -- Senate panel rejects Trump's teacher-funding cuts and school choice proposals," Weingarten tweeted Thursday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

American Federation of Teachers head gloats over Senate education funding bill

Sean Higgins September 7, 2017 8:12 pm