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

By Richard Lorenc April 26, 2026 5:00 am

Ivy League Yale higher education college university

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

Christopher J. Scalia Apr 24, 2026

An empty school classroom

The truth about Arizona’s school choice program fraud

Cooper Conway Apr 23, 2026

Students work on chromebook computers during classroom instruction.

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

Christine Valora Apr 22, 2026

The Missouri State Capitol

Missouri State University sued for allegedly policing student speech

Robert Schmad Apr 21, 2026

There is no meaningful evidence that PBS gives preference to libertarian or conservative programming. (Flickr)

Why shouldn’t PBS air a documentary series on educational freedom?

By Neal McCluskey April 10, 2017 4:01 pm

"Let's celebrate New York State getting something important done that we wanted to do nationally." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Hillary Clinton cheers ‘a great step for progressives’ with New York’s tuition-free college program

By Madeleine Morgenstern April 8, 2017 4:51 pm

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey talks with a 6th grader at a school choice event. Ducey signed "a major school voucher expansion bill" on Friday. (AP Photo/Bob Christie)

Arizona didn’t pass school vouchers, but it did go bold on school choice

By Jason Russell April 7, 2017 3:56 pm

Education secretary Betsy DeVos visits Pitbull’s charter school

Education secretary Betsy DeVos visits Pitbull’s charter school

By Caitlin Yilek April 6, 2017 6:47 pm

At two-thirds of "top" ranked schools, even history majors are not required to take a course in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Academic amnesia: Why Is WWI disappearing in higher education?

By Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill April 6, 2017 4:06 am

Regrettably for DeVos, the secretary of education cannot directly implement the president's education policies. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Teachers’ union contracts likely to tie hands of new education secretary

By Terry Pell April 5, 2017 5:58 pm

"Lying to children about the world we live in to further corporate polluter profits is cruel," said Rep. Raul Grijalva, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Democrats protest after schools sent material that questions climate change

By John Siciliano April 3, 2017 3:36 pm

College attendance is associated with higher homeownership rates by age 25, the New York Fed found. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Even with debt, college grads have higher homeownership

By Joseph Lawler April 3, 2017 3:24 pm

"Lots of parents are scraping by to send their child to a school of choice and sacrificing financially to do so and I just don't believe those parents should have to pay twice," said Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

School choice advocates gear up for big win

By Joel Gehrke April 3, 2017 4:01 am

When we're talking about what the future of war will look like, it might look like the social media that's already all around us.

Social media might be the battlefield of the future

By Washington Examiner Staff April 3, 2017 4:01 am

"This is not something that's science fiction," Jeb Bush said. "This is happening as we speak. And yet we still have this big skills gap." (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Jeb Bush warns robots taking US jobs is not science fiction

By Daniel Chaitin April 2, 2017 5:45 pm

President Trump will nominate Carlos Muniz, a former attorney for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, as general counsel at the Education Department, the White House announced Friday evening. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Trump hires former Jeb Bush employee for Education Dept. job

By Anna Giaritelli March 31, 2017 11:22 pm