Ron DeSantis touts Florida’s education system, slams woke academia in Sarasota address
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday addressed a crowd at New College of Florida in Sarasota, touting the state’s educational achievements and reforms and blasting the “woke” stranglehold on academia. “I don’t know any other state that has done more to reform and improve education in the last five and a half years. … We […]
Fewer pupils in England studying drama and media at GCSE and A-level | Education
Fewer students in England are studying drama, media and performing arts at GCSE and A-level, while statistics, computing, physics and mathematics are becoming more popular. Provisional figures for the number of people taking exams in England this summer, published on Thursday by exams regulator Ofqual, also showed an increase in interest in modern foreign languages […]
Jill Biden SCARED Trump will end public education; ban pornographic books from schools
While President Joe Biden is having almost as much trouble putting together a coherent sentence in the polls, Jill Biden is trying to make her husband look more favorable. The first lady argued Saturday that the future of public education in America hinges on whether the president is re-elected, telling the crowd, “Donald Trump doesn’t […]
America’s Systemic Racism Problem Is Mostly In Woke, Anti-Asian Education Bureaucracies
Public school officials caused harm to Asian students’ college applications by not notifying them of important academic achievements. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin began 2023 by asking the state’s Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate the allegation that officials at Thomas Jefferson High School (TJ) intentionally withheld notifications of National Merit awards from the school’s students […]
Republican state lawmakers ramp up fight to keep gender ideology out of sex education
Republican lawmakers in multiple states are pushing new bills aimed at keeping gender ideology out of sex education and emphasizing parental rights to make decisions on the information their child receives. The bills come as Republicans have stepped up efforts to reform public school instruction since the pandemic, during which remote learning allowed parents to […]
Jill Biden claims Trump would ‘destroy’ public education if president
First Lady Jill Biden insisted Saturday that the future of U.S. public education remains bright if her husband Joe Biden is re-elected president, while Donald Trump will only bring “chaos and division.” did. “I always believed Joe would be the best president in education,” Biden, 72, told a crowd of 1,200 people at the American […]
ALLEN: School Choice Can Fulfill The Promise Of Brown V. Board Of Education
In 1954, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring segregation in public schools unconstitutional. This historic decision was supposed to end the injustice of “separate but equal” educational facilities, paving the way for a more inclusive society where every child, regardless of race, could access quality education. However, […]
Schools across country disbanding DEI programs in droves; education expert explains why
The Supreme Court’s decision banning the practice of affirmative action in college admissions last summer joins a variety of state laws and growing political pressure for colleges and universities to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The number of educational institutions is increasing. And practice. history of higher education tracked changes Since January 2023, […]
A college puts the ‘cat’ into ‘education’ by giving Max an honorary ‘doctor of litter-ature’ degree
A Vermont university awarded Max, a beloved cat and beloved member of the community, the honorary degree of Doctor of Companion Animals ahead of the students’ graduation ceremony on Saturday. Vermont State University’s Castleton campus celebrates the feline’s friendliness, not its mousiness or napping. A cat at university? ‘Emotional’ students may benefit from felines on […]
Alaska lawmakers end their session with late bills passing on energy, education
Alaska lawmakers ended a four-month session early Thursday with a flurry of last-minute bills addressing priority issues such as energy and distance learning programs that are the focus of ongoing litigation. The spat over the budget has been quieter than in previous years, with Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy and legislative leaders having twice failed in […]