Tag: Students

Notebooks are stacked on desks in a classroom

Community and Family

Innovation, pioneers, and a new Catholic school: Why Fairfax County needed something different

Michael Ortner · October 5, 2026 12:00 pm

President Donald Trump stands on stage at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump unlocked $26 billion for your child’s education. Is your governor blocking it?

Eric Bledsoe, Rachel Oglesby · October 5, 2026 9:00 am

New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference with New York Attorney General Letitia James in New York.

Letitia James is turning the ‘Cornell Seven’ case into Duke lacrosse 2.0

Justin Dillon · October 5, 2026 8:00 am

France Paris Student Riots

France gripped by violent student riots attributed to far-left instigation

Timothy Nerozzi · October 1, 2026 4:46 pm

A Carnegie Mellon University sign.

Ken Griffin makes historic $3 billion donation to Carnegie Mellon University

Emily Hallas · September 30, 2026 10:33 am

In this April 15, 2019, file photo, instructors from Raphael House lead a classroom discussion about consent and healthy relationships with a class of sophomores at Central Catholic High School in Portland, Ore. Most young Americans believe in the value of higher education, but many also believe that a high school diploma alone is enough for success, and they view job training as better preparation than any type of college degree, according to a poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Fairness and Justice

The best accountability tool in education is giving parents a choice

Heidie Nesset · September 29, 2026 11:00 am

China's President Xi Jinping attends a tea in the Red Room of the White House.

Xi wants 100,000 American students in China. Don’t take the bait

Reagan Dugan · September 29, 2026 8:00 am

North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick and his team celebrate after defeating TCU in an NCAA college football game.

Senate passes bill to regulate college sports NIL deals

Lauren Green · September 28, 2026 10:09 pm

Randi Weingarten says that closing the Department of Education will fund a tax cut for Elon Musk.

Our inner-city public schools suck, and the Democrats don’t care

Michael Levin · September 25, 2026 10:00 am

Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks onstage during "The New Power Structure: Black Politics in the Age of Resistance" panel during the 2026 National Association Of Black Journalists Convention at Atlanta Marriott Marquis on August 13, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Failing public schools need higher standards, not more money

Tiana Lowe Doescher · September 25, 2026 5:45 am

In this photo taken Jan. 17, 2016, a student looks at questions during a college test preparation class at Holton Arms School in Bethesda, Md. The SAT exam will move from paper and pencil to a digital format, administrators announced Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, saying the shift will boost its relevancy as more colleges make standardized tests optional for admission.

State tests are a Trojan horse designed to kill school choice

Jacob Hopkins · September 20, 2026 11:00 am

A close-up of a gloved scientist's hand working with petri dishes with various bacteria, tissue and blood samples. concept of pharmaceutical research for antibiotics, curing disease with DNA enhancing drugs.

China is winning the science race while Washington freezes American innovation

E. Gordon Gee · September 19, 2026 10:25 am