A county school board in Virginia decided this week to restore the original Confederate names of two schools previously deemed offensive. Following the death of George Floyd in 2020, the Shenandoah County School Board voted to change the names of two schools in their jurisdiction named after Confederate generals. Stonewall Jackson High School, named after Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, became …
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California Republican Steve Hilton and former state Sen. Gloria Romero, a Democrat, on Friday jointly called on state colleges and universities to bring classes back to campus and reinstate graduation commencements canceled amid anti-Israel protests. “We feel very strongly that nobody has been speaking up for the majority of hardworking students who want and expect to complete their studies in …
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A Catholic university defended its appointment of a pro-choice “social justice” activist nun as the school’s commencement speaker on Thursday amid backlash. Sacred Heart University has invited Sister Simone Campbell to be their commencement speaker on May 11 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Campbell is an outspoken progressive Catholic who advocates for social justice causes. She served as an executive director for …
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Some of the country’s top graduating high school seniors are reconsidering leading universities amid backlash over far-left protests as administrators do little to counter radical student and faculty groups who dominate headlines, campus discourse and even swaths of physical space. “There’s a feeling of anxiety and concern, whether they need to withdraw,” said Adam Nguyen, a college admissions specialist and …
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Newsflash to those not paying attention to current events forthelast coupleofdecades:They don’t teach Americanhistoryinourschools anymore. And whattheleftist teachers, unions and administrators do try to passoff as “Americanhistory” are woke word salads projected through prismsofidentity politics meant to indoctrinate generationsofyoung American minds into believingthatourheroic Founding Fathers were “evil White supremacists.” Withthatas factual background let’s transition to what recently took place atGeorgeWashingtonUniversity …
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Reacting to Florida ranking number one in the latest education freedom index report, the state’s Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. told Fox News Digital that the Sunshine State has become a model for paving the way for education freedom. “I think you need to pursue aggressive policies to get our institutions back under mission. Students need to be in …
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Some Morehouse College students aren’t looking forward to hearing President Biden speak at their graduation ceremony later this month. Several gathered at the men’s HBCU (Historically black colleges and universities) on Wednesday to call out the school’s decision to invite Biden, calling it purely political. “The general feeling on the ground is that we don’t want him here,” a student …
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A journalist who was attacked by alleged Antifa members this week at the University of Washington warned Wednesday that trained “militants” have infiltrated college campuses across the country, adding that he recognized some of his attackers from the Black Lives Matter riots four years ago. Discovery Institute senior fellow and Turning Point USA Frontlines reporter Jonathan Choe said he was …
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FIRST ON FOX: Republicans are threatening the federal financial aid provided to college students who commit crimes during the anti-Israel protests sweeping universities across the country. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., introduced the No HAMASAct on Thursday, joined by eight other Republicans, including Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Steve Daines, R-Mont. “Mobs of pro-Hamas students have flagrantly violated the law, destroyed …
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One North Carolina student is taking legal action against his school district after he was suspended and allegedly branded a racist for using the term “illegal alien” in class. 16-year-old Christian McGhee filed suit against the Davidson County School District after he was suspended for three days from Central Davidson High School in Lexington and forced to miss critical track …
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