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Education reform has accelerated over the past 30 years and was “fueled” by post-pandemic concerns from parents, according to a report from the Center For Education Reform (CER). “I do think that, fundamentally, once parents have the power, as you can see, in places like Florida and Arizona, they protect it. But when they don’t, they have no idea where …

Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Tuesday refused to condemn calls for universities to cut ties with Hillel organizations at a congressional hearing. Cardona testified before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, drawing heated questions from lawmakers regarding the anti-Israel protests on college campuses. Among the concerned lawmakers was Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., who flung a series …

The University of Chicago announced Tuesday that an anti-Israel encampment which has been interfering with the “free expression, learning, and work of others” at the campus has been completely dismantled. Video captured police earlier this morning tearing down tents and barricades and dragging away Palestinian flags that were set up on its Main Quad. Protesters later were seen locking arms …

A group of Jewish students at Columbia University have released an open letter describing their discomfort with the continued tensions on campus. The letter, titled “In Our Name: A Message from Jewish Students at Columbia University,” was signed and shared by a coalition of Jewish students without attribution to a specific campus organization. “Over the past six months, many have …

We’re in the middle of a school choice revolution. Eleven states have passed universal school-choice policies since 2021, and there are no signs of letting up. This year, Alabama passed a universal school-choice bill. Georgia and Wyoming passed their first education savings account initiatives. And just last month, Louisiana’s House passed a universal school choice bill by a supermajority vote …

Faculty at the University at Buffalo are at odds with the administration’s response to protests that have been held on campus in recent days. University at Buffalo faculty are calling on administrators to drop all charges against the 15 protesters who were arrested during the May 1 demonstration on campus, NBC WGRZ reported. A letter, which has garnered over 200 …

There is little doubt that the nation’s attention has been drawn to the crisis taking place on university campuses. Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses as students are calling for universities to separate themselvesfromany companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza – and in some casesfromIsrael itself. As …

“Violent solution follows failure of negotiations.” So read the headline inColumbiaUniversity’s student newspaper, theSpectator – not on April 30, 2024, but rather April 30, 1968. As a studentattheuniversity’s business schoolatthe time, I’m now shocked to see that my alma mater’s leaders didn’t learn the lesson of their ownhistory. They deserve the most blame for the mayhem that has engulfed one …

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., grilled New York City Public Schools Chancellor David Banks on Wednesday about a pro-Hamas teacher and the principal of Hillcrest High School, where an antisemitic riot unfolded in the hallways following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel, having so far remained on the payroll despite promised consequences. During a line …

Anarchists at George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, D.C., have apparently called for the beheadings of school administrators amid their continued anti-Israel encampment. Demonstrators on campus called for the “guillotine” to be used on GW President Ellen Granberg and other school administrators, a resurfaced video posted to social media showed. “Guillotine, Guillotine, Guillotine, Guillotine,” a person repeatedly chanted as others …