Education
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Higher education loses gains in public confidence earned in 2025, latest Gallup survey shows
Public confidence in higher education loses traction, on par with steady decades-long declines, but high costs, politics and the emergence of AI has shaped the polling in new ways.
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Country's biggest teachers union has new leader, sway on Democratic politics not expected to change
Incoming president Princess Moss won the post as union president with 50.3% of votes.
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Taxpayers bear burden for federal student loans
Federal student loans differ significantly from private loans.
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Dershowitz: 'No teacher has the right to propagandize students'
"The classroom is a sacred place," Dershowitz said.
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Conservative job network slams teachers union head for saying school choice 'undermines' democracy
The Job Creators Network stated that Weingarten’s approach to education is undemocratic, because it traps kids in education systems based on their zip code.
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Dershowitz: Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs breed antisemitism
After the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas, pro-Palestinian protests have erupted across college campuses.
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New 'Young Pioneers'? Academic groups wary of UC San Diego's climate change grad requirement
With "desperately problematic course deficits in history, geography, and Western Civ," no surprise that so many on campus "feel at ease publicly embracing" Hamas, curriculum rating group says.
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Harvard finds 'duplicative language without appropriate attribution' in President Gay's work
"President Gay will update her dissertation correcting these instances of inadequate citation," the university said after the new findings.
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Florida's largest teachers union faces decertification under state law
"While we have enrolled more than 800 new members, an unprecedented growth in the past five months, we have not achieved the new 60% membership density of members mandated by the onerous anti-worker law, Senate Bill 256," the union stated.
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Major law firm ends on-campus Harvard recruiting after president's response to genocide of Jews
Gay's comments about the genocide of Jews "cannot be seen as merely a slip of the tongue," Edelson said.
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Harvard early applications plummet as campus rocked by antisemitism, plagiarism
Meanwhile, some companies and businesspeople have refused to recruit from or hire Harvard graduates due to the antisemitism controversy on campus.
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Black, Hispanic students lead growth in North Carolina charter school enrollment
Report found North Carolina’s charter school enrollment increased from 118,597 in 2019 to 140,905 by 2023, a jump of 18.8%
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Harvard board says President Claudine Gay will remain despite calls for her ouster
As members of the Harvard Corporation, we today reaffirm our support for President Gay’s continued leadership of Harvard University," the board said.