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NYC Principals Union Votes ‘No Confidence’ in Mayor Bill de Blasio, Chancellor Richard Carranza
The executive board school principals union unanimously voted, calling on the pair to relinquish control of the school system to
USC Professor Who Used Chinese Word That Sounds Like English Slur ‘Not Dismissed Nor Suspended,’ Admin Says
USC’s Marshall School of Business’ dean is on the defensive after receiving widespread backlash for his handling of the incident.
University of Michigan Dearborn Holds Whites-Only Virtual ‘Cafe’ Event
The university has since apologized for the manner in which the events were described and promoted by the school.
Labor Day: Art from the Great Depression
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Great Depression was characterized by unemployment, homelessness, hunger, bankruptcies, home foreclosures, dust, drought, and inequality
USC Professor Placed on Leave after Black Students Complained His Pronunciation of a Chinese Word Affected Their Mental Health
Greg Patton, a professor at the university’s Marshall School of Business, was giving a lecture about the use of “filler
American University Administrators Must Step Up to Fight Beijing’s Authoritarian Influence
The CCP seeks to make American campuses less conducive to open inquiry, and more dangerous for students and professors. It
‘Public Servants Show Up And Serve People’: De Blasio Insists on Reopening NYC Schools Despite Pushback from Teachers Union
The mayor’s remarks came after the city’s largest teachers union threatened to strike if its demands regarding the reopening were
NYC Teachers’ Union Threatens Strike Unless ‘Every Single Person’ Who Enters a School Receives COVID Test
The president of the powerful United Federation of Teachers union said the union is prepared to strike if schools open
Justice Department Finds Yale Admissions Illegally Discriminated Against Asian American and White Applicants
The department ordered Yale to immediately halt its use of race or national origin in its admissions process.
Surprising Benefits of Isolation Discovered During the Lockdown
Reading Time: 5 minutes Slurping down slushies on warm cafeteria benches. Treading up steep stairways and laughing as our legs
School Choice and the Value of Religious Diversity
Institutions that shape public policy should beware of discrimination against traditional Christians.
At Converse College, One Professor Asserts His Conscience against Political Correctness
Refusing to be a party to Converse’s indictment of America as systemically racist, Jeff Poelvoorde dared it to do him
Teacher Mental Health Amid a Pandemic
Reading Time: 6 minutes Before the COVID-19 pandemic reached fever pitch, I was on the edge of burnout. Teaching is
Local Officials Resist Maryland Governor’s Order to Open Private Schools
Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are pushing back against an executive order by Governor Larry Hogan that prevents a blanket
Pandemic Threatens American DREAMers
Reading Time: 13 minutes The US Supreme Court’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s attempt to repeal the Deferred Action for
US Restrictions Threaten Admissions, Careers for Chinese STEM Students
Reading Time: 5 minutes The moment that college student Kecheng Du saw a tweet from President Trump saying only “China!,”
Now Is the Time to Advance School-Choice Policy
A proposal from two Senate Republicans would bolster Americans’ education options during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
No One Wants Schools Shut Down.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Living in the time of COVID-19 is like being on a slow-moving train and seeing the
Why Policing in Schools Is Complicated
Reading Time: 9 minutes As a junior at East High School, an inner-city school in Rochester, NY, Eric Kounnavong, a
Florida Teachers Union Sues to Stop School Openings amid Virus Surge
The largest teachers union in the state sued Governor DeSantis on Monday to overturn an emergency order requiring schools to
Tested: The Future of Education Post-Pandemic
Reading Time: 2 minutes During the coronavirus pandemic, education has been one of the most disrupted sectors in our unsettled
ICE Says Students on Visas Must Leave U.S. If Schools Transition to Online-Only
Universities are required to certify by July 15 whether they will offer some in-person classes or operate on an online-only basis.
Harvard to Implement Online Learning for All Students, Tuition Remains $50,000
Up to 40 percent of undergraduate students will be cleared to live on campus this fall, but they will still
Congressional Dems Sign Letter Demanding Education Dept. Allow Males in Girls Sports
Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal and 27 other Democratic members of Congress signed the letter.
Has Trump Backer and Education Czar Betsy DeVos Gone Too Far?
Reading Time: 5 minutes As teachers and administrators struggle to reinvent how they teach students this September, US Secretary of
A Preview?
The protests may have been triggered by one death, but they are also the latest in a series of skirmishes
Pandemic Leaves International Students Stranded
Reading Time: 6 minutes When US universities shut down in the middle of the semester due to the coronavirus pandemic,
Trump Admin. Plans to Expel Grad Students Affiliated with China’s Military
The proposed expulsion would affect roughly 3,000 individuals, a small percentage of the 360,000 Chinese students currently in the U.S.
A Punitive & Senseless Education-Funding Proposal, Advanced in the Name of ‘Equity’
A recent New York Times op-ed suggests that today’s education reformers care more about bringing the top down than bringing
California Democrats Want to Bring Racial Preferences Back
In 1996, Californians voted to end racial preferences at state universities. The Left has been fighting to restore them ever
Email Blunder Reveals Student Info and University Negligence
Reading Time: 5 minutes A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recruiter exposed the sensitive information — including visa status
A New College Motto: Buyer Beware
Reading Time: 6 minutes OPINION Well before the coronavirus pandemic, the US system of higher education was broken. Not for
Reconsidering Decades of Western Outreach to China
Western institutions assumed that cross-cultural exposure would loosen the Chinese regime’s grip. But the risks of such exposure are just
American Universities Must Stop Covering for the Chinese Community Party
Too often, links to the Communist ideology supporting the Chinese regime’s pernicious actions are omitted in higher education.
Sen. Tom Cotton Suggests Denying Visas for Chinese Students to Study Science in U.S.
Law enforcement agencies have investigated many instances of intellectual property theft by Chinese nationals.
Coronavirus Is No Excuse to Delay the Education Department’s New Title IX Regulations
Those making this argument are taking advantage of a crisis to try to keep due process out of college campuses.
Japan to Close All Schools until April to Slow Coronavirus
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Thursday that Japan will close its schools until April in a bid to halt the
University of Southern California to Make Tuition Free for Low-Income Students
The University of Southern California announced that they will offer free tuition beginning next fall for students from families earning
Dept. of Education Opens Investigation into Harvard, Yale over Chinese, Saudi Funding
Universities are required by law to report gifts and contracts from foreign sources worth more than $250,000 per year.