Politicians used to care how much students learn. Now, to find a defense of educational excellence, we have to look beyond politics. Credit...Photo illustration by Alex Merto Supported by By Dana ...

That’s why “dismantle” is Education Week’s 2025 word of the year. Education is largely governed by states, and federal ...

U.S. senators who put pressure on the Trump administration and the U.S. Department of Education were joined by millions of Americans in a sigh of relief when the remaining $5 billion in federal ...

Vladimir Kogan is a professor of political science at Ohio State University and the author of the new book No Adult Left Behind: How Politics Hijacks Education Policy and Hurts Kids. The book drew ...

Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics. Nine months ...

In the last few weeks of her 2016 campaign against Donald Trump, then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivered a stark warning to a Florida crowd: Trump’s “final target is democracy itself.” ...

The Trump administration continues with its agenda to shape higher education in the United States. Its plan is to exert increasing control over both public and private universities. This month alone, ...

Numerous studies have confirmed that intelligence is associated with a specific set of religious and political beliefs, including liberalism, anti-racism, free speech, tolerance of others and being ...

A 2025 National "Teacher of the Year" recipient said on Friday that the profession is "deeply political." "Who am I if I'm not teaching? What happens if I walk away? But then something shifted.

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