Department of Education Archives - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
by | Mar 13, 2024

Karol Markowitz, columnist at the New York Post and co-author of the bestselling book Stolen Youth, joined publisher and host of The Spectacle podcast Melissa Mackenzie during The American Spectator’s education symposium in Palm Beach, Florida to discuss the radical woke ideology infecting grade schools in…

by | Feb 2, 2024

Rhode Island’s North Kingstown School Department is under fire following a board member’s statement of desire to “never” inform parents if a child changes his or her so-called gender expression during school hours and activities. She expressed this belief during…

by | Nov 28, 2023

As a friend of mine put it at the time of his confirmation in March 2021, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona “doesn’t strike one as the sharpest tool in the shed.” An academic colleague of mine added in an email…

by | Oct 5, 2023

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced that his administration has forgiven $9 billion in student debt for 125,000 Americans by “fixing” preexisting programs in the Department of Education. Biden has spent his term trying to fulfill his campaign promise to…

by | Sep 15, 2023

Life is an exercise in tradeoffs, and school choice — while desirable — is no exception. From Florida to Ohio, voucher programs are finally becoming widely available to American schoolchildren and their families. While novel to some states and municipalities,…

by | Aug 30, 2023

The U.S. is facing a college affordability crisis, and millions of young students are paying the price. The cost of a four-year degree at a public, in-state school is quickly approaching $50,000, with expenses dwarfing increases in workers’ salaries. According to a report…

by | Jul 31, 2023

With growing speculation that some Republicans are clamoring for Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to jump in the presidential race — or at least start “warming up in the 2024 bullpen” — everyone should be prepared for a steady stream of…

by | Jul 10, 2023

Public education is seeing everything from declining academic scores to rampant left-leaning bias, and it’s past the point of rescue. The American Spectator’s Grace Reilly joined Ryan Helfenbein on Real America’s Voice News to discuss the many things going wrong in…

by | Jun 28, 2023

The recent National Assessment of Educational Progress scores show that schools are failing at their most basic task. Math and reading proficiency is in a pattern of steep decline — down 4 points in reading and 9 in math —…

by | Jun 21, 2023

Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos authored an article — provocatively titled “Shut Down the Department of Education” — for the summer print issue of The American Spectator. In that article, DeVos paints a picture of bureaucratic bloat, bemoaning the…

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