The U.S. Department of Education remains a hydra-headed monster after the passage of more than 45 years since its creation in October 1979 and grand opening on May 4, 1980. Not including one-time funding of more than $70 billion for…
If there was one federal agency that I could dispose of, what would it be? Without ado: The Department of Education (DOE) as evidence for its abolition is overwhelming. The 2024 “Nation’s Report Card” — the National Assessment of Educational…
No, this is not about the 1982 horror movie starring Adrienne Barbeau, but those who mean to “drain the swamp” should take heed — danger lurks in an unlikely place, and, left unchecked, the beast could well destroy even the…
We have a national security risk going nearly unnoticed. It doesn’t draw widespread attention on the evening news or social media. It’s not displayed on an emergency phone alert, debated in the halls of Congress, or one for which the…
“Be careful what you pray for,” the old saying goes, “because you may get it.” In Oklahoma, every school district will now be required to include the Bible in its curriculum on the obvious grounds that, if you are ignorant…
Candidate Trump is blunt. Here is but one headline from, yes, CNN. “Trump wants to close the Department of Education, joining calls by GOP rivals” CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants to close the Department of…
“For more than 50 years, Title IX has promised an equal opportunity to learn and thrive in our nation’s schools free from sex discrimination,” proclaimed U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on April 19. “These final regulations build on the legacy of…
Locker rooms and bathrooms at schools that accept public funding are about to become dangerous places for women — even in states that have the kind of commonsense legislation intended to keep women’s private spaces private. Last week, the Biden…
The prospect of an Internal Revenue Service “weaponized” against political opponents, with collection agents packing guns, is raising concern in Congress. On the other hand, a more basic and longstanding problem has managed to escape notice. The IRS gets workers’ tax…
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…
