A 12-year-old student in Colorado was kicked out of class for sporting a Gadsden flag patch on his backpack. The story went viral, sparking outrage and support for the student’s First Amendment rights. The school falsely claimed that the Gadsden…
Conservative leaders from 13 organizations have sent a letter encouraging states to cut ties with the woke American Library Association (ALA), reports the Federalist. The report mentions that Missouri was the first state to eliminate the ALA and sever financial…
Your kids won’t be imbued with decent values from our era’s public schools. They won’t be taught to respect authority or to love their country and flag. They will learn about condoms and LGBTQIA+, but there are no guarantees that…
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…
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 —…
Another year, another election cycle. Already Republican candidates and pundits are testing carefully calibrated messages about education. A recent National Affairs article by scholar Robert Pondiscio, for example, sounds the following themes: Yes to school choice, but also yes to…
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…
A video about Pride Month and gender identity was shown to elementary students at public schools in Granbury, Connecticut, without parental consent. The story gained attention after parents spoke out against the district at a Board of Education meeting on…
