Sweet Briar College confirmed this month it would limit admissions offers to women. This was a first-of-its-kind reassurance to women for the women’s college, which prior to 2024 found no reason to institute gender qualifications to attend their obviously single-sex school. Sweet Briar’s Board of Directorsexplained that because their founder specifically ordered the establishment of...
Fox News’ “Antisemitism Exposed” newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: -Jewish students describe going to college amid intense anti-Israeli protests: ‘Target on my back’- GOP leaders vow ‘action’ as Columbia University swarmed by anti-Israel agitators- Meta declares anti-Israel rallying call ‘from the river...
For years, opponents of school choice have been predicting that Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts policy would “bankrupt” the state. Instead, as the state’s education budget surplus demonstrates, school choice has reduced costs. This won’t surprise Arizonans who have become accustomed to the empty scaremongering from Chicken Littles claiming that school choice would make the sky...
Oklahoma State School Superintendent Ryan Walters told the Fox News Channel that his school district would be enacting new policies to allow students to show their patriotism after an Oklahoma high school student was forced to remove an American flag from his truck by school staff earlier this month. Walters spoke on “Fox & Friends...
A law professor helping push a complaint against the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for 42 “illegal” scholarships that “discriminated” against applicants said it’s “crystal clear” that they violate the Civil Rights Act. The Legal Insurrection Foundation’s Equal Protection Project, a civil rights organization, filed the complaint, arguing the scholarships are in violation of Title IX...
One of the most influential people in my life was and still is Joe Stokes. I remember the first time I walked into the classroom at the Washington Carver Elementary School in Muncie, Indiana, and saw the White teacher with a head full of red hair. It might have been the first time I ever...
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will tout their education policies to the nation this week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Walz, a former teacher married to a former teacher, speaks often about his time in the classroom. But anyone curious about the future of education under...
When we first spoke about it, we were really the only ones doing so. Now, it’s one of the most talked about cultural and political issues of the day. From Olympic athletes to politicians running for office; from middle school girls to NCAA athletes; from celebrities to journalists, coaches and parents, people everywhere are discussing...
EXCLUSIVE: A local private school superintendent believes Gov. Tim Walz’s policies have had a “negative impact” on education in Minnesota, suggesting he “broke trust” with residents during the coronavirus pandemic. “He’s ignored us,” Kim Friesen, who has lived in rural Minnesota for 21 years, told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. “I think he’s...
Mark Wahlberg has simple advice for any parent sending a child off to college in the fall. “It’s a beautiful thing just encouraging them to pursue their dreams, to take a chance on themselves and to dream big,” he told Fox News Digital. “But, along with the big ideas, you have to do the little...
