EDUCATION

(Esther Wickham, The Center Square) The nation’s two largest teachers' unions directed thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to Democratic members of key congressional education committees, according to federal campaign finance records reviewed by The Center Square. The congressional members whose campaigns received the money supported legislation favoring schools and...

(Esther Wickham, The Center Square) National teacher unions contribute at least 10% of their annual budget to lobbying and political activism, which includes calling for the impeachment of Republican President Donald Trump in the 2026 American Federation of Teachers handbook. Efforts also include supporting Democratic causes such as messaging...

(Headline USA) The Department of Defense has ordered 30 U.S. universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions as the Trump administration scrutinizes the country's growing global influence. If the schools don't complete a review and terminate any arrangements deemed problematic within the next two weeks,...

(Tate Rosentreter, The Center Square) A new report from Defending Education details Chinese influence on American education from kindergarten to college, with programs such as the Young Envoys Scholarship where China invited 50,000 U.S. students to study in the nation in partnership with many U.S. schools. Director of Higher Education...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The embattled former Cambridge professor who faced intense media scrutiny over questions about his academic credentials was found dead Friday. Jason Arday worked as a professor of sociology at the University of Cambridge following his historic appointment in 2023. He resigned from the university in August 2026 after...

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Jewish advocacy group and antisemitism tracker the Anti-Defamation League launched a new initiative Wednesday aimed at helping university students, faculty and staff combat antisemitism on their campuses. The initiative includes two reports tracking “less visible” forms of antisemitism at universities, a confidential reporting mechanism for...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The U.S. Department of Education stripped disparate impact provisions out of its Title VI regulations last week, The College Fix reported, ending federal treatment of race neutral school policies as civil rights violations whenever the resulting numbers break unevenly along racial lines. The Office for Civil...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) More than $225 million in fraud was reported by state education departments and school districts from 2019 to 2026, according to a new report. Open the Books, a federal spending watchdog, and the State Financial Officers Foundation, analyzed six years’ worth of reports from the...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The trend of left-wing extremists hijacking liberal institutions to push support for anti-Semitism and violence recently spilled into the political sphere with the election of communist and pro-Hamas candidates in California and New York. But an ultra-liberal Colorado town may prove a cautionary tale for how...

(Headline USA) The superintendent of Los Angeles public schools has resigned four months after he was put on paid leave during a federal investigation, the district's Board of Education said Monday. Alberto Carvalho denied any wrongdoing earlier this year and had asked to be reinstated as head of the nation's second-largest...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) In one of the most notoriously woke school districts in the country, pushback from parents over an overly lax academic calendar has led school officials to retaliate by threatening to cancel religious holidays --- including Christmas. Fairfax County, Virginia, where Democrat-endorsed candidates occupy every seat of...

(Headline USA) The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, who turned out to be an illegal immigrant, was sentenced Friday to two years in prison. Ian Roberts is likely to be deported to his native Guyana in South America once he serves the sentence. He pleaded guilty in January to...