Education

In a broad-ranging interview with Breitbart News before Christmas, McMahon reflected on her victories at the Education Department and her priorities for the new year, which include continuing to send more power back to states as she waits for Congress to fulfill President Donald Trump’s executive order mandating the elimination of the department.

A statewide mandate requiring all school buses to be electric by 2035 has resulted in a chilly preview in one New York school district of what’s to come: kids freezing on their rides to and from school.

The alleged Brown University shooter, a 48-year-old Portuguese national, attended school with slain MIT professor Nuno Loureiro in Portugal in the late 1990s.

Hoosiers are unhappy with the direction of their state, a Defend Forgotten America Poll, conducted by Republican pollster Public Opinion Strategies (POS), found.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon called for Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) to resign over reports of massive education fraud within Minnesota’s college system.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced a pair of bills Tuesday to strengthen immigration security and to ensure that only American citizens are eligible for in-state college tuition, telling Breitbart News that his legislation is aimed at “closing loopholes that are frequently exploited” by illegal migrants.

Arkansas is set to become the first state to dump PBS after a commission that oversees public television in the state voted to end its contract and stop paying the broadcaster $2.5 million in dues.

Kentucky State Rep. Sarah Stalker (D) confessed this week that she does not feel good about being white, claiming that it is a “point of privilege” she feels bad about.

A former high school music teacher has been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student.

The Department of Education will award new grants for school mental health programs after scrapping funds earlier this year to such programs that upheld racial quotas and preached gender ideology.

President Donald Trump’s Department of Education (ED) launched a new tool on Monday aimed at informing students about their post-graduation earning potential before they take on student loan debt.

A Vermont school district hoisted a Somali flag on Friday as Democrats around the country defend Somali migrants amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown and a growing fraud scandal in Minnesota’s Somali community. 

New legislation passed by Italy’s lower house of parliament pushing back against “gender ideology and the woke bubble” is generating a meltdown on the left, the Guardian reported on Thursday.

Erika Kirk, Turning Point USA CEO and the widow of conservative icon and free speech martyr Charlie Kirk, rejected the argument that “gun violence” was the underlying issue that led to her husband’s assassination. It’s “not a gun problem,” she said, adding that America is facing “a deeply human” and “soul” problem.

An ex-middle school teacher in Florida got a massive prison sentence for creating disturbing images of students, and some of himself sexually abusing his family’s pet.

The increasing prevalence of AI-powered “nudify” apps and deepfake technology has led to a disturbing trend of students creating and sharing sexually explicit images of their classmates, with 75 percent of these images targeting children under 14 and even as young as 11 years old, according to a new poll of teachers in the UK.

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in Virginia has backed down from one of several legal fights surrounding its embrace of radical gender ideology after a now-former female student challenged the district’s transgender bathroom and preferred pronoun policies.

Harvard University reportedly hired one of its Divinity School graduates who faced assault charges against an Israeli student at an anti-Israel protest in the wake of the Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack.

A town in Alabama tanked plans to build a Muslim school in their area, with the zoning commission citing traffic concerns and some locals pointing to the “cultural takeover” of Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan and the United Kingdom (UK). 

A massive (and healthy) shift in public opinion has occurred, with only 33 percent of adults believing a college education is worth the cost.

Teenagers tend to distrust and dislike the news media, and the far-left Associated Press is not happy about it.

A University of Oklahoma student said her psychology instructor gave her a failing grade on an essay in which she cited the Bible, in violation of her First Amendment rights. The school now says it has placed the instructor, a man who claims to be a woman, on administrative leave while it investigates the matter.

A doctor told Kim Kardashian that she has “low” activity in the frontal lobe of her brain during a recent episode of Hulu’s “The Kardashians.” “Your brain is less active than it should be,” he said.

A conservative group at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania released a video of a student tearing down its promotional flyers.

Media Literacy Now, an organization funded by the Biden Administration with ties to the Southern Poverty Law Center, and whose staff advocate for Critical Race Theory, is claiming to have successfully influenced education legislation in 20 states, including red states.

The Trump administration’s negotiation with Northwestern University has resulted in the school agreeing to fork over $75 million to the U.S. government to resolve a series of investigations into campus antisemitism.

A 22-year-old gym teacher at a Christian school in Florida has been arrested for allegedly sending seductive photos to a 13-year-old middle school student.

A rising star in the field of economics has fallen from grace after his highly influential research on the impact of AI in the workplace was called into question, leading to an investigation by MIT.

A Rhode Island high school teacher who was placed on leave after he posted a video mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination and calling the Turning Point USA founder “garbage” is set to return to the classroom, despite being found in violation of school district policy.

A national poll of young voters reveals growing generational skepticism about America’s founding principles, the value of higher education, and deep divides over the limits of free speech and political violence, with a notable segment of respondents open to justifying violent responses in certain political contexts.

ED announced an investigation into the UC Berkeley on Tuesday in response to a violent protest at a Turning Point USA event on its campus. 

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is reportedly proposing the military cut ties with Scouting America over its embrace of gender ideology and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. 

The University of Minnesota is offering “Whiteness Pandemic” resources to caregivers as a way to “re-educate” themselves and guide children.

Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk says Turning Point Action’s support of Vice President JD Vance as a presidential candidate in 2028 is “in the works.”