We write in response to Ronald Schmidt's July 30 letter claiming that teaching children about gender is an "ideological sociopolitical framework" that schools should avoid. As health education ...

Nine days after reentering the White House last January, President Trump issued an executive order to end “indoctrination” in American schools. The first sentence of the order called on schools to ...

Is America’s justice system racist, rotten to the core, and in desperate need of reform? Or does stricter sentencing and increased policing help to keep vulnerable communities safe? One might think ...

J. Bennett Guess’ April 25 column (“Senate Bill 1 suppresses free speech, undermines our democracy”) accuses backers of SB 1 of being among those “banning classroom conversations about ‘controversial ...

Law requires regular review of curriculum, creates higher ed ombudsman A new law signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday is another effort by Republican lawmakers to remove diversity, equity, and ...

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Since 2015, both Gallup and the Pew Research Center have documented a significant decline in Americans’ confidence in higher education. The most commonly cited reason for this decline is the perceived ...