The End of USAID Is an Opportunity for Africa
By Foreign Policy
Reducing foreign aid can help end dependency and…
➔ iTrump Sets His Sights on “Eliminating” Public Education
By The Nation
Chris Lehmann Yesterday’s executive order…
➔ iCould AI help us build a more racially just society? | Sanmi Koyejo
By The Guardian
We have an opportunity to build systems that…
➔ iDitch the balloons and swap the plastic toys for cake: how to have a waste-free birthday party
By The Guardian
Low waste doesn’t have to mean no fun – with…
➔ iTrump’s attack on libraries was predictable. Its consequences could be devastating | Leo S Lo
By The Guardian
The president wants to eliminate the agency…
➔ iPolitics have changed but the Democrats haven’t – they are old and out of touch | Moira Donegan
By The Guardian
Leading Democrats vainly hope for a return to the…
➔ iThirteen years ago, Emma told me disability cuts nearly broke her family. Now, under Labour, it’s…
By The Guardian
In families like hers, the devastating impact of…
➔ iAxing the Education Department: Fine for kids, rough on teachers unions
By New York Post
It’s good to see President Donald Trump…
➔ iTrump’s Order Dismantling the Education Department Continues His Attacks on the Agency
By The Nation
Owen Dahlkamp The president plans to sign an…
➔ iGCSEs harm our young people. Ministers should have the guts to abolish them – and start again |…
By The Guardian
A report out this week highlights how destructive…
➔ iWhen They Came for Columbia University
By The Nation
David Klion The university has become the…
➔ iGetting rid of the federal Department of Education is just the beginning
By American Thinker
The failing American education system is both…
➔ iThe US government has sent Columbia University a ransom note | Sheldon Pollock
By The Guardian
Like a mob boss, the government threatens to cut…
➔ iJust come in legally, they said
By The Washington Post
The Trump administration is taking its…
➔ iTrump Closes an Important Window Into China
By Foreign Policy
Funding cuts and layoffs at Voice of America and…
➔ iAcademic freedom in America needs to be defended. Here’s how | Jan-Werner Müller
By The Guardian
To begin with, universities should not be…
➔ iSleepmaxxing: from red light to mouth taping and nasal dilators, do any of the viral trends work? |…
By The Guardian
The TikTok generation has repackaged a perennial…
➔ iO, LaGuardia, a weary nation turns to you
By The Washington Post
Plus: AI vs. federal judges. D.C. city funding...
➔ iTrump is setting the US on a path to educational authoritarianism
By The Guardian
While we watch students getting handcuffed, vague…
➔ iMartin Luther King Jr. Had a Dream for Economic Affirmative Action. The Supreme Court Failed Him.
By Slate
This has been adapted from Class Matters: The…
➔ iLetters to the Editor: State AG's decision to join education lawsuit shows commitment to poor…
By Los Angeles Times
If American students score so poorly on tests,…
➔ iT-levels are a disaster – and young people are suffering because ministers won’t admit it |…
By The Guardian
They were supposed to boost vocational learning,…
➔ iTrump is fighting Biden’s drug-price battle — but patients will pay the cost
By New York Post
President Trump's Justice Department will defend…
➔ iThe Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education
By The New York Times
This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of…
➔ iWhat the War on California’s Water Is Really About
By The New York Times
If we are to take seriously the threats of…
➔ iOpinion: Polis’ proposed cuts to education funding are unacceptable
By The Denver Post
Gov. Jared Polis’s proposal to eliminate…
➔ iInside Trump’s Decimation of the Department of Education
By The Nation
Owen Dahlkamp Current and former employees at…
➔ iThe tide has turned against elite universities — and it’s about time
By New York Post
For the first time in memory, a majority of…
➔ iLetters to the Editor: Readers give good and bad marks to Education Department cuts
By Los Angeles Times
Some are aghast at Trump's plans to cut the…
➔ iGet the app, consider capacity and be ready for behavioural change: top tips on installing a home…
By The Guardian
Guardian readers share what they wish they had…
➔ iMy religious education was unparalleled — and that’s the problem
By The Washington Post
What I learned — and didn’t learn — from my…
➔ iRandi Weingarten deserves the fury of parents across the nation
By New York Post
American Federation of Teachers honcho Randi…
➔ iOhio Republicans Are Planning “Political Warfare” Against Higher Education
By The Nation
Zurie Pope With Senate Bill 1, the state would…
➔ iLetters to the Editor: Strong narration guides reader through piece on leg-lengthening procedure
By Los Angeles Times
Leg-lengthening piece is singled out for strong…
➔ iTeachers’ unions bent the Education Dept. to their will — shut it down to throttle their power
By New York Post
Closing the department will help cut off the…
➔ iThreaten campuses, shut down debate: that’s what free speech looks like under Trump | Owen Jones
By The Guardian
The president has slashed $400m in funding from…
➔ iIs Israel ready for an immigration wave from the Land Down Under?
By Yedioth News
With rising antisemitism in Australia and a…
➔ iLI educrats drive parents to charters, then punish them for wanting good schools
By New York Post
Facing a $34 million budget shortfall, the…
➔ iQatar could make up federal funds cut at Columbia U. Trump must act against foreign influence.
By Yedioth News
Qatar’s grip on the university could become…
➔ iWhat are smartphones stealing from us? When mine was taken away, I found out | Alexander Hurst
By The Guardian
As a Paris film extra, I surrendered my device…
➔ i‘Ceasefire’ is a hollow word for Palestinians – the killings, displacements and denial of aid…
By The Guardian
A winding down of operations in Gaza has allowed…
➔ iA Supreme Court Case Threatens the Church-State Divide
By The New York Times
The case invites further fragmentation of public…
➔ iTrump has microwaved my Cornetto of hope | Stewart Lee
By The Guardian
The gadfly-minded abuser has openly threatened…
➔ iJobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys? | Sonia…
By The Guardian
Failing to redress the issues facing young men…
➔ iSpotify’s biggest sin? Its algorithms have pushed artists to make joyless, toothless music | John…
By The Guardian
Most musicians can only make money on the…
➔ iFresh proof New York’s educrats don’t care about education
By New York Post
A bombshell Manhattan Institute study on soaring…
➔ iLawmaker Vows to Push Bill to Repeal FACE Act ‘Irrespective of Normal Procedures’
By The Daily Signal
Rep. Chip Roy vowed Thursday to move forward with…
➔ iLunchbox lessons: how to pack a school lunch that actually gets eaten – and reduces waste
By The Guardian
Getting kids more involved in choosing and…
➔ iLetters to the Editor: How to solve for poor performance on standardized tests? Just bubble in…
By Los Angeles Times
'Perhaps the state Board of Education should…
➔ iContributor: A transformative education for my trans students and me
By Los Angeles Times
I teach college students, and I'm grateful when…
➔ iLetters to the Editor: De-fund California schools over DEI? Then we'll de-fund the federal…
By Los Angeles Times
If the Trump administration wants to take away…
➔ iWhy not get rid of grades?
By The Washington Post
Grade inflation is ruining education. Let’s get…
➔ iThe left keeps getting identity politics wrong – and the right is benefiting from that | Ash…
By The Guardian
Instead of liberation, we’ve ended up with…
➔ iIn renouncing aid and Europe, Starmer is sucking up to Trump | William Keegan
By The Guardian
Last week’s much-trumpeted Anglo-US meeting has…
➔ iHow Education Department’s ‘letters’ wasted billions on Washington’s woke whims
By New York Post
The government's messages to school districts and…
➔ iThe Guardian view on a tax war: the world must unite against American obstruction | Editorial
By The Guardian
Donald Trump’s threats to global tax reform…
➔ iNever mind the planet’s fate when the jet set feel the urge to seek out some winter sun |…
By The Guardian
Self-denial will save the Earth, we’re told...
➔ iAntidote to fast fashion: eight ways to spot durable garments
By The Guardian
From natural fibres to thoughtful construction,…
➔ iAmerica must not surrender its Democratic values | Bernie Sanders
By The Guardian
Together, we must fight for our long-held values…
➔ iLetters to the Editor: Will California let for-profit utilities stick it to solar users again?
By Los Angeles Times
For-profit utilities have already gotten their…
➔ iI ran Britain’s army. I know what it needs. Don’t cut aid to fund defence | Richard Dannatt
By The Guardian
History shows targeted aid reduces the burden on…
➔ iDo Trump and co want a world reclaimed by straight white men? It’s not certain they’ll get it |…
By The Guardian
Trump calls diversity policies ‘immoral’ and…
➔ iThe world is listening to Russia again. From the ruins of Ukraine, it makes me want to scream |…
By The Guardian
The massacre in Bucha, the mass graves in Izium…
➔ iLinda McMahon’s Only Qualification as Education Secretary Is a History of Spreading Hate
By The Nation
Dave Zirin Even in Trump’s cabinet of…
➔ iCold calling patients with bad news can be excruciating. At those times, instinct is all I can rely…
By The Guardian
Difficult news conveyed compassionately and…
➔ iWhat can Keir Starmer say at the White House that Donald Trump might listen to? | Andrew Rawnsley
By The Guardian
The stakes couldn’t be higher and the risks…
➔ iFlea treatments are turning our pets into an environmental hazard – there has to be a better way…
By The Guardian
Startling evidence of the dangers to birds and…
➔ iHome batteries are cheaper than ever – here’s what to consider before installing one
By The Guardian
Make sure you have a system that can deliver the…
➔ iAfter 10,000 years, let’s bury the plow
By The Washington Post
No-till farming reduces need for fertilizers and…
➔ iWhy Hasn’t Trump Already Closed the Department of Education?
By The Nation
Jack Schneider Maybe because its support for…
➔ iEditorial: Stuck behind crashes and spin outs in I-70 ski traffic? There is a better way for…
By The Denver Post
Senate Bill 69 would help reduce ski traffic by…
➔ iWe are on the road for democracy and justice | Bernie Sanders
By The Guardian
What we are fighting for is not ‘utopian’ or…
➔ iAre we prepared to lose the Education Department?
By The Washington Post
Readers describe the department’s vital…
➔ iThis college president isn’t afraid of Donald Trump
By The Washington Post
Wesleyan University’s president is advocating…
➔ iRBA reduces interest rates, but don’t hold your breath for too much more this year | Nicki Hutley
By The Guardian
The path of the economy and inflation in the year…
➔ iChildren are starting school unable to sit up or hold a pencil – and I know the culprit | Kathryn…
By The Guardian
As an early years specialist, I’ve seen the…
➔ iMusk’s rampage through government shows us how we can finally close the book on what Trumpism is…
By The Guardian
Trump, Musk and the Republican party are happily…
➔ iWhat Harm Reduction Really Looks Like
By The Nation
Tim Evans Harm reduction advocates are…
➔ iWhy do we need the Education Department? It’s simple.
By The Washington Post
It offers the most efficient way to pursue…
➔ iTrump and Musk want people to think college is not worth it. They are wrong | Carlo…
By The Guardian
For many, going to college is the very definition…
➔ iRemoving discrimination from education: A two-week challenge
By American Thinker
Libs of TikTok, Chris Rufo, school board…
➔ iThe world condemns Trump's Gaza transfer plan but the West is complicit
By Yedioth News
Opinion: Following decades of unsuccessful…
➔ iThe punishment doesn’t fit the crime in Britain. That’s why our jails are overflowing | Samira…
By The Guardian
For 20 years, the UK has been inflating sentences…
➔ iTrump is just following Bill Clinton’s bureaucracy-cutting example
By American Thinker
Let’s not forget, Clinton oversaw a…
➔ iMassachusetts’s coming economic explosion and the American pursuit of happiness
By American Thinker
Despite all its educational institutions,…
➔ iIn defense of happy cows
By The Washington Post
Eduardo Porter and his readers on the…
➔ iTrump’s Plan to Defund the NIH Will Ruin a National Treasure
By The Nation
Gregg Gonsalves Trump, Musk, and Vought are…
➔ iHouse Republicans Agree on Budget Resolution With Tax Cuts, Spending Reductions
By The Daily Signal
House Republicans on Thursday approved a budget…
➔ iYes: Obama, Biden endangered flights by rejecting whites for air-traffic controller jobs
By New York Post
Efforts the Obama and Biden administrations to…
➔ iPresidents' Words of Wisdom
"When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were—to the very last minute—a chance to lose it."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
"He serves his party best who serves the country best."
- Rutherford B. Hayes