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From kindergarten to college, these are deep investigations into the misallocation of resources, school choice, and how we can fix our broken school system.

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EXCLUSIVE: DHS Cuts Harvard Grants, Threatens Student Visas
Following the administration’s decision to freeze $2.2 billion in contracts, Homeland Security takes its own steps to punish America’s best-known…
Frannie Block
Harvard Had It Coming. That Doesn’t Mean Trump Is Right.
The school is taking a stand for academic freedom, writes Charles Lane. How long will it last?
Charles Lane
WATCH: Frannie Block Discusses How a Town Turned a Child’s ‘Cry for Help’ Into a Hate Crime
The father of a boy smeared as a racist in 2022 talks to our reporter who broke the story—and tells why he finally spoke out.
The Editors and The Editors
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WATCH: Frannie Block Discusses How a Town Turned a Child’s ‘Cry for Help’ Into a Hate Crime
The father of a boy smeared as a racist in 2022 talks to our reporter who broke the story—and tells why he finally spoke out.
The Editors and The Editors
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Reviewing $9 Billion in Harvard Funding over Antisemitism
‘We will not hesitate to act if Harvard fails to do so.’
Gabe Kaminsky
Mom Who Sued School for DEI Records Told They’re ‘a Trade Secret’
A Pennsylvania school refused to divulge its curriculum on the grounds of confidentiality. Then a mother fought the district in a state appellate court.
Frannie Block
How One Town Turned a Child’s ‘Cry For Help’ Into a Hate Crime
After three nooses were found in a bush in Evanston, Illinois, two children were vilified as racist. A family was driven out of their home. Now, over…
Frannie Block
Columbia President Says One Thing to Trump Admin—and Another in Private
In a call with faculty, Katrina Armstrong says the school plans not to stick to some of its agreements with the Trump administration.
Maya Sulkin
Lawsuit Targets Anti-Israel Campus Leaders for ‘Aiding and Abetting’ Hamas
Complaint alleges student organizations are providing ‘material support’ to terror groups.
Maya Sulkin
I’m a Liberal at a ‘Conservative’ University. How Did I End Up Here?
My students at UATX know they can disagree passionately with their classmates—a more meaningful definition of ‘safe space’ than what I encountered…
Boris Fishman
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Tells Columbia How to Get Its $400M Back
Ivy League college told to ban masks, expel or suspend students who promote Jew-hate, and put a department under ‘academic receivership’ for five years.
Frannie Block and Maya Sulkin
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Cancels $400 Million in Grants to Columbia
The cuts are “only the beginning,” according to Trump’s antisemitism task force.
Maya Sulkin and Gabe Kaminsky
EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Opens Antisemitism Investigation Into the University of California System
The Department of Justice says one of the largest public university systems in the country may be discriminating ‘against employees who are or are…
Gabe Kaminsky
Trump to Columbia: Fix Campus Antisemitism or Lose $5 Billion in Federal Funds
Fed probe ‘is as serious as can be,’ says task force member. ‘I have the Department of Education guys texting me every day asking when they can start…
Maya Sulkin
EXCLUSIVE: A High Schooler Graduated with a 3.4 GPA. He Couldn’t Even Read.
Now, the Tennessee teen is suing his school district, Frannie Block reports.
Frannie Block
How American Educators Are Conning Kids
As U.S. students keep falling behind, educators keep lowering standards. ‘It’s like telling everyone they’re a great swimmer when you know half of us…
Frannie Block
Betsy DeVos: Shut Down the Department of Education
I served as the 11th U.S. secretary of education. That’s how I know it’s beyond repair.
Betsy DeVos
Should Fifth Graders Learn What It Means to Be Transgender?
Ben Kawaller meets an education activist who wants kids to be taught that sex is assigned and gender is a social construct.
Ben Kawaller
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A Mom Asked for Public School Board Records. They Charged Her $33 Million.
Parents are suing schools to find out what their kids are learning. Schools are suing parents to shut them up. How did we get here?
Josh Code and Frannie Block
My School Experimented with ‘Education Equity.’ It Failed.
We put high-achieving students in the same classes as their lowest-performing peers. The results have been devastating.
Ryan Normandin
Yale Students: We’re Jealous of Our Conservative Peers
Our ideas become stronger when we’re forced to defend them. We wish our university challenged us like it challenges the right wing.
Publius
Letters to the Editor: Should We Ignore Conspiracy Theories?
Plus: The pitfalls of normalizing psychedelic drugs.
The Free Press
Could a Trump Presidency Cost Columbia University $3.5 Billion?
A new report by professors and alumni warns that elite universities face ‘an existential crisis.’
Frannie Block
With Trump’s Victory, Schools Offer ‘Post-Election Wellness Spaces’
Canceled classes, erased grades, and individual counseling: Universities rush to console their ‘grieving’ students.
Frannie Block
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