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Gov. Brian Kemp signed new laws Thursday that will require Georgia schools to perform annual drills for responding to campus shooters early in the school year and to perform literacy assessments for younger students three times per year to see if they can read at grade level.

Amplifying Atlanta

The state is responsible for ensuring the law is followed. But Oregon education officials appear to be shirking that responsibility.

U.S. schools have billions in federal pandemic funding to spend. But how much are they putting toward specific academic needs, such as boosting math skills?

It’s hard not to pity schoolchildren in New Mexico these days. The state already has one of the grimmest educational records in the United States—something that parents must consider when weighing relocation opportunities. New social studies standards in the state’s schools reveal this academic morass is now deliberate. The standards’ crafters are much more interested in churning out ultra-"woke" social warriors ready to act out their grievances.

Georgia schools will be required to hold annual drills for responding to campus shooters and perform reading assessments for younger students three times per year under new laws signed by Gov. Brian Kemp

Gov. Brian Kemp signed new laws Thursday that will require Georgia schools to perform annual drills for responding to campus shooters ...

Editor’s note: The following is adapted from the author’s remarks at a debate arguing the resolution, “Resolved, that academic DEI programs should be abolished,” co-hosted by the MIT chapter of the Adam Smith Society and the MIT Free Speech Alliance on April 4. I start from the following proposition: being female is not an accomplishment. My being […]

It’s hard not to pity schoolchildren in New Mexico these days. The state already has one of the grimmest educational records in the United States—something that parents must consider when weighing relocation opportunities. New social studies standards in the state’s schools reveal this academic morass is now deliberate. The standards’ crafters are much more interested in churning out ultra-"woke" social warriors ready to act out their grievances.

A closer look at how the 24,000-student district closed a longstanding digital divide.