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First grade teacher Sharon Parsons, back center, helps her students with a lesson at the Winter Garden Christian Academy Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Winter Garden, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Kindergarten teacher Terrie Osborne helps students in her class at the Winter Garden Christian Academy Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Winter Garden, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Southeastern Michigan University featured video montages of happy graduates and glossy photographs of smiling students on its website. It boasted of “budget-friendly” tuition programs with incredibly short timelines, including a “self-paced” bachelor’s degree that could be completed in as little as two years for just $31,680. Southeastern Michigan is part of a surge in fake college websites that have used artificial intelligence to generate hours of content over the past two years, taking enrollment scams to the next level as they target cash-strapped applicants. (File photo credit: Pormezz via Shutterstock.)
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"Parents Matter: Protecting Our Children in a Digital Age" available in the September 18, 2024 edition of The Washington Times. (cover)
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Chronic absenteeism was “substantially higher” in public school districts that went online during the COVID-19 pandemic than in those that maintained in-person instruction, a study has found.
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Chronic absenteeism was “substantially higher” in public school districts that went online during the COVID-19 pandemic than in those that maintained in-person instruction, a study has found.
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FILE - Students walk on the campus of Boston College, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Boston. Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college, with most saying they feel the U.S. higher education system is headed in the “wrong direction,” according to a new poll. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Police stand guard as demonstrators chant slogans outside the Columbia University campus, on April 18, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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University of California, Berkeley freshman Sanaa Sodhi talks with a friend in her on-campus dorm room while searching online for apartments in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Millions of college students in the U.S. are trying to find an affordable place to live as rents surge nationally, affecting seniors, young families and students alike. Sodhi is looking for an apartment to rent with three friends next fall, away from the dorms but still close to classes and activities on campus. They've budgeted at least $5,200 for a two-bedroom. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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"Higher Ed Harassment: Is the Education Department overreach harming America's college students?" available in the September 12, 2024 edition of The Washington Times. (cover)
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Do you have any parenting advice for those of us who want to raise our kids to be responsible, moral human beings in a world that’s gone mad? File image credit: pixelheadphoto digitalskillet via Shutterstock.
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Issues 2024
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Anti-Israel protests spark surge in campus censorship, says free speech group
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Anti-Israel protests spark surge in campus censorship, says free speech group (horizontal)
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Banning cellphones (smartphones) in a school classroom illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times
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GOP lawmakers tell Pentagon’s education agency to stop pushing woke ideology
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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to marching band members at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Ga., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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A student at Rice University in Houston was found dead in a dorm room Monday, the first day of classes for the 2024-25 school year, along with a man suspected of committing a murder-suicide. (File photo credit: Rushay via Shutterstock)
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Taylor (left) and Tyler (right) Frost parlayed their love of the "NBA 2K" video game into a pair of national championships for Eastern High School in Washington, D.C. The pair posed for this photo at a mural near their high school. (Photo by John Reggy)
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In this photo taken on Sept. 17, 2019, Students starting a university degree course in esports at Staffordshire University attend a welcome session at the school’s new London outpost. A number of U.K. and U.S. universities are launching degrees in esports, or competitive multiplayer videogaming, to capitalize on the booming industry’s growing demand for skilled professionals. (AP Photo/Kelvin Chang)
