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Parents who object to LGBTQ-themed storybooks for elementary-age schoolchildren rally outside U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, before an Aug. 9, 2023, hearing on a lawsuit seeking reinstatement of opt-out provisions. (Becket Fund for Religious Liberty photo, used with permission) **FILE**

Maryland mom who won LGBTQ story time case in Supreme Court says changes needed in education

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on curriculum limitations at colleges and universities by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Columbia University antisemitism settlement should be colleges’ guide

By Y. David Scharf

President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says Education Department will issue guidance protecting prayer in public schools

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Parents taking children out of public schools illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why parents are abandoning public schools — by the millions

By Everett Piper

In this Sept. 3, 2025 photo, Samuel J. Redman, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director of the Public History Program at the University of Massachusetts, sits in front of content he uses from the Smithsonian on campus in Amherst, Mass. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

White House’s review of Smithsonian content could reach into classrooms nationwide

By Makiya Seminera - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks during the summer meeting of the National Governors Association at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Ed chief seeks to ease concerns over Trump’s call to admit more Chinese students to U.S. colleges

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Gender neutral bathroom sign. File photo credit: John Arehart via Shutterstock.

Judge shoots down Northern Virginia schools’ lawsuit to keep transgender bathrooms

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Anti-government protesters clash with riot police during a protest against increasing police brutality in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Tear gas fired at thousands of protesters in Serbia demanding free elections and justice

By Ivana Bzganovic - Associated Press

Northwestern University President Michael Schill testifies during a hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce regarding pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

‘Good riddance’: Republicans cheer Northwestern President Michael Schill’s resignation

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - This Feb. 20, 2015 file photo, photo shows an arrangement of peanuts in New York. The first treatment to help prevent serious allergic reactions to peanuts may be on the way. A company said Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018 that its daily capsules of peanut flour helped sensitize children to nuts in a major study. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Resist the anti-peanut people

By Anath Hartmann - The Washington Times

FILE - This Nov. 13, 2008 file photo shows the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)

Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University

By Collin Binkley and Michael Casey - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 13, 2008 file photo shows the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)

Judge reverses Trump admin’s freeze of more than $2.6 billion in grants to Harvard

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office, May 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas Attorney General encourages schools to say Lord’s Prayer

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

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Denver schools defy White House on transgender restroom access

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A school boy listens to a teacher during a lesson, in the basement of a municipal building during the first day in school in Bobryk, Sumy region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. The Bobryk school was forced to move to the basement due to endless alarms. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine’s children start new school year in underground classrooms to avoid Russian bombs

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

Woke teaching in public schools and math scores illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

As math scores plummet, teachers group goes more woke

By Erika Sanzi

East High School's clocktower is seen in Denver on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Denver school district pushes back but hasn’t decided whether to change all-gender bathrooms

By Colleen Slevin - Associated Press

More than 300 Texas school districts and charter schools have signaled plans to use a state-developed reading and language arts curriculum that attracted national attention last year for its heavy references to the Bible and Christianity. File photo credit: joshimerbin via Shutterstock.

1 in 4 Texas school districts sign up for new Bible-infused curriculum

By Jaden Edison - The Texas Tribune - Associated Press

Reforming higher education graphic by Linas Garsys/ The Washington Times

Trump, McMahon can end the career college vendetta

By Gerard Scimeca

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