Author: Jeremiah Poff

The youngest member of the House of Representatives called student loan forgiveness an issue of “justice” and urged the Biden administration to enact forgiveness during a virtual Department of Education hearing Tuesday. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) told Department of Education officials that enacting student loan forgiveness was a matter of social “justice” and that the…

President Joe Biden’s latest effort to cancel student loans through an “adjustment” to an existing federal program is the latest sign he intends to carry the issue into the 2024 presidential campaign. On Friday, the Department of Education announced it would be adjusting the implementation of loan forgiveness under the Income Driven Repayment program, resulting…

The House Select Subcommittee on the Chinese Communist Party is demanding the University of California, Berkeley provide a trove of documents and information related to the school’s ties to a university in China. In a letter dated July 13, subcommittee chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and House Education and Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) demanded that…

A wave of Republican-controlled states engineered a slew of legislative victories on school choice, with more than a half dozen enacting universal school choice programs during the 2023 legislative session. The onslaught of legislation has seen universal school choice programs dramatically and suddenly expand as Republican-controlled states such as Iowa, Florida, Arkansas, and Ohio have…

The American Library Association says it remains committed to supporting libraries and librarians in all states, days after the Montana State Library Commission cut ties with the group for electing a self-described “Marxist lesbian” as president. In a statement, the ALA defended the election of Emily Drabinski as the organization’s president after the members of…

A group of professors and researchers at Texas public universities are suing the state government and Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) for imposing a ban on TikTok on any device used to conduct official state business. The lawsuit was filed by the Coalition for Independent Technology Research in the U.S. District Court for the Western District…

The Ohio State University College of Medicine has engaged in extensive diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, including suggesting that all students are biased, according to a new report from a medical watchdog organization. The report from Do No Harm, a nonprofit group of doctors and medical professionals that opposes the politicization of medicine, details a…

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) issued an executive order Wednesday that reorganizes the Michigan Department of Education and forms a new agency dedicated entirely to “lifelong learning.” The newly established Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential will work with the Michigan Department of Education and state Board of Education and is charged with facilitating…

The FBI is seeking to block the release of its records pertaining to a since-retracted memo that said that traditional Catholic communities presented an opportunity for surveillance. The political advocacy organization CatholicVote sued the FBI in April, seeking to force the agency to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request that sought records pertaining…

The Montana State Library Commission voted to cut all ties with the American Library Association on Tuesday, citing an inability to continue associating with an organization led by a self-described “Marxist.” At a meeting last month, the Montana State Library Commission reviewed a tweet from Emily Drabinski, the president-elect of the American Library Association, in…