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Chelsea Kolz speaking at her college commencement Saturday.

Beginning the life-after-college story

Essay |  On Saturday I spoke at my college commencement, wearing these snakeskin heels that reminded me of the foot bindings that slowly broke the bones in the feet of…

Private college ‘tuition discount’ hits record high

Private college ‘tuition discount’ hits record high

Education |  As worries about college costs rise, schools are forced to increase financial aid or face declining enrollment

Kountze High School cheerleaders paint a banner before a football game.

Judge gives Texas cheerleaders a W-I-N for free speech

Religious Liberty |  After nearly eight months on defense, cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can get back to pumping up their football team—and if they want to use a…

2012 National Spelling Bee champion Snigdha Nandipati

National Spelling Bee good news

Education |  I was putting together a summary of news highlights for the first three days of May and realized how much of it was lowlights: coveting, adultery,

Katherine Russell shown in a 2007 booking photo after she was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting.

Midday Roundup: DNA evidence on bomb no match to Tsarnaev’s widow

Newsworthy |  Suspicions remain. DNA and fingerprints found on fragments of one of the bombs that exploded at the Boston Marathon does not match dead suspect Tamerlan…

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence

Indiana issues recess for Common Core State Standards

Education |  The Indiana General Assembly passed a bill Monday night that would delay implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) until state officials study…

GAME’S UP:  Educators named in the APS cheating indictments hide their identity as they turn themselves in to the jail for processing.
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Cheating on kids 

Education |  Atlanta school system scandal may have a silver lining: promoting choice

Conversations with wisdom
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Conversations with wisdom

Faith & Inspiration |  Your parents can introduce you to her, but you must get to know her yourself

Kissing college good-bye

Kissing college good-bye

Education |  A few nights ago, during my last undergraduate class ever, the clock’s hands moved like a twitchy mustache. I couldn’t decide what to do with my legs.

The Andersons are one of three families represented by the Institute of Justice in Colorado.

Libertarians and social conservatives, oh my!

Education |  Wailings and warnings: Pundits tell us that the conservative coalition will split apart as the battle over homosexuality drives a wedge between…

SEEKING SANCTUARY: Daniel, Joshua, Christian, Lydia, Uwe, Damaris, Hannelore, and Sarah Romeike (from left).
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Schools of thought

Homeschooling |  The German government harasses and persecutes that country’s few homeschoolers. A German homeschooling family’s fight for asylum in the United States will…

Stuart Taylor Jr.
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Negative action

Q&A |  Little-discussed evidence, says lawyer and journalist Stuart Taylor Jr., shows that racial preferences are hurting college-bound minority students

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