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Representatives Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) talked about their legislation, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act.

College students, university officials, and law professors testified at a hearing on the First Amendment and free speech on college campuses. Topics included the role colleges play in…

Frederick Hess talked his book, Letters to a Young Education Reformer.

Education analysts talked about school choice, including the prospects for President Trump’s proposals for charter schools and initiatives taking place on the state level and local level.…

Panelists representing nonprofits and educators talked about the future of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). White House officials and staffers were among the audience…

Education analysts talked about states were revising their accountability systems following the passage of the 2015 federal education law, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). ESSA replaced…

Education policy analysts talked about the federal role of education and the level of change that can be expected by the Trump administration in areas such as school choice. This discussion…

Steve Perry, founder of Capital Preparatory Schools, talked about the disparities in the public school educational system. In his remarks he said the current state of education is driven by…

Secretary Betsy DeVos testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 Department of Education budget request. As in her last testimony on the 2018…

Telecommunications entrepreneur Kmele Foster and author Lawrence Ross participated in a debate on whether college campuses foster racist environments. Mr. Ross is the author of Blackballed: The…

Daarel Burnette talked about how the Every Student Succeeds Act was affecting states' ability to identify “ineffective teachers.”

Panelists talked about free speech and censorship on college campuses. They discussed incidents of protests against commencement speakers, along with issues of safety, security costs, “hate…

Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) spoke at a summit on after-school programs and criticized the Department of Education funding cuts in President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 federal…

A compilation of 2017 Commencement speeches featuring Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Vice President Mike Pence, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), former President Bill Clinton, former Senator…

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins delivered the commencement address for 2017 graduates of Southern Methodist University (SMU). After his remarks, Dr. Collins played the guitar and…

Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, spoke to graduates at Carnegie Mellon University’s commencement ceremony in Pittsburgh where she was awarded an honorary degree. She warned about what…

Sally Yates delivered remarks to graduates at Harvard Law School’s 2017 Class Day. She explained to students her decision regarding President Trump’s travel ban saying, “I believed that this would…

Representative Mia Love (R-UT) addressed graduates of her alma mater, the University of Hartford in Connecticut. She talked about the importance of engaging in uncomfortable conversations…

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivered a commencement address at Brooklyn College, which he attended for one academic year from 1959-60. He reflected on his own history in Brooklyn, and…

President Trump delivered the commencement address at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, his first as president.