School Rules That Allowed Parkland Shooter To Get Guns Coming Soon To Your District
U.S. Department of Education investigations push schools to turn a blind eye to behavior that rises to criminality, in order to lower suspensions, expulsions, and juvenile arrests.
How Medicaid Expands Social And Economic Inequality
Medicaid’s constant, inexorable growth in state budgets has left less money for education of all types—not least higher education.
Thanks To Testing Backlash, Virginia Drops U.S. History Tests Despite Horrific Public Ignorance
Complaints about testing are a direct consequence of three decades of Republican-driven emphasis on using tests as a centralized mechanism for controlling schools.
Creating Attractive Schools And Allowing Parent Choice Integrates Without Force
If we’re relying on parents to put the ‘common good’ above what they perceive as their child getting a better education, how far do you expect us to get?
New Research Reverses Negative Findings About Biggest School Voucher Programs
Increasingly, it seems that choice students may undergo a performance drop upon initially entering the program, but a performance gain from continued exposure.
Report: Public School Bloat Depressing Teacher Pay, Wasted $805 Billion Since 1992
The more levels of government that interfere with a school, the more waste, fraud, and abuse its leaders can get away with because it’s not clear who is responsible for what.
Common Core And The Ongoing Battle for America’s Schools
In her new book ‘Education Invasion’, Joy Pullmann warns that the federal government is well on its way to destroying local control of America’s schools.
Trump Reiterates Stance Against Common Core: ‘We Have To End It’
For the first time since his election, President Trump has reiterated his opposition to Common Core. And his education secretary is starting to sound promising notes.
3 Reasons Schools Should Make Their Own Trans Policies
Wednesday night the Trump administration reversed the one-size-fits-all approach the Obama administration took last year on student privacy in sex-segregated facilities.
State Lawmakers Need To Dramatically Increase School Choice Now Or America Is Over
The ferocity of the opposition to Betsy DeVos highlights the importance of maintaining control over a monopolistic system is for the education establishment.
Democrats Are Going Ape On Betsy DeVos Because If They Lose Education They Lose Everything
Leftist control over education, from preschool through college, is a prime contributor to leading Republicans’ inability to think through education policy.
The Betsy DeVos Nomination Bodes Well For Parents’ Involvement In Education
School choice increases parental involvement and student achievement. Betsy DeVos could use her bully pulpit as education secretary to drastically deregulate federal education policies.
70 Years Since The Nuremberg Trials, We’re Abandoning Our Pledge To ‘Never Forget’
Drawing moral courage from Holocaust survivors, we should hold all education officials accountable for teaching the historic lessons of our civilization.
How Common Core Fulfills Hillary Clinton’s Education Dreams
If Hillary Clinton had never played a pivotal role in creating and accomplishing her husband’s education agenda in the ‘90s, we might well not have Common Core.
Speaker Ryan’s New ‘Transparent’ House Rushing 400-Page NCLB Bill
Congress will get two days to see what’s inside a 400-page bill remaking the nation’s largest education law.
Conservatism Is Obsolete
Our culture and political institutions have become so rotten that conserving them will preserve the injuries they do us all. Time to reform society from the bottom up.
First Big Intra-Party Fight In Congress A Win For Conservatives
House leaders abruptly pulled a rewrite of No Child Left Behind after grassroots pressure peeled away enough conservative votes to deny it passage Friday.
The False Promise Of Universal Pre-kindergarten
If Oklahoma is truly concerned about how the state is failing young children, it might focus instead on reforming educational options for the most vulnerable.
Six Lies Most People Believe About U.S. Schools
Popular lies about U.S. education certainly don’t do the kids any good. They just let the adults continue to feel comfortable while kids suffer.