Nation’s No. 1 High School Poised To Pick Students Based On Race, Not Achievement
The Fairfax County School Board is set to vote Thursday night to gut the race-blind, merit-based admissions testing process at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
Chuck Schumer Endorses Biden’s Plan To Force Public Schools To Allow Males In Female Bathrooms
Biden has promised to grant transgender students’ privileges in the bathroom and on the field of their choice. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he agrees with the decision.
Fauci Flip Flops On In-Person Learning After Ignoring Data On Low COVID Spread In Schools
Previously, Fauci echoed concerns about coronavirus spread in schools and urged them to adopt new scheduling and virtual learning.
Politicians Aren’t Canceling Their Celebrations And Gatherings, And Neither Am I
More than anything else, I am sick of politicians and pundits telling me I don’t have the right of risk when risk is part of freedom.
Why Schools Will Never Bring The Rotten Students Back From Online ‘Learning’
Ironically, even though it is an inferior choice in itself, virtual learning might positively affect public schooling.
Like Schools Everywhere, The Nation’s Report Card Is Dumbing Down To Hide Racial Disparities
NAEP’s changes might cause better test results, but they fundamentally alter the meaning of reading comprehension, which would hurt students.
Parents, Teachers Fight Virginia School Board’s Attempt To Ban Discussion Of ‘White Privilege’
A policy proposed by the Loudoun County School Board would keep teachers from challenging the board’s positions on racial equity and sexual orientation, even in teachers’ private lives.
Why Most Public Schools’ Online Learning Is Setting Up American Kids To Fail
Parents have been told to place their children in a brand-new online learning environment with no study of any kind supporting its use. It’s not going well.
Number Of Families Moving From Public To Home School In Texas Up 300 Percent
Texas Home School Coalition, which processes requests for families pulling their children out of schools, reported a 400 percent increase in withdrawals.
For Children With Disabilities Like My Son, School Closures Are Cruel
You cannot be on the side of the disabled and also be for keeping schools closed. It’s that simple.
Thanks To Coronavirus Panic, 1 In 10 American Families Is Now Home-Schooling
We’re talking two to four million more homeschooled children this fall. Is this a one-year coronavirus phenomenon, or will it change education forever?
Trump-Appointed Judge Halts Idaho Ban On Men Competing In Women’s Sports
A Trump-appointed federal judge temporarily blocked an Idaho law Monday barring transgender women from competing in school sports.
Teacher: If Teachers Won’t Work, We Shouldn’t Be Paid
If schools don’t open their doors and refuse online learning, it would be not only silly but outright unjust to send checks to shuttered doors over struggling families.
Government Teachers’ Unions Unveil New COVID-19 Demand: Pay Us For Doing Nothing
Teachers’ unions have long incentivized all the wrong things in education, but demanding teachers be paid to do virtually nothing is a new low.
If We Want Students To Stay On Track, Send School Funds To Their Parents
The focus of education should be on students, not the system. Back on Track ESAs will help get us there.
While Schools Open From Wuhan To Stockholm, California Shuts Theirs Down
Democrats must understand that mortgaging our children’s future is not a good way to start a national campaign, not when the rest of the world has safely gotten its kids back into classrooms.
How Would The Media Cover School Reopening If Hillary Clinton Were President?
The media has set new, ahistorical, and impossible to achieve goals that must be achieved before reopening.
Thanks To My Child’s Insane School District For Making Me Agree With Trump
‘We find ourselves agreeing with Donald Trump for the first time in four years about reopening schools, [and] somehow you guys found a way to make it all happen.’
I’d Rather Homeschool Than Put My Kids In A Coronavirus Prison School
We do not need government overreach in our schools over a virus we now realize through research has very little effect on our children.