The Other Union Ruining Schools
Probably the biggest reason for the inner-city atrocity this ad targets is not teachers unions or the “culture of can’t” but the lack of another kind of union: marriages.
Author: Joy Pullmann
Feds Spend Millions to Promote Common Core
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More on Why Preschool Vouchers Are a Bad Idea
The reason government subsidizes education at all is to perpetuate a self-governing republic.
How to End the Tiresome Christmas Debate in Schools
Every Christmas, schools make headlines by labeling their calendars for “holiday break,” “winter solstice,” and the like instead of “Christmas break.” The occasional Scrooge-like superintendent or teacher will inevitably punish some little six-year-old for bringing candy canes with a Bible verse to school or wanting to share the story of Jesus’ birth for a class presentation.
Common Core: The Biggest Election Issue Washington Prefers to Ignore
Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s recent comments disparaging “white suburban moms” for protesting new national tests and curriculum mandates are not the isolated remarks of an out-of-touch elitist. His attitude is typical among bureaucrats from both parties regarding Common Core, but politicians who ignore this sleeper topic endanger themselves in 2014 and 2016.
School Lunch Expansion: Another Wasteful, Unaffordable Entitlement
Soon, all public schools will be allowed to enroll all students, regardless of need, into a new federal entitlement: “free” school lunches. This is the second year of a three-year rollout for the program, embedded in Michelle Obama’s Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.
Education · Featured · Liberty · Regulation
Suburban Voters Support Market-Friendly Education
The Douglas County election results can and should sow similar efforts around the country to reclaim local institutions to protect freedom and demonstrate effective self-government.
Education · Featured · Government
Government Preschool: Like Treating Cancer With A Band-Aid
We know what harms children’s educational outcomes. Why do we pretend we don’t?
Education · Featured · Liberty · Regulation · Taxes
Why Bill De Blasio’s Election Won’t Change NYC Schools
Even if Randi Weingarten isn’t NYC’s next school chancellor, she might as well be.
Why North Carolina Teachers Can’t Feed Their Kids: No, It’s Not a Right Wing Plot.
For twenty weeks now, a diminishing troupe has gathered for “Moral Mondays” to protest the outcomes of North Carolina’s first Republican-led legislative session in 150 years. This spring, 2,000 or so people showed up for Moral Mondays protests at the state capitol, and more than 900 have been arrested for disrupting the legislature. On September 23, they numbered about 60.
Anti-Bullying Programs: Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
Beyond the studies, and the drop in bullying nationwide, just check your common sense.
Arkansas Legislators Examine Common Core
An hour or so ago, I finished testifying about Common Core national education standards to the Arkansas legislature. It looks like Twitter may be obsessing a bit over the happenstance that I recited the Pledge of Allegiance for a mic check, since I testified by phone.
Global Economy Demands Education Diversity
Education must be about content and academic skills, not job requirements.
Budgets/Taxes · Education · Featured
Education Savings Accounts Give Mothers Tears of Joy
They can use the funds for expenses such as tutoring, private tuition, special education services, books, computers, and online and in-person classes. They can even save remaining funds for college.
Education · Featured · Liberty
Stopping Common Core is Only the Beginning
Common Core is an outgrowth of the big business-big government consensus that dominates education and, because the mainstream education system reaches virtually every future voting citizen, is increasingly dominating every area of our lives.
Education · Featured · Regulation
Raise Standards for Teachers and Free Them to Teach
Criticizing teachers is like criticizing policemen or mothers, but romanticizing the U.S. education system blinds us to the harm it can do to children.
Homeschooling and Charter Schools Growing, Give Families Options
Like private school students, homeschoolers perform above-average academically, regardless of their parents’ education level or income.
Common Core’s Big Mistake: Messing with Moms
It’s not just stupid politics to tick off suburban moms. It is unjust and elitist to manufacture crises to herd families and voters into prepackaged options.
Teacher Disciplined for Telling Kids about Fifth Amendment
From the growing annals of school-led privacy invasions of minors comes this story from a Chicago suburb.
Common Core Fairy Tales
Sol Stern is a nice man. It’s too bad he’s deceiving himself and others about Common Core, an enterprise that essentially nationalizes U.S. education. He and Joel Klein write in[...]
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