Robert Holland

There is a lot to be said for students having the opportunity to write research papers or develop projects independently. But first they should have a base of knowledge from which to proceed.

Now that summer has ended and classrooms have opened across the country, a spotlight shines on the latest research showing the value of parents being able to choose the best education for their children.

For the past year, South Carolina lawmakers have focused on a major education reform plan. Unfortunately, their plan will likely not include the most significant education reform possible: school choice.

Other than Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) weaponizing the failed desegregation relic of mandatory busing to bludgeon frontrunner Joe Biden, the Democrats said little about their vision for transforming education in their first two rounds of presidential nomination debates.

Wouldn’t you think if someone had a problem with dodgeball being too rough for some kids, they would just say so? Talk it out.

Debates continue to rage over the goals of education and methods used to achieve them.

The Department of Education has engaged in scores of dubious actions that have made millions of Americans yearn for its expulsion.

One of the criticisms teachers unions and other government-schooling factotums level against private schools that accept voucher students is that in many cases they hire teachers who are not state-certified or licensed.

Florida, a leader in school choice, is addressing the bullying epidemic in the Sunshine State’s public schools by allowing parents to transfer their children to safer schools.

After deliberating for two years, a national commission is pushing to implement social-emotional learning (SEL) in all government schools.

The ESA is the latest innovation in choice, and quite likely the most promising for bringing about enduring reform of K–12 education.

The never-ending quest for magic formulae that universally educate all children brings to mind this lyrical lament from a 1980 Johnny Lee country tune: “I was lookin’ for love in all the wrong places.”

School choice would give families more relief from the bullying/harassing form of violence than a whole battalion of school resource officers ever could.