Common Core
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Education
Replace Common Core with Common Sense. (Yes, It Can Be Done)
by Robert Holland March 5, 2020Florida again leads the way by supporting a wide range of private and public school choices for families, a blossoming of freedom that DeSantis helped bolster as a top priority upon taking office in 2019.
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Education
American Students Are Failing; You Can Thank Public Schools
by Teresa Mull December 9, 2019New standardized test scores have been released, and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos called the results of the federally mandated National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam “devastating.”
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After deliberating for two years, a national commission is pushing to implement social-emotional learning (SEL) in all government schools.
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Education
Entrepreneurs Seek to Disrupt College Admissions Testing—Will Knowledge or Critical Thinking Model Prevail?
by Robert Holland February 14, 2019Starting a company from scratch that’s able to compete with the long-entrenched SAT and ACT in the college-entrance testing business sounds like an impossible dream.
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Two very different approaches to education reform began to take shape almost three decades ago, just one year apart
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Education
What If Children Could Move from Unsafe to Secure Schools?
by Robert Holland June 27, 2018You know we are now living in a Bizarro World when Obama-era Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is championing parental activism on a mammoth scale.
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Education
The Miseducation of Our Children Should be of Great Concern
by Nancy Thorner April 16, 2018Our public schools went through a significant change during the Obama years, a change that was met with an unusual amount of criticism from the public, parents, and concerned education professionals.
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Education
America’s Kids Need Sleep And Time To Play To Avoid Mental Health Problem
by Robert Holland April 5, 2018As debate rages over possible ways to curb school shootings such the one that occurred recently in Parkland, Florida, increased attention to the mental well-being of young people often pops up as a recommended priority.
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Education
‘Baby PISA’ Is in the Nursery—But Hold Off on Sending the Cigars and Flowers
by Robert Holland February 21, 2018Baby PISA has arrived. Are you ready, folks in the neighborhood? Do you have any earthly idea what this newborn may presage for child rearing and society in general?
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EducationFeatured
Massachusetts Becomes Dumber So the Rest of Us Can Be Smarter
by Robert Holland February 14, 2018It is not likely that even an exhaustive review of commentary on education in 2017 could turn up quotes compelling enough to qualify as classic nuggets of wisdom.
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Education
Choosing a School Should Be as Easy as Choosing a Hair Salon
by Teresa Mull December 28, 2017Think about all the things you spend money on in life. Why do you pick one product or service provider over another? Is it because government told you to?
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Education
If Teachers Unions Are So Great, Why Aren’t Our Schools?
by Teresa Mull September 13, 2017At least on Labor Day the damage they can do is limited.
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Education
Will Ed Tech Control the Masses or Liberate Individuals?
by Robert Holland August 29, 2017What does high technology hold in store for the education of American children?