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The research is mixed. Some reviews (of the many studies on retention or promotion) have shown little benefit for retention in grade 3 compared with social promotion to grade 4. 

Decades of government schools (kindergarten through grade 12) have poisoned America’s intellectual well.

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.

Union leader and the school district want more of your money to feed a bad habit.

For the American Federation of Teachers, too much education spending is never enough.

The radical sexual agenda in California and elsewhere has mothers and fathers furious, and ready to act.

Instead of American history, students now learn about the evils of capitalism, airplanes and cow farts.

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

Starting 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.

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.”

Two very different approaches to education reform began to take shape almost three decades ago, just one year apart

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