public schools
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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.
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Budgets/TaxesEducationInternet/Telecom
Government Schools: Intentionally, We Don’t Understand Math Or English
by Seton Motley May 20, 2019Decades of government schools (kindergarten through grade 12) have poisoned America’s intellectual well.
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EducationFeatured
Ed-Schools and Multiculturalists Exhibit Burnin’ Love for Leftist Indoctrination
by Robert Holland May 8, 2019One 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.
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Union leader and the school district want more of your money to feed a bad habit.
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For the American Federation of Teachers, too much education spending is never enough.
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The radical sexual agenda in California and elsewhere has mothers and fathers furious, and ready to act.
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Education
Classroom Forecast: Miseducated with a High Chance of Indoctrination
by Larry Sand March 26, 2019Instead of American history, students now learn about the evils of capitalism, airplanes and cow farts.
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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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Education
Many Teachers Love the Choice That Union Leaders Loathe
by Robert Holland February 13, 2019The ESA is the latest innovation in choice, and quite likely the most promising for bringing about enduring reform of K–12 education.
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Education
A Simple Formula to Increase Learning: Read, Write, Read More, Write More
by Robert Holland December 15, 2018The 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.”
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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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School choice would give families more relief from the bullying/harassing form of violence than a whole battalion of school resource officers ever could.