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The Department of Education Does Not Deserve A Raise
By Ethan Yang
On April 9, 2021 US News reported that the Biden Administration released its latest spending proposal. They write the following
“The White House unveiled...
M-STEP and Benchmark Tests Both Have Value
By Ben DeGrow
Federal officials recently upset Michigan’s education chief by turning down a request to skip standardized tests for a second straight year. Students in grades...
Why Mental Health Is the Key to Dealing With Learning Loss
By Carolyn Jones
This article was originally published by EdSource. Republished with permission.
The best way schools can help students catch up academically after a year...
Report: 30% of Milwaukee Public High Schoolers Failed Last Fall
(The Center Square) – There are new numbers to go along with claims that online classes are leaving school kids in Wisconsin behind.
Milwaukee Public...
The Big Lie About School Choice
By Ron Matus
If school choice is a right-wing plot to destroy public education – and we’re hearing that a lot as lawmakers across America consider choice...
The Alarming Truth about Biden’s Latest Education Nominee
By Tressa Pankovits
Supporters of Cindy Marten, President Biden’s nominee for Deputy U.S. Secretary of Education, laud her success in closing achievement gaps during her...
Idaho’s National Education Spending Ranking Does Not Tell the State’s Full School Funding Story
By Christian Barnard and Aaron Garth Smith
A recent editorial by the Idaho Statesman editorial board bemoans recent legislative efforts to advance school choice in...
As Florida Students Prepare for Spring Tests, Parents and Lawmakers Have Reservations
By John Haughey
(The Center Square) – In a survey of 378 parents of Florida schoolchildren, 63 percent want standardized K-12 testing canceled this spring...
High-Performing Charter School Networks Show Us How to Revitalize Public Education
By David Griffith & Victoria McDougald
"Charter networks are succeeding with 'a fundamentally different approach to human capital' that enables their teachers to be more...
Commentary: Time Is Now for Education Freedom Accounts in New Mexico
Proposed legislation in the New Mexico House of Representatives would set up “Education Freedom Accounts,” an education savings account (ESA) program for New Mexico students....
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Out-of-School, Out-of-Work Black Teens in Chicago More Than Doubled During the Pandemic
The portion of young Chicagoans neither going to school nor working is returning to pre-COVID levels — but it’s an uneven recovery that has...
Biden’s Tariffs on China Are Just for Show – Analysis
China’s economy has been dull for years and now US-China economic relations, hype aside, are dull too. The Biden administration today announced a tariff review basically repeating Trump...
U.S. Crime Stats Flawed
U.S. crime stats flawed by under-reporting and under-enforcement, as wait times for a police response increase, and Americans say crime is up.
By James Varney
Americans can...
