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Youngkin: High Accreditation in VA Schools Masks Learning Losses
Although almost 90% of public schools in VA earned accreditation, Gov. Youngkin warns that those numbers fail to address learning losses.
Illinois Government Unions Back Giving Them Power (Opinion)
Illinois government unions back Amendment 1, giving them power at taxpayers' expense, says Brad Weisenstein of the Illinois Policy Institute.
In a popular Peanuts comic...
Teachers Unions Don’t Benefit Educators (Commentary)
Teachers unions don't benefit educators; they are basically political action committees, says Larry Sand.
Educators don’t get much for their $1,200 yearly dues.
In the aughts,...
End DEI on College Campuses, Scholars Association Declares
State governments should take swift action to end DEI on college campuses and stop its rapid expansion into K-12 schools and business practices.
The cultural...
The Enduring Teacher Shortage Myth
The teacher shortage is a myth; there are plenty of them, and they aren't quitting the profession at greater rates than other occupations.
“Many teachers...
Elite San Francisco School Suffers New Wave of D’s and F’s After Eliminating Merit-Based...
An elite high school in San Francisco is witnessing a record number of failing grades in its 2021-2022 academic year, after the school dropped...
Social Emotional Learning Curricula Has Been Politicized (Commentary)
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) was always a bad idea, and now that it is politicized, it’s a nightmare.
As a longtime teacher, I have seen...
Texas Governor Calls for School Choice for Every Child in Lone Star State (Commentary)
The image of Lucy yanking away the football from Charlie Brown has been invoked for years as a metaphor for Texas’ relationship with school...
Sand: Don’t Buy Into SEL (Social Emotional Learning)
As a longtime teacher, I have seen firsthand that education is a fad-filled field. Culturally responsive education, inventive spelling, new math, experiential learning, balanced...
Commentary: Rescuing “Virtue and Talents” Amidst the War on Tests
On March 28, 2022, Stuart Schmill, Dean of Admissions and Student Financial Services at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced the school’s plan to restore...
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Protecting Property Rights from Squatters
Protecting property rights from squatters requires quickly removing the trespassers and repealing adverse possession laws that empower them.
by S.T. Karnick
The rising problem of squatters...
School Choice Advocate Corey DeAngelis on ‘The Parent Revolution’
With Alabama’s passage of universal school choice legislation earlier this year, 11 states now enable all or most K-12 students to access a portion...
Supreme Court to Make Significant Rulings on Power of Administrative State, Presidential Immunity, More...
Oral arguments are over at the Supreme Court for this term. Although the rallies and protesters have dispersed (for now, anyway), the justices remain frantically at...
