Opinion
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School Kids Experience Long Covid
Opinion -The damage done by the lockdowns has been devastating, but with the arrival of a new Covid variant, what comes next? -
Freedom in Education: New Organization Puts Critical Resources Within Reach of All Parents and Communities
Opinion -It’s a plea you hear everywhere – why is no one doing anything? The schools are terrible. -
Absent Minds: Students and Teachers Are Ditching School in Great Numbers
Opinion -If this was a wake-up call, the powers that be shut the alarm off and went back to sleep. -
As the Summer Fades into Fall and the Kids Return to School, All Is Not Well
Opinion -We have all gone through it as children. The joys of summer fade, the weather cools, the days get shorter, and the school doors swing open. For most kids – and I was certainly one of them – it is not a time of joy. -
Innumeracy and Lunacy
Opinion -California students lack math skills, and the state’s fix could make things even worse. -
The Education Establishment’s Radical New Ploys
Opinion -Increased spending, common good bargaining, community schools, and transitional kindergarten will not improve student learning. -
The Latest In Teacher Union Ugly
Opinion -Earlier this month, the National Education Association held its yearly “Representative Assembly” in Orlando, FL. It was a wild show. -
Our Failing Schools Are a National Crisis
Opinion -Recent test scores show a 50-year downward trend for American students. We need to change course immediately. -
Racial Preferences, Charter Schools, And The Teachers Unions
Opinion -Affirmative action has done nothing for blacks, but charter schools can be a great help. -
Our Unsafe Schools
Opinion -Schools are becoming more dangerous for students and teachers, and nothing effective is being done about it. -
The Ongoing Deterioration Of U.S. Schools
Opinion -Recent test scores show a long downward trend for American students, and we need to change course immediately. -
Red Flags in the Classroom
Opinion -Over the last decade-plus, sexual misconduct in public schools has become rampant. -
Educational Freedom Update
Opinion -The education monopolists are losing but still battle on. -
The Abuse Abyss
Opinion -Due to apathy, incompetence, and crippling union diktats, the number of sexual abuse cases in public schools is shocking. -
Culture War Offensive
Opinion -The government, big business, schools, the media, etc., aka “the establishment,” are now the radicals demanding change. -
North Carolina Governor Declares ‘State of Emergency’ Over School Choice Bill
Opinion -For far too long, public school teachers and education professionals have become complacent and comfortable under the status quo system. -
Doubling Down on Book Ban Bushwa
Opinion -No one is banning any books. The government is not destroying any reading material and imprisoning writers. -
Teacher Union Transgressions
Opinion -Several events of late explain the true nature of the nation’s teachers unions, and it ain’t pretty. -
The War On Boys And Girls
Opinion -“Half of American men and almost a third of women (30%) now think that society ‘punishes men just for acting like men.’ One of the main culprits for young males’ problems is the ongoing stress on so-called toxic masculinity. -
Four Underused Tools to Stop School Shootings
Opinion -In the aftermath of school shootings, media outlets often amplify calls for gun control while ignoring or spurning evidence-based ways to protect students. Here are four life-saving tools they are missing or dismissing. -
Parental Choice is Proliferating Nationwide
Opinion -Wresting total control of America’s schoolchildren from the government-union educational complex is moving apace. 2021 was declared “The Year of Education Choice.” -
In LA, Unions Are Winning at The Expense of Kids
Opinion -As we have seen time and again, the students aren’t exactly a priority for the teachers’ unions. -
Randi Weingarten Makes a Bunch of Ridiculous and Easily Refutable Claims
Opinion -Earlier this month, Weingarten penned “Kids Do Better In Schools With Teachers Unions,” an opinion piece for the Daily Beast, in which she claims to make “a factual case” for all the good that teachers’ unions do for children. For starters, citing work by some leftwing think tankers, she asserts that teachers unions are associated with higher student achievement, especially for Hispanic and black children. Wrong! -
The College Debt Relief Swindle
Opinion -As colleges go woke, dumb down curricula, and raise tuition fees, Pickpocket-in-Chief Joe Biden wants you to foot the bill.