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California Considers Imposing Climate Change Education
Opinion -A California bill under consideration in the state legislature would require schoolchildren to learn that humans are causing dangerous climate change in order to graduate. -
High Schoolers’ Dream Careers Don’t Match Job Market Reality
Opinion -OECD Report finds teenagers’ choices for an “ideal career” have narrowed over the past two decades and don’t reflect the new economy. -
Commentary: Happiness, Thy Name Is National School Choice Week
Opinion -"The growth of this event serves as an indicator of the rising American interest in families having as free a choice among schools as they have when they pick out a pair of shoes at the mall. " -
Mandatory Union Bargaining Case Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Opinion -A teacher at at the University of Maine is contesting representation by the Associated Faculties of the University of Maine (AFUM). -
Virginia House Considers Repealing Education Tax Credit
Opinion -school-reform-news -Control of the Virginia General Assembly flipped from Republican to Democrat in the November 2019 election, when Democrats won majorities in both the state Senate and the House of Delegates. -
Legal Firearms on College Campuses Don’t Increase Violence, Universities Report
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -The College Fix, a news website, contacted “multiple public universities in states where campus carry is legal,” and none of those responding reported any increase in gun violence since adopting policies allowing campus carry. -
Five Reasons National School Choice Week Keeps Growing
Opinion -Here are five reasons (out of thousands!) why NSCW keeps breaking records. -
Lessons Kids Can Learn from a School Choice Pioneer
Opinion -State by state, CSAs could build on the pioneering breakthrough in school choice that Virginia Walden Ford and others achieved 15 years ago with the Opportunity Scholarships in the federal city. -
Case Alleging University Mishandled Sexual Misconduct Cases Dismissed
Opinion -Title IX of the Higher Education Act requires colleges to investigate incidents of sexual misconduct as matters of discrimination. -
Miss Virginia Makes the Grade
Opinion -Hollywood gives school choice a fair, positive representation. -
Happiness, Thy Name is National School Choice Week
Opinion -School Choice Week showcases the interest in school choice and pent-up demand for more of it. Whether supply meets that demand will depend in part on decisions in the political and legal realms. -
Power to the Parents!
Opinion -The abusive education monopoly must go. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Reacts to Poll Showing Parent Support of Child Safety Accounts
Opinion -“Child Safety Accounts are one of the best solutions to student safety concerns and need to be implemented throughout America, not just in Colorado.” - Lennie Jarratt -
California Prevents Public Schools from Suspending K-8 Students for ‘Willful Defiance’
Opinion -S.B. 419 expands the prohibition to students in charter schools. -
Texas Takes Control of Houston Public Schools
Opinion -Teachers unions and members of the HISD Board of Trustees, who were locally elected, oppose the state takeover, but the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is appointing a new superintendent and community board for the district. -
One in Four New York State Teachers Outside NYC Get Six-Figure Salaries
Opinion -Empire Center Posts Data on Teachers' Compensation at SeeThroughNY.net -
Organization Tracks Lawsuits Challenging Colleges’ Sexual Misconduct Policies
Opinion -FIRE’s Campus Due Process Litigation Tracker is a searchable database of Title IX litigation. -
Legal Challenge to Campus Speech Codes Settled
Opinion -University of Michigan Eliminates Its "Bias Response Teams" -
Innovative Micro-Schools Help Meet Demand for Education Alternatives
Opinion -As private school costs increase and more Catholic schools—known historically for lower tuition costs than secular academies—close, the education marketplace is responding with innovative options. -
American Students Are Failing; You Can Thank Public Schools
Opinion -New standardized test scores have been released, and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos called the results of the federally mandated National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam “devastating.” -
Facing Enrollment Declines, Pennsylvania Freezes State University Tuition
Opinion -The tuition freeze is only the second in the 36-year history of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. -
Labor Department Proposes Industry-Led Apprenticeship Programs
Opinion -Currently, the private sector is largely excluded from creating certified apprenticeship programs, which are led by unions and local and state government entities. -
ALEC: Education Report Card Ranks Arizona, Florida, Indiana Highest
Opinion -The 23rd annual edition of the Report Card on American Education by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia, -
High Pay, Shorter Tenure for University Leaders
Opinion -The tenure of higher education leadership is getting shorter, pay greater.