Opinion
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New Civics: a Red-Hot Crucible for Radicalizing Academe
Opinion -Editorial -Over the past 15 years, numerous scholarly organizations have lamented the severe decline of civic education in U.S. colleges and secondary schools. -
Betsy DeVos Encourages College Conservatives to be Outspoken on Campus
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #170 -
Private Schooling Improves Nations’ Test Scores, Study Shows
Opinion -school-reform-news -Private school education improves overall test scores in countries across the world, a new study reports. -
Milwaukee Voucher Program to Generate Nearly $500 Million in Benefits, Study Shows
Opinion -school-reform-news -Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s school voucher program will generate nearly $500 million in economic benefits to the city over the next 20 years, a study has found. -
Washington State Educators Ask Lawmakers to Fund More Civics Ed Programs
Opinion -school-reform-news -A group of teachers in Washington State is urging lawmakers to bring civics education back to the state’s classrooms. -
The Left’s Failing, False Narrative On School Choice
Opinion -Last month, more than six million people across the nation rallied, danced, and wore colorful scarves at 21,000 events celebrating National School Choice Week. -
Nevada Governor Budgets $60 Million to Fund State ESA Program
Opinion -school-reform-news -In a bid to restart an extensive education choice plan a court struck down on a technicality, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) proposes to allocate $60 million of the state budget toward funding the beleaguered Nevada Education Savings Account (ESA) program -
Is a National Tax-Credit Scholarship Program on the Horizon?
Opinion -school-choice-weekly, Editorial -School Choice Weekly #169 -
College Students Arrested for Handing Out Copies of the Constitution, File Lawsuit
Opinion -school-reform-news -Two students are suing Kellogg Community College (KCC), alleging the school violated their First Amendment rights by arresting them for handing out copies of the U.S. Constitution. -
Want to Reform Education? Break Up the Public School Monopoly
Opinion -Editorial -How much proof of its effectiveness does school choice need to show before it finally takes hold? -
Chicago Teachers Union Deal Blocks Efforts to Open Classical Charter School
Opinion -school-reform-news -A labor agreement the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) signed in 2016 with the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is making it difficult for a group of parents and advisors to open what would be the city’s first K–12 classical charter school. -
Rioters at California University Shut Down Lecture
Opinion -school-reform-news -A group of people protesting an event featuring a conservative speaker at the University of California-Berkeley committed numerous acts of assault and vandalism and succeeded in having the event canceled. -
National School Choice Week Breaks Participation Records
Opinion -school-reform-news -The 2017 National School Choice Week (NSCW) was “the largest series of education-related events in U.S. history,” the event’s coordinators reported on the NSCW website in February. -
North Carolina Teachers Rewarded with Test Score-Based Bonuses
Opinion -school-reform-news -Two categories of North Carolina public school teachers received merit-based raises in January 2017 because their students performed well on state tests. -
Local Control Should Precede Choice on DeVos’ Agenda
Opinion -Editorial -Betsy DeVos survived a Senate confirmation process made bitter because of the opposition of the teachers unions, which fear that she can parlay her advocacy of school choice into much bigger gains for choice in her powerful new position. -
Another Notch In Obama’s Failed Education Legacy
Opinion -Editorial -A U.S. Department of Education study conducted at the end of Obama's tenure finds what has been obvious for the past decades: substantial federal spending alongside strict regulation helps schools improve not one iota. -
Colleges Are Creating a Generation of Bigots
Opinion -Editorial -Students at universities reacted like thugs rather than intellectuals when somebody opposing their view came to speak. -
Higher Ed Reform Moves Up Lawmakers’ To-Do Lists
Opinion -school-reform-news -Until recently, higher education was in the driver’s seat when it came to state budgets; university officials had little to worry about from legislators. -
Education Reform Expert Recommends Shutting Down Department of Education
Opinion -Editorial -Vicki Alger, research fellow at the Independent Institute, delivered a speech at The Heartland Institute on February 1 about her new book, Failure: The Federal Misedukation of American ‘s Children. -
Arizona Approves Minor Changes to Common Core Standards
Opinion -school-reform-news -Arizona parents and reform groups remain dissatisfied after the Arizona State Board of Education (ASBE) voted to approve minor changes to the state’s Common Core standards, rather than the sweeping reforms requested by the advocates for reform. -
The Left Didn’t Groove to the Beat of School Choice Week
Opinion -Editorial -The record-breaking numbers for the seventh annual National School Choice Week (NSCW), which wrapped up January 28, were stunning. -
‘Rush Revere’ Series Relates History to Real Life
Opinion -school-reform-news, Editorial -As I summarize my experiences as an adult reader of these books, I cannot emphasize too strongly that all my readers should gift these books to the young readers in their lives. -
Chicago Teachers Union Refuses to Let Volunteers Run Library
Opinion -school-reform-news -The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has said it would rather see a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) elementary school library shut down than allow parent volunteers to run it. -
Where Wonder Led Me
Opinion -school-reform-news -We didn’t know wonder was enlivening our home until it died.
