Opinion
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Common Core’s Double Whammy
Opinion -Some of the most reliable yardsticks in monitoring academic progress in K-12 education are the assessments known as the Nation’s Report Card, officially the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). -
Record Number of Florida Students Are Using Private School Choice
Opinion -The number of students in Florida’s three K–12 private school choice programs continues to grow. -
Common Core Testing Company Fails to Meet Testing Mandate in Three States
Opinion -New Hampshire-based company Measured Progress, which developed online Common Core tests used in Montana, Nevada, and North Dakota, has acknowledged a major glitch in the tests’ rollout. -
National Education Association Calls for Fight Against Income Inequality
Opinion -The National Education Association’s (NEA) top union executives have claimed to take a stand against “income inequality” over the past few years. -
College Tuition Costs Continue to Rise
Opinion -As students returned to college this semester, they found their tuition is higher than ever. -
Study: Common Core and Aligned Testing Consortia Illegal
Opinion -A study recently published by the Pioneer Institute says Common Core standards and associated tests are directing the country toward a nationally driven curriculum, in violation of federal law, and it says the Obama administration used stimulus money to -
Oklahoma Legislature Fails to Pass ESA Program
Opinion -The Oklahoma Education Savings Account Act, coauthored by state Rep. Jason Nelson (R-Oklahoma City) and state Sen. -
Common Core Math Strategies Supplanting Standard Processes
Opinion -The following are three examples of calculation strategies students might discover on their own if they were taught standard algorithms first and allowed to master them before moving on. -
Common Core Math Standards Encourage Dubious ‘Inquiry-Based’ Approaches
Opinion -Purveyors of the inquiry-based and student-centered math agenda, which has persisted for more than 20 years, argue traditionally taught math has never worked for the vast majority of the nation’s student population, and they say mental math is the key to -
Common Core Math Strategies Supplanting Standard Processes
Opinion -The following are three examples of calculation strategies students might discover on their own if they were taught standard algorithms first and allowed to master them before moving on. -
Common Core Math Standards Intensify the Existing Reform Math Agenda
Opinion -The Common Core math standards have poured gasoline on the math “reform” fire that has raged for the past 20-plus years. -
Heartland Institute Education Experts React to Report on Burden of Federal Regulations on Universities
Opinion -A Vanderbilt University report published this week shows colleges around the country spend $27 billion a year to comply with federal rules and regulations. -
Liberal Arts Resurface in Vocational Schools
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #110 The Atlantic has an information-packed article this week detailing how and why high-powered vocational schools and military academies are resurrecting the liberal arts. -
African-American Parents Emphatically Favor School Choice, Survey Finds
Opinion -African-American parents overwhelmingly favor school choice, according to a new nationwide report conducted by Brilliant Corners Research and Strategies (BCRS). -
Idaho Department of Education Requests Public Review of State’s Standards
Opinion -The Idaho Department of Education (IDE) is requesting comments from the public regarding the state’s Common Core math and English standards. -
As Urbanites Take Up Homeschooling, Diversity of Choice Option Increases
Opinion -According to the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the number of U.S. K–12 children educated at home increased from 1.09 million in 2003 to 1.77 million in 2012, now constituting 3. -
Oral Arguments Heard in Texas School Funding Case
Opinion -Oral arguments in an education-funding lawsuit involving six groups representing school districts, parents, and other groups in Texas took place on September 1. -
College Board Rewrites Advanced Placement U.S. History Standards and History Itself
Opinion -When the College Board rewrote the Advanced Placement U.S. History (APUSH) standards in 2012, many scholars and historians saw it as an attempt to rewrite history. -
ACLU’s Challenge of ESA Program is Attack on Choice
Opinion -The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nevada filed a lawsuit on August 27 challenging the constitutionality of Nevada’s education savings account (ESA) program. -
Washington Court Holds Legislature in Contempt Over School Funding
Opinion -The Washington State Supreme Court (WSC) is holding the State Legislature in contempt because lawmakers haven’t fulfilled a previous court ruling that requires the legislature to devise a plan to increase school funding for Washington’s public education -
NEA Supports Leftist Candidates, Causes, Ignoring Conservative Members’ Concerns
Opinion -The National Education Association (NEA) donates large sums of money to several left-leaning organizations even while a large proportion of its members identify themselves as conservative, according to NEA’s latest financial report. -
States Increase Focus on STEM Education
Opinion -Education policymakers have been placing increased emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), implementing several national education initiatives and state policies within the past year supporting the implementation and funding -
Families Intervene Against Lawsuits Challenging Nevada Education Savings Account Program
Opinion -A nonprofit public interest law firm representing five Nevada families is intervening to oppose two lawsuits filed to challenge the legality of the newly enacted Nevada Education Savings Account Program (NESA). -
Common Core Ballot Question May Be Added in Massachusetts
Opinion -Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy determined a proposed statewide ballot question that asks voters to decide whether the state will adhere to Common Core standards is constitutional.
