Gender Queer is considered the most banned book in America. At least 138 school districts in 32 states have banned the book from their libraries. But let’s be clear, “banning”…
School “reform” is probably only slightly younger than schooling itself. Americans have advanced numerous waves of education “reform” phases, from the very beginnings of government schooling under the Massachusetts Bay…
Expanding school choice, scrutiny of curriculum containing critical race theory, parental rights legislation, academic transparency laws, banning sexually explicit books from school libraries and classrooms—Randi Weingarten, president of the American…
The Hamilton Southeastern School District, which sits just north and to the west of Indianapolis, decided in early March they’d rather eat $80k on a contract for school surveys purported…
Education is the secret to happiness, comfort, and prosperity. Ignorance is the bedfellow of misery, poverty, and hardship. But education is missing in too many communities. Why? A combination of…
It is the role of schools and our teachers to inculcate critical thinking and eschew indoctrination. Unfortunately, our teachers are underpaid and overworked and overstressed and underappreciated. Administrators often look…
Teachers’ unions are to the education of students what a ball and chain are to a swimmer. Their counter-educational mission is the collective maximization of pay and benefits coupled with…
The abysmal state of public-school education controlled by teachers’ unions has given birth to private and charter schools as competitive alternatives for ambitious and industrious parents and students. That is…
This School Choice Week—which runs through Friday, January 28—many activists are celebrating 2021 as the “year of school choice” and hailing advances that charter schools, private school subsidies, and other…
In mid-December, Education Week’s “Rick Hess Straight Up” blog featured an as-usual interesting post by Hess, “Three Cheers for Impostor Syndrome.” A resident scholar and director of education-policy studies…