Education Reform

Education Reform
Legislation Proposed to Increase Taxes on Large University Endowments
On Thursday morning, U.S. Sen. J. D. Vance introduced the College Endowment Accountability Act on the Senate floor. The Ohio Republican’s legislation would increase the excise tax on endowment net…
by Michael E. Hartmann on December 19, 2023

Education Reform
The NEA Recommends the Book Gender Queer, So I Read It.
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”…
by Kali Fontanilla on July 13, 2023

Education Reform, Labor Watch
A Much Needed but Partial Great School Rethink
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…
by Michael Watson on June 30, 2023

Education Reform
There Is Hope for Education
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…
by Kali Fontanilla on May 9, 2023

Education Reform
Goodbye to Bad Education
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…
by Sarah Lee on April 24, 2023

Education Reform
The Crisis of Exploitation in the Classroom: The Past Is Prologue
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…
by Armstrong Williams on February 23, 2023

Education Reform
The Crisis of Exploitation in the Classroom: Educational Malfeasance
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…
by Armstrong Williams on February 23, 2023

Education Reform
The Crisis of Exploitation in the Classroom: Teachers’ Unions
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…
by Armstrong Williams on February 23, 2023

Education Reform
The Crisis of Exploitation in the Classroom: Growing School Competition
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…
by Armstrong Williams on February 23, 2023

Education Reform
Catharsis Comes for the Education Monopoly
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…
by Michael Watson on January 28, 2022