Education

While limiting strings-attached grants and curbing federal regulation, President Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education also take aim at a key tool bureaucrats use to oversee schools in all 50 states: civil rights investigations. Probes handled by the department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against public schools, colleges and universities roughly doubled during […]

I’ll never forget my first day in First Grade at Alleman Elementary in Lafayette, Louisiana. Oh, I was a seasoned school veteran! I had been to nursery school and pre-kindergarten, which was an unheard novelty in 1959, and had even graduated with honors from full-blown school: kindergarten! I was ready (and prepared) to take on

After public schools’ pandemic failures, eight states – including Arizona, Florida, and Indiana – are committing tax funds for educational alternatives for most any student, including those students already in private schools and from wealthy families.   A growing number of states are adopting a comprehensive new type of school choice program that would threaten

As families continue to defect from government-managed K-12, teachers unions are tightening their squeeze on the Democratic Party. As back-to-school week wheezes into gear for the nation’s 54 million or so children between the ages of five and 17, a startling, post-COVID reality is becoming more apparent, even if the implications are still too big

Joe Feldman has faced many tough crowds in the course of successfully selling his “Grading for Equity” program to school districts across the nation. During the consultant’s presentations, teachers concerned that his approach lowers standards have rolled their eyes, questioned his understanding of students, and worse. “A guy in the front row got his stuff

As Americans, we really need to wake up and wake up quickly. Our children are under assault. Our families are under assault. We’re all familiar with gender identity, “proper” pronouns, DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion), and all of the “isms.” However, one thing that seems to be missing — even though the public has awakened to

Call it the big reset – downward – in public education. The alarming plunge in academic performance during the pandemic was met with a significant drop in grading and graduation standards to ease the pressure on students struggling with remote learning. The hope was that hundreds of billions of dollars of emergency federal aid would

After public schools’ pandemic failures, eight states – including Arizona, Florida, and Indiana – are committing tax funds for educational alternatives for most any student, including those students already in private schools and from wealthy families.   A growing number of states are adopting a comprehensive new type of school choice program that would pose