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 […]
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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
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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
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We weathered COVID-19, lockdowns, school closures, remote classes with remote teachers, and the total absence of fundamental education for our children all at one time. As we emerged from the Pandemic and looked back, we sadly realized that American parents had been shills for teachers unions to pocket billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars. All of
Call them “zombie” schools. A significant but unknown number of public schools across the U.S., particularly in big cities, have lost so many students in the last half-decade that many of their classrooms sit empty. Gone is the loud clatter of students bursting through crowded hallways and slamming lockers. The harm from these half-empty schools
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
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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
Arcadia Christian Academy, which opened in Arizona on Aug. 8, is one of dozens of Christian micro-schools popping up across the country, offering a hybrid in-class and at-home education to keep costs down and the odds of survival up in an increasingly competitive K-12 sector. What’s more, many long-established Christian schools are growing their enrollment
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