Creative Instruction and Its Enemies
Parents battle the education monolith in the COVID-19 shutdown wars.
Indoctrifornia
While California’s ethnic studies mandate for k-12ers is dead for now, there is still much in the works to be concerned about.
If Everyone Is Behind, Then No One Is Behind
COVID-19 has further exposed the teachers unions’ disregard for children.
Randi Weingarten,
You’ve Been a Bad Girl
An open letter to the president of the American Federation of Teachers.
Private School Primacy?
It’s back-to-school decision time for many parents.
Could Parental Choice Swing the Election?
Education issues could be key in the presidential race.
Kamalot
The nightmarish Biden-Harris ticket is the teachers' unions' “dream team.”
And the Edu-Razzie Goes to….
The teachers unions keep racking up dubious awards.
Subsidiarity Must Become a Reality in Education
The one-size-fits-all regimen for schools needs to end.
California Cancels School
For too long, the interests of schoolchildren and their parents have taken a backseat to those of education bureaucrats, teachers’ unions, and politicians. The situation is long overdue for a radical change.
Biden Does Teachers Union Bidding
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders team up with the teachers unions; the big losers are poor and minority families.
The Wisdom of Markets
Education, like food, is essential for human existence. Leaving either up to a government monopoly, which has absolutely no incentive to improve the quality of its product, can have pernicious consequences on consumers and, indeed, all citizens.
The Misguided and Devos-Deranged Teachers Unions
Even during a national crisis, the nearsighted (and, very possibly, soon to be blindsided) NEA and AFT are happy to see private schools wither and die.
The Looming School Reopening Nightmare
The tortured plan to open schools in the fall should convince parents to homeschool if at all possible.
The Rigid Old Normal
When the Covid-19 craziness subsides, our calcified zip-code education laws will endure.
School Choice Ascending
The monopolist’s glory days may be numbered. And that is very good news for the children, parents and citizens of America.
The Coming Upheaval in Education
Due to coronavirus-related economic realities, the unions demand the feds pour billions more into education. We need a more realistic plan.
Harvard’s Homeschool Haters
Homeschool parents need to be aware that a (power) hungry wolf is perennially lurking at the door.
School’s Out Forever?
Homeschooling certainly has its challenges, especially when foisted on families with little or no warning. But many families may find that its benefits outweigh the costs in this time of virus induced homeschooling. Expect the number of permanent homeschoolers to rise as a result.
When ‘Bargaining for the Common Good’ Isn’t
Union elites have set themselves up as the avatars of righteousness—selfless do-gooders who are taking a stand for the benefit of all. All too often, in reality, they are nothing more than plain old socialists.