Education Reform Opinion
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STANDIFER: I’m a Single Parent. I Know What School Is Best for My Kids
Traditional public schools simply don’t have the infrastructure to accommodate them, which is why I am grateful Florida provides learning…
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CARNEY: Bar-Code Children
Fear not. Science, corporate America, and government bureaucrats are teaming up to keep better tabs on your children by digitizing…
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KASS: Teachers Union Boss in California Caught Taking Daughter to Private School Becomes Poster Boy for School Choice
What of the children of union electricians and carpenters, union sanitation workers who pick up the garbage, union grocery store…
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BINION: Biden Wants to Give Federal Workers Paid Leave if Their Kids’ Schools Stay Closed — The Rest of Us Are Out of Luck
Over the last year, both major political parties have shown a like-minded affinity for sneaking policy prescriptions into pandemic relief…
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WATCH: Chris Rufo: Critical Race Theory’s Impact on Schools
Chris Rufo, director of the Center on Wealth & Poverty at Discovery Institute, writer for City Journal, director of four…
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WALL STREET JOURNAL: Teachers Union Privilege
Playing the race card to avoid having to return to the classroom.
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JUSTICE and DAVIDSON: It’s Time to Reopen Schools and Defund the Teachers Unions
The conversation about school reopenings has focused on what's best for the teachers' unions as opposed to what's best for…
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DeANGELIS: 2021 Is The Year We Fund Students, Not Systems
As we continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, many public schools have been closed for in-person instruction for nearly…
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ROTHERHAM: Restaurants Innovated as a Result of COVID-19. Education Largely Did Not.
Despite the country’s tumult, with a new year, new administration and new vaccines, U.S. schools and the organizations that support…
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CUNEEN: Secretary Cardona Has Ambitious Goals. School Choice Could Help Us Meet Them.
School choice is equitable, has proven effective, is in demand by families, and, for me, is personal.
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MARTINEZ: Hispanics Benefit When Educational Options Are Expanded
Florida has been a national leader in seeking ways to personalize education for K-12 students. Hispanics, who account for more…
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ANTONUCCI: Federal Stats Predict 1 Additional Teacher for Every 2 Additional Students Over the Next 10 Years
At 651 pages, the U.S. Department of Education’s recently released Digest of Education Statistics isn’t so much a digest as…
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FONTE: A Trojan Horse for Woke Education
The Educating for American Democracy project’s “action civics” is the latest in the Left’s efforts to “fundamentally transform the United…
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PLUCKER: Supply Is the Missing Variable in Selective School Equity Debates
Controversy over diversifying selective high schools is raging across the country, especially in the largest districts.
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SADLER: Virginia School District Cancels Dr. Seuss for ‘Racial Undertones’
Yesterday, it was Mr. Potato Head. Today, it’s Dr. Seuss.
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PONDICSIO: Is Hybrid Learning Killing Teaching?
A lot of us have been confused, angry, and frustrated by the reluctance of some teachers, and particularly their unions,…
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PULLMANN: If You Liked Common Core, You’re Going to Love Joe Biden’s Anti-American Civics Project
We have just the perfect solution for American kids' deep ignorance about their nation's founding principles, system of government, and…
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KLAINERMAN: There Is No Such Thing as ‘White’ Math
Until recently — this past summer, really — I had naively thought that the STEM disciplines would be spared from…
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TUCCILLE: Public Schools Are the Best Advertisements for Homeschooling
Abusive teachers’ unions and floundering bureaucrats make do-it-yourself education pretty attractive.
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MARKOWICZ: Good Riddance to Richard Carranza — the Worst Schools Chancellor in NYC History
No one has done more to harm New York City’s public schools than Carranza, and his resignation now, eight months…
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ANTONUCCI: Pandemic or No, It’s Political Business as Usual for the California Teachers Union
The union instituted this longstanding policy to oppose school closures for budgetary or enrollment reasons. But now, it is seeking…
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McDONALD: Woke Classrooms Show Why Us Parents Should Be Free to Choose on Schools
The emphasis on identity politics rooted in critical theory is increasingly driving education policy.
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SMITH and BARNARD: Public School District Boundaries Are a Relic of the Past
Nearly a year into the COVID-19 crisis, communities across the country are challenging long-held assumptions about public education, including the…
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BUCK: The Overbearing Nature of Teachers Unions
Every year, the union reps make their rounds and talk to every teacher in the district. This year, my building’s…
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McCLUSKEY: COVID Is Killing the Private Schools for Everyman
Over that past couple of months, we have seen an uptick in permanent private school closures that are at least…
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