Education Reform Opinion
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MOORE: Busing, No; School Choice, Yes
We all want great schools for children of all racial groups and all income levels. But those of us who…
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SWAIM: Teachers Deserve to Know Their Janus Rights
Public school officials, politicians and teacher union leaders are working secretly to make sure California teachers don’t understand their workplace…
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McDONALD: Yes, Parents Are Capable of Choosing How Their Children Should Be Educated
The idea that parents get in the way of children’s education and can halt their flourishing is nothing new. It's…
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STREATOR: Young Americans Demand Civic Education — for Good Reason
School may be out, but America’s teachers are hard at work, building out their curriculums for the upcoming academic year.…
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HEIN: Education Choice to Protect Children
Wyoming has an opportunity to lead the country in the fight against bullying.
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GASS and DEGROW: The Supreme Court Is Set to Decide Whether Religious Kids Are Allowed a Good Education
Should children be allowed to get a good education if they choose to attend a religious school?
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SZAFIR and PETERSON: To Win Over Midwesterners, Democrats Should Rethink School Choice Stance
If Democrats are trying to reach Midwesterners, they would be wise to pander less to the teachers’ unions.
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STEWART: It’s Time to Admit Diane Ravitch’s Troubled Crusade Derails Honest Debate about Public Education
The longstanding arguments for charters could still be had in clean exchanges between judicious people - sans Ravitch - if…
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ANDERSON and BURKE: Why It’s Time for Conservative Teachers to Leave Their Radical Union
Why would the NEA go out of its way to take extreme stands on hot-button issues so far removed from…
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STOLL: An Education Law’s Rotten Roots: Where Did New York’s ‘Substantially Equivalent’ Standard Come From?
Regulation of non-public schools — specifically, Orthodox Jewish schools — by New York City and state is back in the…
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MORTON: How to Accelerate Academic Progress for Camden Children
With another school year behind us, it’s the right time for Camden parents and families to reflect on how our…
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AGRESTI: The School Segregation Farce
A new frequent allegation of progressive politicians and media outlets is that America’s schools are becoming more racially segregated.
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STEWART: Hey, Bill de Blasio, I Was Once a Charter School Parent — and I Don’t Deserve Your ‘Hate’
This is my message for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who recently fell ill with a trashy fit of…
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HARDIMAN: How the NEA Teachers Union Just Proved They Don’t Actually Care about Representing Teachers
Why is the nation’s largest teachers’ union voicing support for such a hot-button issue that has nothing to do with…
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SMITH: School Principals, Not Formulas, Should Decide How to Spend Education Dollars
A common myth is that principals are like CEOs of their schools, with authority to make key decisions and strategically…
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DeANGELIS: Unschooling and School Choice: A Complicated Relationship
The evidence is largely on the side of freedom in education. And adding unschooling to the set of educational options…
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MALKUS and MARTIN: NEA Embraces the Woke Agenda — but Votes Down ‘Student Learning’
With no obvious poison pills in the item, “supporting student learning” should be the easiest vote that these teachers take.
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11-YEAR-OLD PROVIDENCE STUDENT: We Don’t Let Animals Live in the Conditions Present in Our Schools
My name is Naiem. I am 11 years old. I have read the report and I want to say that…
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ROBERTS: Why Didn’t the Principal Believe Kids in the Arizona Teacher Sex Abuse Case?
There's a message in the Brittany Zamora case for every school official in the state: err on the side of…
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TUCCILLE: School Choice Could Have Stopped Battle Over Holocaust-Denial at a Florida High School
We wouldn’t have to squabble over control of shared institutions if we were free to pick the right schools for…
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DAVENPORT: There May Not Be a Right to Civic Education, but There’s Certainly a Crisis
The latest results available show that only 18% of eighth-graders test as “proficient” or better in U.S. history, and a…
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PARENT: Actually, Mayor de Blasio, Charter Schools Are a Lifeline to Parents Like Me
The majority of parents in this city are not in the mayor’s income bracket, and the schools in our neighborhoods…
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WILLIAMS: Charter Schools Delivering Better Outcomes for Low-Income Students Still Target of Progressive Ire
Charter school performance varies across the country, but research suggests they tend to do best in places defined by progressive…
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ANTONUCCI: Don’t Get Too Excited About That NEA Charter School Vote
How and if it gets applied, however, is up to one person.
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SCHULTZ: How Presidential Candidates Are Selling Out to Teachers Unions and Turning Their Backs on American Students
New polling data reveals a little secret that teachers' unions and lobbyists for the education establishment don’t want you to…
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