Education Reform Opinion
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BACIGALUPI: It’s Past Time for Real School Reopening
More than 400 days. That’s how long it’s been for 55% of all California public school students since they set…
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SCAFIDI: We Can’t Go Through This Again: School Leaders and Governors Need to Get Creative
We should not have to suffer through this again for the 2021-22 school year.
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CLEMENT and ALLEN: Burying the Bigotry of South Carolina’s Blaine Amendment
A recently filed lawsuit could make South Carolina the second state in the nation to be forced to stop using…
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SWANSON: Think Arizona Charter Schools Skate By With No Oversight? Think Again
There's a false narrative that Arizona charter schools operate with little regulatory oversight. Here's how we hold them accountable.
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COOPER: Don’t Be Fooled: Teachers Unions Remain a Public Menace
As the school year draws to a close, many of the people who spent the past year inflicting needless harm…
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MASON: President Biden Should Leave Homeschooling Alone
He should reject one Harvard professor’s recent call to put what has proven to be a lifesaving method of education…
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Illinois Bill Would Punish the Pandemic Success of Private Schools
A bill moving through the Illinois House and Senate in Springfield has private schools worried. It establishes state-mandated “metrics” that…
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GROVES: My Child Is in the Best Position to Grow Because I Was Given the Power of School Choice
I made the best school choice for my son, and I hope other parents are using that same power.
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McBRIDE: I Tell My Patients Not to Mask Their Kids Outside
For most young people, the social and emotional benefits of taking masks off outdoors greatly outweigh the personal and public-health…
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HUSOCK: Break Up Urban School Districts
Smaller districts would give parents a better shot at prevailing over teachers unions.
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HESS and WARREN: The Right Should Own Education
Unburdened by entanglements with unions and bureaucracies, conservatives can do better than just say ‘no’ to the Left.
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DeANGELIS: San Francisco Teachers Unions Are the Ultimate Grifters
High-school seniors are allowed to return to class the day before the deadline for the district to receive a $12…
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McDONDALD: Harvard Prof Asks Biden to ‘Reform Our Current Homeschooling Regime.’ Here’s the Problem With Her Proposal.
Many of you remember this time last spring when Harvard Magazine published its interview with Harvard Law School professor, Elizabeth…
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WATCH: There Is a Way to Make Quality Education Affordable
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Seamus explains to Jaxxon and his family how school choice can make high-quality…
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RILEY: Classroom Chaos in the Name of Racial Equity Is a Bad Lesson Plan
What should take priority in K-12 education, the physical safety of students or racial balance in school suspension rates? Barack…
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WINTERS, GILMOUR and SHANKS: Charter School ‘Push Out’ Myth Is Debunked in a New Study of Newark
Students who land in charter schools are less likely to leave—including English learners and students with disabilities.
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XU: ‘Inclusive’ Math Dumbs Down Curriculum, Fails Students Who Need Help Most
California’s new “inclusive” math curriculum promises “equity” in math. Its goal is to provide “equitable education” by “making sure all…
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INGRAHAM: More Money Can’t Solve the K-12 Education Crisis
Money can’t buy happiness. Nor can pumping excessive funds into our K-12 public education system buy student achievement. But the…
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JEFFREY: Catholic Schools Beat Public Schools in Reading and Math
Here is one demonstrable fact about the difference between Catholic and public schools: Students who study at Catholic schools do…
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EDEN: Ban Critical Race Theory Now
Critical Race Theory (CRT) indoctrination is already largely illegal under federal law. But states must now go further and protect…
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GOTTLIEB: Denver Board Member’s Blatantly Anti-Charter Bill Should Fool No One
A bill introduced in the Colorado legislature by State Rep. and Denver school board member Jennifer Bacon represents a blatant…
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PETRILLI and GRIFFITH: Charters Do Not ‘Drain’ Funds From Traditional Public Classrooms. In Many States, the Opposite Seems to Be True
Last fall, Governor Gavin Newsom approved a new state law, Assembly Bill No. 1505, which gave local districts more control…
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McCLUSKEY: Government Indoctrination, Whether ‘Critical’ or ‘Patriotic,’ Is Wrong
Indeed, anyone who tries to make public schools teach or not teach something, is supporting government-forced indoctrination.
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WELCH: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of ‘School Hesitancy’
Shocker: When you keep schools closed, lie about them being death mills, then call opening advocates white supremacists, parents may…
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SMITH: With Record Spending on K-12 Education, the Fiscal Argument Against School Choice Is Even Weaker
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the federal government has injected an unprecedented amount of funding into public education,…
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