Education Reform Opinion
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SANZI: Kamala Harris Comes Out Swinging on Education and She Picks the Unions Over Students and Parents
Students are nowhere to be found in her comments, parents are absent from her tweets and learning outcomes don’t even…
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ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE: Vouch for Them
A few years ago, a national survey reported that African American parents, by overwhelming numbers, supported school choices. Not choice.…
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BELL: Don’t Threaten My Child’s Ability to Get a Good Education
My son’s special needs are not recognized in the public school system.
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GIBBONS: School Choice Empowers Parents, Helps Students
An Alachua County Public Schools teacher was arrested for embezzling more than $14,000 from the University of Florida, a third-degree…
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JOECKS: Using Taxpayer Resources to Promote Teachers Union’s Agenda
The Clark County School District has been using taxpayer resources to advance the political agenda of the teachers union.
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WINGFIELD: Liberals Like Vouchers for Everything but Public Schools
My liberal friends like vouchers. They won’t like my saying it, but it’s true all the same.
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LANGHORNE: Why We Need to Make Public School Choice an Easier Choice for Low-Income Families
Forcing students to attend a chronically failing school because of where they live sets them up for failure and reinforces…
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PEEKS: My Parents Made a Decision that Would Change My Entire Life
As a young child, I was clueless as to why I was leaving the local public school in my district,…
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FROST: Unions Are Exploiting Our Love for Teachers
It’s time to stop applauding the efforts of union-funded special interests -- masquerading as “teachers” --- working to deny students…
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DANS: What Is the Point of New Teaching Tools if We Are Going to Cling on to Outdated Teaching Methods?
Technology has changed society, but has it changed the way we educate young people?
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ANKRUM: Stop Blaming Charter Schools for the Failures of Traditional Public Schools
Let’s please stop blaming charter schools for school failure. I know we’re easy targets, but I assure you that education…
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HESS and BELL: Betsy DeVos Strikes a Blow for Religious Freedom
The secretary has announced that the Department of Education will no longer discriminate against religious organizations seeking to provide school…
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NORDLINGER: An American Dilemma
An article in the New York Times is getting attention, understandably. It highlights an old, painful issue, involving “merit,” race,…
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BARBASH: An IDEA Whose Time Has Come: Innovative Charter Getting Stellar Results with At-Risk Kids
IDEA stands for Individuals Dedicated to Excellence and Achievement. It has lived up to its name.
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IZUMI: A Perfect Storm that Threatens to Destroy Charter Schools
A combination of powerful aggressive teacher unions and compliant state and local politicians have produced a perfect storm that threatens…
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RILEY: The Renewal Schools Disaster
What’s even more staggering is that the three quarters of a billion dollars flushed down the toilet is merely a…
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DeGROW: Proposed Cyberschool Cut Doesn’t Add Up
In today's deeply divided political climate, it may be tempting to rally behind an education budget proposal supported by governors…
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NY POST: The Arguments against Charter Schools Show Why We Need More of Them
Opponents of charter schools make a host of bogus arguments, when the truth is the exact opposite.
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DHILLON: Why Won’t California Unions Let Teachers Go?
When Fremont, Calif.-based special needs instructor Bethany Mendez looks at her paycheck, she is regularly reminded of how her employer…
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PARENTS, TEACHERS and COUNSELORS: Why Alabama’s Special Needs Children Need
As parents, teachers and counselors, we are all too familiar with watching students with special needs slip through the cracks…
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SHULS: Why School Choice Is Inherently Good
I don’t mean to say school choice is good because it will lead to specific outcomes, such as higher test…
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CASS: How the Other Half Learns
The virtues of a reliable pathway from high school to a stable job and a middle-class life remain appealing in…
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BRADFORD: If Buying Your Way to the Front of the College Line Is So Reprehensible, Why Is It Completely Acceptable in K-12 Education?
Some might believe this is a long leap, but it isn’t. The “best” education in America is always purchased —…
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PILLOW: Racial Quotas: The Worst Way to Do the Right Thing
If you were told that a black student was denied entry to a prestigious school based solely on the color…
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ALTERNATE LEARNING CENTER TEACHER: How ‘Suspension Schools’ Smash the ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’
Suspensions are down 50 percent. Students committing outrageous misconduct often stay in their regular classrooms. Remember when cursing out a…
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