Education Reform Opinion
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BOAZ: Will Biden Turn the Education Department Over to the Teachers Unions?
Since the Education Department was essentially created by the National Education Association, this is basically just confirming their control.
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HUKERI: Our Kids Are the Hostages — How Teachers Unions Are Using Coronavirus to Try to Line Their Pockets
Teachers unions are an integral part of the movement against reopening public schools as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage…
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CHUMLEY: Teachers Unions Continue to Abuse Children
Defying coronavirus science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, and common sense about where this dangerous path will lead,…
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ALLEN: Why a Teacher Isn’t a Natural for Education Secretary
Having been a teacher is not a prerequisite for success as Secretary of Education. The emphasis is wrong.
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MINICK: Patriotism Isn’t Fascism
The once commonplace memorization of historic dates, events, and names has in many classrooms gone by the wayside.
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NEW JERSEY EDUCATION AID BLOG: Vouchers, Integration, and Educational Choice: My Case for School Vouchers
As a K-12 public school graduate, former Board of Education member, and activist for a fair distribution of state aid…
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FLANDERS: Are Teachers Unions Influencing Virtual Schooling More Than Pandemic Science?
These results should not be surprising in light of the fact that teachers unions have been a loud voice against…
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BUCK: A Teacher’s Defense of Betsy DeVos
The media’s celebration over the impending end of her tenure is unfair and unwarranted.
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BARNARD: Could the COVID-19 ‘New Normal’ in Education Be Good for Boys?
Common schooling practices — like counting homework as a major grade, requiring students to sit still for long amounts of…
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SCHWALBE: Why Are We Closing Schools?
Keeping kids out of the classroom will make recovering from the pandemic harder in the long term, while not keeping…
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HESS and RICE: The Real-World Cost of Remote Learning
After the chaos of last spring’s makeshift worksheets packets and sporadic Zoom lessons, it was a given that students would…
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SOAVE: Listen to the Science, Listen to the Students: Schools Can and Must Reopen
There is one pivotal reason that public schools have stayed shut, or quickly closed again, even as many private schools…
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FOLMSBEE: Failing the Children: Keep Primary Public Schools Open
The current patchwork system of school closures and hybrid remote learning jeopardizes the lives of children.
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WATERS: NJ Could Save $950 Million a Year With This School Choice Program
What’s the bottom line? If 10% of New Jersey K-12 students in district schools opted to use Education Savings Accounts…
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JACOBS: Urban Charter Schools Are Under Attack From ‘Woke’ Staffers
People who’ve worked hard — and successfully — to offer alternatives to low-performing neighborhood schools are condemned as “racists” who…
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McGHEE: New York City School Closures Defy Scientific and Common Sense
Looking at these numbers, it is ridiculous that the city would choose to shutter its schools but allow restaurants and…
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WALSH: America Mortgages Its Future on School Closures
The decision by many U.S. states and cities to keep kids out of school because of COVID-19 will have crippling…
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PRAGER: What American Schools Should Teach About Race, Racism, and Slavery
Regarding race and much else, America’s students are not taught history. In fact, they are not taught; they are indoctrinated.…
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HOLLEY: The Teachers Union Is Proving Itself the Enemy of New York’s Parents
At every step of the way, the United Federation of Teachers has put the narrow interests of a vocal subset…
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SAND: Biden Ain’t for the Kids
On education issues, trouble looms if Biden becomes president.
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STEWART: Let’s Be Honest About School Choice
School choice strawmen are a formidable army that thinking people have yet to defeat.
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GABOR: Keep New York City Schools Open
Educators and public health specialists are better positioned now than in the early days of the pandemic to make an…
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LATTIER: The Education System Isn’t Designed for Smart Kids
Sometimes, something that’s right in front of you can escape your attention.
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LUKAS: The K-12 Public School COVID Response Shows Why Government Daycare Is a Non-Starter
Political leaders know that coronavirus’s disruption in childcare, including the care provided by public schools to the vast majority of…
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