Education Reform Opinion
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SHOEMAKER: How ‘Systemic Liberalism’ Failed Public Education in America
Liberalism and its big government underpinnings have become systemic in American culture and institutions, with a profound impact on the…
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DUCEY: Bring Civics Back to the Classroom
Decades of neglected civics education have resulted in widespread ignorance of America’s history and founding principles.
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GRIFFITH and PETRILLI: The Case for Urban Charter Schooling
Today, with public support fading and enrollment stalling nationwide — and with Democratic politicians from Elizabeth Warren to Joe Biden disregarding, downplaying,…
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CARNEY: A Month into the Academic Year, School-Closers Don’t Have Science on Their Side
When teachers unions declare that they are being “sent to the slaughter” by being told to go to school (and…
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NOMANI and EDEN: Merit on the Ropes
The Left has redefined educational “equity” to mean not just lifting the bottom up but also tearing the top down.
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SANZI: Too Many Schools See Danger in Boys (and Their Toys)
Perhaps we should have known that keeping schools closed would lead to boys being deemed “dangerous” in their own homes.
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EMMONS: ‘Nice White Parents’ Demands That White Parents Do More Than Everyone Else
At nearly every stage of the game, nice white parents got involved with the school to try to make it…
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BUTCHER: History Comes to Call: The 1619 Project Cannot Deny Its Own Past
History is a harsh mistress when trifled with. Newspaper writers and editors make a profession of turning the present into…
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WATERS: After a Decade of Opposing Voucher Programs, I’m Wondering If I Was Wrong
Vouchers always have seemed a step too far for me. If families want to pay tuition to religious schools (or…
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MOSS: Why Are KIPP Charter Schools Promoting the Black Lives Matter Ideology to My Child?
My daughter's fourth-grade year is when I started noticing politics creeping into the curriculum. All left wing, one-sided, and biased.
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HOOD: Popularity of Homeschooling in South Carolina Is Soaring Thanks to the Antics of Its Opponents
North Carolina is already the homeschooling capital of the United States. Now the attraction of this education option is soaring…
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ADAMS: COVID-19 Learning Loss Will Be Devastating for NYC Students. But the School System Will Come Out Looking Just Fine
The DOE will still tout its promotion rates, its graduation rates and what a wonderful job it did during the…
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TIERNEY: The Moral Case for Reopening Schools — Without Masks
If you’re a public-minded student or teacher committed to reducing the death toll from Covid-19, what is the morally correct…
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RANTZ: Seattle School Teaches Pro-Riot Propaganda to Students as Young as 11-Years-Old
A Seattle public school taught students as young as 11-years-old to refer to a riot as an “uprising” and rioters…
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ANONYMOUS: Forcing Education Online Is Pushing Teachers Like My Mom Past Their Breaking Point
Next time you sit in on your kid's class and see something you think could be better, remember not all…
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RAUH: My New York City Kids Are Getting an Education in Failed Leadership
For weeks now, I’ve been the unpopular parent on the playground predicting with certainty for anyone who cared to listen…
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ROSEN: You Will Be Re-Educated
Phrases such as “systemic racism,” once confined to the fringes of academic theory, are now mainstream, and its proponents assert,…
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McDONALD: Social Isolation Is Damaging an Entire Generation of Kids
By keeping healthy children under quarantine, we are cruelly depriving them of the in-person free play and social interaction that…
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FRENDEWAY: As Families Deal with Coronavirus, New Federal Dollars Should Follow the Student
This is why the debate in Washington, D.C. has been so mind boggling. As every parent takes a bigger and…
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BARNARD: ‘Nice White Parents’ Podcast Series Highlights Real Public K-12 Failures — But Lets Government Off the Hook
While the podcast exposes concerning racial inequalities it fails to hold accountable the major culprits behind the unfair education system.
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MATUS: School Choice: Florida’s Rising Tide
The next time school choice opponents claim the apocalypse is coming to public schools in your state — and there’s…
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HANUSHEK and WOESSMAN: Permanent Economic Damage from Learning Losses
Unless schools actually get better than they were in 2019, existing research indicates this will lead to permanently lower future…
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McCLUSKEY: Both Libs and Cons Have Driven Us to Trump’s ‘Patriotic Education’
Both liberals and conservatives have for decades been shoving power over education toward Washington.
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CHRISTIE: The Crucial Issue of School Choice Is on the Ballot This Election
As it turns out, the difference between political parties and presidential candidates is stark.
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BONIFACIO: Disservice to Teachers Evident in Chicago Union’s Tweet
While certainly one of the more extreme cases, the tweet is an example of a teachers’ union persistent failure to…
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