Education Reform Opinion
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McGHEE: Don’t Let Teachers Unions Shut Down Schools for Another Year
If teachers unions have their way, public schools will not reopen for in-person learning this fall.
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POLUMBO: School Shutdowns Will Cost Students a Staggering Amount in Lifetime Earnings
With this comprehensive data in hand, it’s undeniable that government-mandated school closures imposed life-long harm on an entire generation of…
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GENTLES: The Senate Must Save the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program
House Democrats maliciously want to end a tremendously successful program that provides scholarships for low-income students in Washington, D.C.
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TUCCILLE: Families Have a New Reason to Flee Public Schools
Private schools can stay open even when pandemic rules shut government institutions, court says.
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IZUMI and WU: Critical Race Math Meets a Critical Public
The proposed Math Framework rightly generated huge opposition because of the seismic changes it made to current math practices in…
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GREENE: Do Student Suspensions Really Cause a ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’?
The Biden administration is picking up where the Obama administration left off in trying to dictate to local school districts…
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INGRAHAM: ‘Equity’ in Education: Equal Opportunity or Equal Outcome?
Demands for uniformity have hijacked the noble goal of opportunity for all students to succeed.
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ESENBERG and FLANDERS: Act 10 Benefited Education in Wisconsin — and May Empower Workers Elsewhere
It’s been 10 years since Wisconsin passed Act 10, which limited the rights of public employee unions to demand collective…
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STEFANO: Lawsuit Claiming Pennsylvania Has Unequal School Funding Is Misguided
If Pennsylvania’s education system prioritized families over bureaucracy, we’d never have to worry about “wealthy” and “poor” districts — or…
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LOWE: Teachers Unions Reward California Governor With $2 Million for Yearlong Paid Vacation
Gavin Newsom gave California's teachers unions more than a year of paid vacation. And boy, has it paid off for…
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SANZI: Unions Will Not Protect Your Children
During my years as a teacher, I was a National Education Association (NEA) member in two states. The NEA did…
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ANTONUCCI: AFT’s Mississippi Affiliate Sues National Union — Alleges Cover-Up and Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Embezzlement in Jackson Local
A lot of this may seem overblown, but AFT affiliates have had some major financial scandals in the past.
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CHU: Biden’s Anticompetitive Moves On Charters and Choice
Biden’s aversion to competition in schooling was particularly vivid on the campaign trail, where he bluntly admitted that he was…
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MANNO: Parents, Civic Entrepreneurs Rebuild K-12 Schooling from Scratch in a Way That’s Student-Focused, Parent-Directed and Pluralistic
COVID-19 forced schools to change from being buildings where teaching, learning and programs were bundled together to serve students and…
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WELCH: CDC Sentences Kids to Another School Year of Irrational Masking
Because adults can't evaluate risk, kids continue to suffer the most from COVID policy, despite suffering the least from COVID.
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GENTLES: Choosing Something Better
Public schools have long failed to serve adequately students with disabilities, but school closures, disastrous for the millions of children…
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WATERS: New Jersey Parents Are Demanding Virtual Options. What if We Listened?
In June Gov. Phil Murphy decreed that this September all schools must provide in-person full-time instruction and the days of…
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McDONALD: Back-to-School Mask Mandates Are Outraging Parents – Here’s How to Get Around Them
Many parents don’t want their children to be masked all day at school, particularly when children are at such a…
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NEW YORK POST: Democrats’ Disgraceful War on Schools That Actually Teach Poor, Minority Children
Charter schools are by far the most successful innovation in public education of the last half-century — notably, the first…
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MASS RESISTANCE: Middle School Teacher Fired for Informing Parents That Their Two Children Had Decided to Become ‘Transgender’
School officials pushing the “transgender” agenda in middle schools have become hostile and brutal toward those who refuse to comply.
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INGRAHAM: Despite Union Efforts, School Choice Gains New Ground
Parents have realized that public education needs an upgrade.
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GERAGHTY: An Argument for Metaphorically Burning Teachers Unions to the Ground: After Seven Months, 40% of NYC Educators Aren’t Vaccinated
If the mainstream media wants to shame some people for not getting vaccinated, they don’t have to look through the…
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PIGEON: Homeschooling Can’t Be for Everyone
It may be the best option for some families, but conservatives should not rely on it in lieu of lasting…
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ESHELMAN: Imagine What an Educational Free Market Can Do for Schools
This is a clear and concise explanation of why school choice is good for everyone — except, perhaps, those who…
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HOOPER: How COVID Protocols Disrupt the Learning Process
Masks thwart vibrant discussions and make it hard for teachers to evaluate their students.
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