Louisiana’s Plan to Empower Parents Through School Choice
According to Dr. Michael Walker Jones of the Louisiana Association of Educators, low-income parents “don’t have a clue” when it comes to making decisions about… Read More
Scribecast: Kevin Chavous on His Tireless Efforts for School Choice
Few legislators have done more to advance school choice than Kevin Chavous. As a city councilmember in Washington D.C. from 1992 to 2004, and a… Read More
Senator DeMint on National School Choice Week
Yesterday, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) spoke at The Heritage Foundation as part of National School Choice Week and to mark the release of the American… Read More
National School Choice Week: How School Choice Benefits Students
With a growing number of school choice programs comes a growing body of research on how educational opportunity benefits students. These benefits manifest themselves in outcomes such… Read More
Education News
School Choice: One Student’s Chance for a Better Life
Joseph Kelley knew something was wrong when his son Rashawn flunked first grade. “I knew he knew his alphabet forward and backward, he knew how… Read More
National School Choice Week: Winning the Battle for School Choice in D.C.
When the first National School Choice Week began just one year ago, the prospect of educational opportunity for hundreds of D.C. school children hung precariously… Read More
Morning Bell: Celebrating School Choice Week
What singular cause could bring together the likes of Democratic campaign strategist James Carville, Republican Governor Bobby Jindal (LA), actor Sacha Baron Cohen, and 2,000… Read More
Governors Call for Teacher Tenure Reform, School Choice
As the new year unfolds, governors are beginning to outline their education plans for 2012. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) called for changes to teacher… Read More
Three New Year’s “Edu-lutions” for Policymakers
Like the rest of us, state and local policymakers across the country probably made New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier, exercise more, and finish those… Read More
A Decade After No Child Left Behind, Time for a Right Turn in Education
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) turned 10 yesterday, and the anniversary is a good time to assess the toll of federal education intervention and to… Read More
A Public School Leader’s Lesson in Creating a Culture of Excellence
We’re all used to hearing about the public school that is underperforming. But there are, without question, pockets of excellence throughout the country. Prince Georges… Read More
More Pay for Public-School Teachers Won’t Increase Quality
In yesterday’s “Room for Debate” feature, The New York Times asks whether public-school teacher compensation should be increased. The answer we give, based on our… Read More
Morning Bell: Top 10 Education Stories of 2011
There was no lack of education news in 2011. From an explosion in school choice options to the Obama Administration’s executive overreach, the top stories… Read More
The NYT Online Learning Smear Campaign
Last week The New York Times published what can only be described as a “hit piece” against online learning and leading virtual education provider K12… Read More
Teachers Lose Under National Standards Proposal
There are numerous misconceptions about the impact that national education standards and tests would have on education. But a new misconception has surfaced: that centralized… Read More
Group Pushes Back on National Standards Education Overreach
American taxpayers, businesses, and families are outraged by the nationalization of health care through Obamacare. They’re upset by the federal overreach, the loss of health… Read More
The Lady Gaga-fication of Higher Ed
Guess how many top-tier universities offer a course on Lady Gaga? Four! The University of Virginia, the University of South Carolina, Wake Forest University, and… Read More
Education News
After the Super Committee: ‘Massive’ Education Cuts? Think Again
The “super committee’s” failure to reach an agreement to reduce federal spending is supposed to trigger automatic spending cuts—some of which could decrease funding for… Read More
School Choice Could Become a Reality for Tennessee School Children
A most remarkable “year of school choice” may be edging to a close, but the momentum for school choice is far from over. On the… Read More
The Nation’s Report Card: Congress Fails Test on Helping Students Learn
Earlier this month, the National Center for Education Statistics released another round of results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as… Read More
New York Students Riot Against Proposed $300 Tuition Hike
Students at the City University of New York rioted yesterday in protest of the school’s planned tuition hike. The proposed change: an extra $300 per… Read More
Pennsylvania Working to Expand School Choice Options for Families
Last month, the Pennsylvania State Senate passed a landmark bill to allow children in the bottom 5 percent of schools to receive scholarships to attend… Read More
Even in Liberal California, School Choice Gets Thumbs Up
A new poll shows that in one of the most liberal of states–California–charter schools are impressing voters by a wide margin, particularly among Latino parents. The Los… Read More
Without Fanfare of Ohio or Wisconsin, Idaho Enacts Sweeping Reforms
Voters head the polls in Ohio today to decide the fate of collective bargaining reforms for government workers. It’s a high-profile referendum on a controversial… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Student Loan Gift to Occupy Wall Street
In the 2008 election, Senator Barack Obama reached out to young Americans with a fresh message that appealed to their dissatisfaction with the nation’s political… Read More
Morning Bell: The Truth About Public School Teacher Pay
Last winter, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) traveled his state, holding a series of townhalls in which he touted a significant but politically unpopular… Read More
Poor Student Achievement Shows Centralized Education Policy Has Failed
Tomorrow, the highly anticipated math and reading scores of our nation’s 4th and 8th graders will be released as part of the 2011 National Assessment… Read More
Washington’s Halloween Tricks for Education
Just in time for Halloween, big government education advocates are rolling out frightening new education policies. On the K-12 front, Senators Tom Harkin (D–IA) and… Read More
Education Union Lobbyists Game the System in Illinois
No such thing as a free lunch? Not if you’re a union lobbyist in Illinois. As the Chicago Tribune reported: Two lobbyists with no prior… Read More
Pushing Basket-Weaving College Loan Debt onto Working-Class Taxpayers
President Obama’s “blame conservatives” rhetoric was on full display yesterday as he described his plan to provide relief to students overburdened by loan debt that… Read More
