EducationCommentary
Innovation starts locally—not in Washington. Yet, over the past few years, we have witnessed the unprecedented expansion of the federal government into our classrooms. Decades… Read More
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The Senate has begun floor consideration of a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB)…. Read More
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Eight years after the program technically expired, Congress is finally debating an update of the contentious No Child Left Behind Act, which poured an avalanche… Read More
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Americans take justifiable pride in their right to free speech. People may be muzzled by their government in places such as Cuba and North Korea,… Read More
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Liz Robbins was caught off-guard when a Washington, D.C., area code appeared on her phone. “I apologize,” she said. “With the surgery … I had… Read More
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Professor Edward Schlosser (a pseudonym) recently wrote a provocatively titled piece: “I’m a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me.” The professor discusses identity… Read More
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently called for the doubling of funding for Early Head Start—a community-based program that serves low-income families with pregnant… Read More
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WELLSBURG, Iowa—For this coming fall, Timothy Christian School will welcome just 45 students in kindergarten through 8th grade—the fewest to begin an academic year since… Read More
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Imagine being able to create a tailored, made-to-order education for your child. Perhaps you know that the private school one neighborhood over has an excellent… Read More
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The growing battle over the College Board’s Advanced Placement U.S. History (APUSH) framework is being described by Politico and others as the usual scrape over… Read More
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Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval made education reform history last week when he signed the nation’s first universal education savings account program into law. The accounts are… Read More
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Legislation has been introduced in the Michigan Legislature that would enact stricter regulations on homeschooling in the state. The legislation follows the deaths of two… Read More
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The Silver State just struck gold. Nevada has just become the fifth state to enact groundbreaking education savings accounts (ESAs), which will enable families to… Read More
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Earlier this week, professor Patrick Wolf of the University of Arkansas made the case for school choice in Washington, D.C. Based on his research, The… Read More
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he will pull the state out of Common Core education standards—increasingly unpopular among parents and teachers alike—in favor of “higher,… Read More
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Private school choice initiatives have become increasingly common across the United States. Far from being rare and untested, private school choice policies are an integral part… Read More
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It’s hard to say which is more galling: when politicians want to extend the life of a program that doesn’t work, or when they want… Read More
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The Obama administration has zeroed-out funding for any new scholarships in the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, meaning the program, which provides scholarships to children from… Read More
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Archbishop Carroll High School, a private Catholic school about four miles north of the U.S. Capitol, today took center stage in the debate over school… Read More
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The scenes of Baltimore set ablaze have many Americans thinking: What can be done to rescue families trapped in an inner-city culture of violence, despair… Read More
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Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R) has just vetoed an “anti”–Common Core bill. He was right to do so. The bill didn’t do what its backers… Read More
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States continue to wrest their way from the Common Core national standards and tests. Considering the problems that have plagued implementation, along with ongoing concerns… Read More
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Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., have released a draft of their No Child Left Behind rewrite, which is slated to be considered… Read More
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We celebrated Monday that Columbia University had shut down a Chinese student society reputed to front for Beijing, seeing in it a ray of hope… Read More
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The Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act (APLUS) proposal would allow states to completely opt out of the programs under No Child Left Behind… Read More
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“Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech.” The words of the First Amendment couldn’t be plainer. Yet more than two centuries after… Read More
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An influential teacher spoke out against Common Core—and I share her concerns.
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In late February, the Student Success Act, a rewrite of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), was pulled from consideration on the House floor. Conservatives had… Read More
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Education savings accounts (ESAs) have become the way forward for states wishing to adopt innovative school choice measures. ESAs enable parents to completely customize their… Read More
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The following are Jim DeMint’s prepared remarks delivered to the William F. Buckley Jr. Program at Yale University. I’d like to start out by telling… Read More
