EducationCommentary
How Teacher Tenure Hurts Students
“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program,” quipped Milton Friedman. The same could be said of teachers with tenure. Last year, just two… Read More
EducationCommentary
Americans Think Education Is on the ‘Wrong Track’—but Support for School Choice Is on the Rise
Support for school choice is on the rise, but Americans hold a “dim view of the federal government’s performance in K-12 education,” found the Friedman… Read More
EducationCommentary
Why Michelle Obama Is Wrong on School Lunches
Michelle Obama thinks she knows what your children should eat. She’s adamant about promoting her nutrition policies for kids, even the new and disastrous school… Read More
EducationNews
Teachers Get Outfitted With Fitbits at Taxpayer Expense
DES MOINES, Iowa—Employees of the Des Moines Public Schools can forget about “no pain, no gain” when it comes to working out. Next school year,… Read More
EducationNews
Pennsylvania Plan Measures Teachers on Performance, Not Seniority
Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow school administrators to base layoff decisions in part on teachers’ performance, as measured by the state’s new… Read More
EducationCommentary
More Pushback: Tennessee Quits Common Core Aligned Test
Tennessee has removed itself from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers testing consortium aligned to the Common Core national education standards,… Read More
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This Innovative Education Policy Can Change the Lives of Children With Special Needs
Erika Hartley has two sons with Autism, which means she can explain in one sentence what being able to customize their education means to her… Read More
EducationNews
‘We Want Out’: Bobby Jindal Pulls Louisiana From Common Core
“We want out of Common Core.” With that pronouncement, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal yesterday delivered a clear message to state residents. On the heels of… Read More
EducationCommentary
Starbucks to Help Employees With College Tuition
Starbucks made news this week by announcing the College Achievement Plan, a partnership the coffee giant has entered into with Arizona State University in order for… Read More
EducationAnalysis
California Diminishes Union Power in Schools
Teachers unions—already experiencing a drop in membership and public sentiment— took another large blow last week when Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu… Read More
EducationNews
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch, Unless You’re Living in Nashville
NASHVILLE—School officials in Nashville don’t want kids to feel insecure about accepting a free school lunch, so they have decided to give everyone a free… Read More
EducationNews
Even Among Democratic Lawmakers, Support Grows for School Choice in Louisiana
Only 8,700 students rely on Louisiana’s state public scholarship program to attend the school of their choice today, but the state’s lawmakers worked this session… Read More
EducationCommentary
Elizabeth Warren Is Wrong. Big Government Programs Will Just Increase College Costs.
Congress has long tried to help students afford a college education. It has cut interest rates on federal student loans, vastly expanded federal lending and… Read More
EducationCommentary
Why Are College Tuition Costs Rising So Much?
Quick quiz: What two industries have seen the steepest rate of inflation in the economy over the past decade? If you said energy or housing,… Read More
EducationCommentary
Gates Advocates Hitting the Brakes on Consequences Associated with Common Core
Even Bill Gates is starting to have second thoughts about the consequences associated with Common Core. On Tuesday, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation— the… Read More
EducationNews
Union Vows to Appeal Teacher Tenure Ruling as California Braces for Sweeping Change
Court-ordered reform of California’s teacher tenure program won’t happen without a fight. The California Teachers Association announced plans to appeal yesterday’s landmark court decision on… Read More
EducationNews
Nearly 50 Years of Growing Federal Intervention in Education, Explained in One Picture
America has seen a half-century of growing federal intervention in education. This centralization, however, has not led to improved educational outcomes. According to the National… Read More
EducationCommentary
A Defeat for Terrible Teachers in California
It won’t be as simple from now on for ineffective California teachers to coast off to a lifetime career on easy street. In a Los… Read More
Conservatives: Obama’s Approach to Student Loans Hurts Millennials
The job market and student loan debt had lawmakers waxing philosophical at today’s Conversations with Conservatives event on Capitol Hill. “When I graduated from undergrad,… Read More
EducationNews
Obama Calls Out ‘Millionaires’ to Pay for Student Loans
Using his pen again in “this year of action,” President Obama today took executive actions to ease the burden of student debt at the expense… Read More
Did This Student Receive a Bad Grade on a College Paper Because She Cited Heritage Foundation?
Hayley Waring, a student at Southern Methodist University, has an opinion piece in The College Conservative about former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s commencement address… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Government’s Bailout of College Grads Continues
President Barack Obama signed an executive order today expanding “Pay-As-You-Earn,” the already generous repayment option available to students with federal loans that factors in their… Read More
EducationCommentary
Battle Against Common Core Heats Up
School might be winding down for the summer, but states are putting on a crash course in how to reclaim education decision-making authority. Last week… Read More
EducationNews
Now There Are 3: Oklahoma, South Carolina Join Indiana in Exiting Common Core
Common Core is on the chopping block. Oklahoma today became the third state to exit the national education standards and reclaim its decision-making authority in… Read More
EducationNews
Virginia University Appointees Gave Generously To Gov. McAuliffe’s Campaign
Some of Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s latest appointments to posts at Virginia’s prestigious public universities also have donated generously to his gubernatorial campaign — up… Read More
EducationCommentary
What’s in Common Core National Standards?
What does Common Core math look like? Caleb Bonham, Campus Reform’s Editor-in-chief, just released a video that illustrates the dramatic shift in mathematics education students… Read More
EducationAnalysis
3 States Push Back Against Common Core
Following Indiana’s lead, state legislatures in Oklahoma, South Carolina and Missouri have approved measures to exit and replace the national standards and tests known as… Read More
EducationCommentary
Common Core Standards Could Help Dumb Down College Courses
Common Core’s national standards are an effort to define what every child in the nation should learn to be considered “college and career ready.” But… Read More
EducationNews
Legislation Would Expand School Choice by Giving States More Flexibility
Now, even the federal government is getting further into the school-choice game. New legislation, called the CHOICE Act, would expand the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program,… Read More
EducationCommentary
Universal School Choice: A Reform for the 21st Century
In his seminal work, “Free to Choose,” Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman outlined his case for universal school choice, advocating for robust voucher systems for elementary… Read More
