Court Orders Louisiana to Put Feds Before Families in Voucher Notifications
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) hasn’t succeeded in stopping Louisiana’s statewide voucher program, so now it’s trying to bury it in paperwork. Last August,… Read More
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Stephen Colbert Mocks Sample Common Core Math Problems
On his show last night, Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert expressed concern about adopting Common Core into public schools, mocking some of the sample Common… Read More
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Common Core: “Building the Machine” Debut
The Home School Legal Defense Association released its long-awaited documentary on the Common Core national standards last week, Building the Machine. The film offers clarity… Read More
Ryan Budget: Some Smart Reforms, but Education Spending Continues Apace
The budget presented by House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R–Wis.) provides a topline function 500 (spending on education, training, employment, and social services) budget… Read More
Boy Wonders: How Do You Solve Math Problem with Essay?
A second-grader in San Jose, Calif., knew how to find the difference on his math homework, but struggled to come up with answers for a… Read More
Some Schools Teach Creationism and Accept Voucher Students. Why That’s Fine.
Some religious schools teach that God created the world and question the assumptions of evolution. And therefore you should oppose vouchers. That’s the gist of… Read More
Indiana Ends Common Core Education Standards
Indiana’s experiment with Common Core is over. Gov. Mike Pence signed legislation today requiring the state to come up with its own academic standards, making… Read More
Education Savings Accounts Deemed Constitutional by Arizona Supreme Court
The Arizona Supreme Court has declared Arizona’s education saving accounts (ESA) constitutional. This decision ends the fight over ESA constitutionality and has affirmed Arizona parents’… Read More
‘Special Consideration’ for ‘non-Christian’ Job Applicants?
A provision in a Michigan teachers’ union contract calling for “special consideration” to be given to “minority” job applicants including “those of the non-Christian faith”… Read More
Charter Schools: Higher Graduation Rates and Higher Earnings in Early Adulthood
Free from a number of burdensome government regulations, public charter schools are a big hit among parents. And now, according to a new study, students… Read More
Military Families Want Educational Options That Meet Their Children’s Needs
Military families stationed at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, have proposed their own K–8 charter school on base to meet the unique needs… Read More
Common Core: Bill Gates Confuses Regulation with Accountability
“Scale is good for free market competition,” said Bill Gates last Thursday at the American Enterprise Institute. “Individual state regulatory capture is not good for… Read More
Blame the New SAT on Common Core
The hugely controversial Common Core initiative is at least partly responsible for the latest revamp of the SAT college entrance exam. This puts great pressure… Read More
Indiana Legislature Ends Common Core, Contemplates New Standards, Sets Precedent
The Indiana Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that will remove the state from the Common Core national standards. The bill, which was already passed… Read More
How Big Business Is Promoting Common Core
Big Business is now in favor of Big Education. Businesses, understandably, don’t like the government telling them how to run their companies. They don’t want… Read More
Kansas Court Gets It Right: Education Spending Isn’t Only Measure of ‘Equity’
The Kansas Supreme Court has issued an important and eagerly awaited decision on how much money schools need to give kids a first-rate education. For… Read More
Rep. Marlin Stutzman: ‘Common Core Not the Answer’ on Education (VIDEO)
The national standards known as Common Core are moving education in America in the opposite direction from solutions, Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R–Ind.) told The Foundry in… Read More
Tell Us Your Common Core Stories
Does your child’s homework look different lately? Maybe something like this has happened to you or someone you know: Heather Crossin, an Indianapolis mom of… Read More
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Crisis for Common Core: Indiana’s Uncommon Ruckus Over Education Standards
INDIANAPOLIS – What’s wrong with public education in America today? Across the country, just about everyone has an opinion. Very few, though, have the power… Read More
Parents in Charge: Fight for School Choice Takes Stage at CPAC
As more and more cracks begin to show in the Common Core initiative, Americans are pushing back, insisting that parents—not bureaucrats in Washington—should “be in… Read More
Invisible Gun Control: 10-Year Old Suspended for Making ‘Level 2 Lookalike Firearm’–With Fingers
It sounds like serious business. They called it a “level 2 lookalike firearm.” They said that he pointed it “execution style” at a fellow student…. Read More
Latest Common Core Strategy: Switch the Name, So People Don’t Realize What It Is
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; — Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet As Juliet… Read More
My School Choice Journey
As we continue to promote school choice around our great nation, especially during Black History Month, I have been thinking a lot about my own… Read More
De Blasio Kicks 700 Kids Out of High-Performing Charter Schools
Apparently newly elected New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio didn’t get the memo from President Obama today about being your Brother’s Keeper. De Blasio… Read More
Common Core: The “Tin Foil” Is Spreading
Missouri State Representative Mike Lair (R) likens opponents of Common Core to “conspiracy theorists.” So much so that he decided to include $8 for tin… Read More
Lawmaker Budgets for Tin Foil Hats to Mock Critics of Common Core
As opponents of the Obama Administration’s national education standards rallied Wednesday at the Missouri State Capitol, state Representative Mike Lair acted on what some might call sinister motives:… Read More
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Common Core’s Surprise Critic: Nation’s Largest Teachers Union Calls Implementation ‘Completely Botched’
The country’s largest teachers union is no longer a cheerleader for Common Core national education standards. In a letter to the National Education Association’s 3… Read More
Head Start: Preschool Proponents Should Admit to Shortcomings
Are Americans really longing for “Head Start-like programs” for their children? So argues Eleanor Clift in a recent article for the Daily Beast. Clift praises… Read More
Textbook Depicts Reagan as Sexist
A textbook used at the University of South Carolina has recently come under fire for its depiction of Ronald Reagan as sexist. Campus Reform first… Read More
Why Bill Gates Is Wrong to Applaud Common Core
On Wednesday, Bill Gates wrote a USA Today column lauding Common Core standards as a way for “students to get the best education possible” and “become good… Read More
