Education
Detroit Parents Embrace School Choice
Seventy-nine percent prefer an alternative to the public schools
School Choice Advances Against Opposition
Thirteen states expanded options for students last year
Chicago Public Schools to Charter System: "Save Us!"
"Privatize or Perish" may be the choice here.
AZ Public Schools Remain Terrible, But Not for Lack of Money
Resources don't help if you use them poorly
Divided Court Tackles College Affirmative Action
A lot of questions asked about how preferences actually work in practice
Chicago Asks Charter System to Take Over Failing Schools
Teachers unions, of course, prepare to fight
Texas Students Object To Being Tracked with GPS
You mean they don't want to be treated like criminals for no reason?
The Closing of the Centrist Mind
A self-proclaimed "sensible centrist" writes a sloppy attack on the academic left.
Immigration-Related Requests Flood Schools
Transcripts needed as proof for illegal immigration protection program
Kentucky Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sex With 17-year-old Student
Will get no jail time as "victim" and his family were uncooperative with police and they all left court together.
GA School Districts Sued for Battling Charter Ballot Question
It's old school vs. new school, literally
Parents Want Answers After Son's Shooting
Police shot naked and unarmed Gil Collar on Saturday
Ohio Teacher Appealing Termination
Didn't just teach nonsense in science class, also branded students with crosses
Principal Charged for Not Reporting Sex-Abuse Teacher
The teacher abused a second child just months later
Food Trucks Help with School Fundraisers
That they taste better than awful school lunches is surely a bonus
Texas School Chief Gets Prison in Testing Scandal
Three years for removing under-performing students from the classroom to keep them from ruining results
New Jersey Principal Accused of Covering Up Teacher-Student Sex Scandals
Three teachers at Triton Regional High School have already been charged with official misconduct, with two also facing criminal sexual conduct and endangering the welfare of a child charges
Georgia Charter School Battle Turns Nasty
Amendment would bypass local boards to ease establishing independent schools
NYC Cellphone Ban in School Spurs Cellphone Storage Industry
Students leave their cellphones at trucks that offer the service for a dollar a day
Teacher Likens Student's Romney Shirt to "a Ku Klux Klan Sheet"
Tax dollars at work!
Members of British Parliament Fail Basic Math
Thankfully, they didn't ask members of Congress
Oregon School Board Member Claims Civil Rights Violated When School Board Censured Him
The local superintendent recommended it to boot, but the man is suing for more than half a million in damages anyway. For the children?
Florida School Board Wants to Install Trash Cams to Figure Out Why Children Toss Veggies
They can't wrap their heads around why students are throwing their vegetables, part of new federal school lunch regulations, in the trash.
Another Rating Firm Downgrades Chicago School System
Fitch joins Moody's in giving thumbs down to district's finances
Disfavored in Admissions Goals, U.K. Private Schools May Boycott Some Universities
Wait ... universities are discriminating against higher-performing independent schools?
WA Teachers Unions Battle Charter School Ballot Initiative
Educrats dredge up discredited research for ammunition
