Hispanic Parents Want More Choices for School
School choice programs can help Hispanic families ease their fears about the coronavirus.
Education
Teachers Unions Push Families Out of Public Schools
Kids are beside the point when government officials and union leaders keep them waiting on labor negotiations that serve everybody but students and their families.
The First Night of the RNC Offered a Full-Throated Defense of School Choice
Republicans have turned away from freedom in many ways during the Trump era, but at least they've embraced school choice at the national level.
Political Conventions Should Be NC-17
The Reason Roundtable assesses one convention, previews another, and pleads with everyone to get their kids out of politics.
Study: More Cops in Schools Lead to Harsher Discipline, Don't Make School Safer
"Our findings suggest that increasing SRO staffing in schools does not improve school safety and that increasing exclusionary responses to school discipline incidents increases the criminalization of school discipline."
School Reopenings Linked to Union Influence and Politics, Not Safety
New data suggest that school districts in states with stronger teachers unions are significantly less likely to reopen in person this fall.
When Teachers Call the Cops on Parents Whose Kids Skip Their Zoom Classes
Punishing families for struggling with distance learning is doubly wrong.
UConn Will Pay White Fragility Author Robin DiAngelo $20,000 To Train School Administrators
The three-day retreat will help 44 top officials "come to grips with the critical questions of racism and inclusion."
Media Alarmism Is Making It Difficult To Assess School Reopening
Kids do not catch or spread or suffer from coronavirus at the same rate as adults, no matter what your newspaper is telling you this week.
Video: Key West Police Arrest and Try To Handcuff 8-Year-Old Child
His wrists were too small for the cuffs, though.
Chicago Cuts School Police Budget by More Than Half
In other news, Chicago Public Schools will still spend $15 million on school police.
Teachers Unions Try To Protect Their Monopoly as Parents Flee Traditional Schools
As families flock to virtual charter schools and "pandemic pods," California blocks the money from following the child.
Fund Students Instead of Systems
Sen. Rand Paul wants to help families find a route around the public school monopoly.
Once Marginalized, Homeschooling Hits the Mainstream
DIY approaches to education—including homeschooling, learning pods, and microschools—are gaining popularity as public schools fold under pressure.
'Cancel Culture' at U.S. Colleges Not Getting Worse, Say Liberal Professors. Conservative Colleagues Disagree.
Plus: Georgia makes it a hate crime to damage police property, SCOTUS denies relief to prisoners, Trump escalates war on Chinese apps, study casts doubt on "diversity training," coronavirus in schools, and more…
First-Year International Students Will Not Be Permitted To Enter the U.S. if Their University Went Remote
Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed similar guidance for students already in the country. It will still apply to new students.
Auburn University Is Considering Unhiring a Professor for Tweeting a Swear Word
The right also has an affinity for cancel culture.
Why Pandemic Pods are 'the Ultimate In Parent-Driven Education Innovation'
With public schools largely out of commission, parents are putting together their own ad hoc schooling alternatives.
Viewpoint Diversity Gets a Boost as Families Flee Public Schools
Independent education means a wide range of approaches as to what children are taught.
Teachers Unions Want Wealth Taxes, Charter School Bans, and Medicare for All Before Schools Can Reopen
What does this have to do with safely educating kids in the midst of a pandemic? Not much.
The Media Wants To Guilt-Trip Parents Over School 'Pods'
Worried about how the latest COVID-19 workaround might exacerbate inequality? Maybe open the damned elementary schools instead.
New York City's Modest Reopening Marred by Arbitrary Guidelines
Phase 4 of city's reopening means loose rules for zoos but strict requirements for bars.
Private Schools Are Adapting to Lockdown Better Than the Public School Monopoly
A new survey finds parents are substantially more satisfied with private and charter schools’ responses to the pandemic than they were with those of traditional public schools.
More Mudslinging in the Debate Over School Reopening
Plus: World population could peak sooner than expected, data cast doubt on vaping and lung cancer link, massive Twitter hack had inside help, and more...
White House Backtracks on Controversial Plan To Kick Foreign Students Out of U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security announced in court that it would pull the contentious directive.
Should Schools Be Fully Reopened in the Fall?
The Reason Roundtable weighs in on the latest coronavirus policy debate.
Families Turn to Homeschooling as the Education Establishment Fumbles Its Pandemic Response
If you can’t count on schools to perform their core educational responsibilities, why wouldn’t you look elsewhere?
After Dems Exaggerate Impact, Panicked Kids Are Suing Over Betsy DeVos Title IX Changes
Distorted partisan descriptions of the Department of Education changes could be doing real damage.
John Roberts Just Annoyed Everybody. Is He the New Anthony Kennedy?
The chief justice has managed to infuriate every major political faction.
Don't Force Schools to Reopen, but Don't Force Families To Pay for Closed Schools Either
We should fund students instead of systems.
How Migration Restrictions Undermine Meritocracy
ICE's recent decision to bar foreign students enrolled at universities with online-only classes is the tip of the iceberg of a much larger problem.
Mr. de Blasio: Open Up Those Elementary Schools!
We know now that young kids aren't particularly susceptible to catch, transmit, or suffer from Covid-19. Time to give them (and their parents) a break.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Montana Blaine Amendment Barring State Aid to Religious Schools
The decision is an important victory against government discrimination on the basis of religion.
Supreme Court Delivers Big Win for School Choice and Religious Liberty Advocates
SCOTUS rules 5-4 in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue.
Reopen the Schools!
These big disruptions to the education system are not necessary to fight COVID-19.
How To Reboot the Government with Common Sense
Hold agencies and regulators accountable for outcomes, not compliance.
Glenn Loury on Police Abuse, Systematic Racism, and Hysteria
The Brown University economist says prejudice and systemic racism are not the primary problems facing African Americans.
Matt Boermeester, a USC Football Player Who Was Expelled After an Unfair Title IX Investigation, Wins in Court
"USC stripped away my hopes and dreams of playing in the NFL, and this ‘win' does not erase that."
Lacking a State-Issued Degree Shouldn't Bar You From Pursuing Vocational Education
The Institute for Justice fights for the right to receive paid training as a farrier without a high school diploma or equivalent.
3 Supreme Court Cases to Watch This Month
The justices weigh abortion, school choice, and federal anti-discrimination law.
No, Segregationists Weren't the Driving Force Behind School Choice
The anti-voucher polemic is augmented by historical half-truths and selective omissions of countervailing evidence.
