Some Tentative Suggestions for Safely Restarting In-Person Teaching at Universities
In-person teaching has major advantages over the online version. Here are some ways to restore it, while mitigating risk.
Education
Sixth Circuit Votes to Rehear "Right to Literacy" Case En Banc
The judges of the Sixth Circuit want to review the panel decision discovering a constitutional right to literacy, but the parties claim to have settled the case.
Homeschooling Thrives in the Face of Coronavirus
If the pandemic steers more parents away from state schools, that's probably a good thing.
Rand Paul's 'Attack' on Anthony Fauci Was Actually a Reasonable Point the Doctor Agreed With
Plus: Some California universities cancel in-person fall classes, the U.K. extends its lockdown, and more...
Alaskan School District Gets Rid of The Great Gatsby, 4 Other 'Controversial' Books
The Mat-Su School Board evidently doesn't understand the purpose of a school.
Let Healthy Young Americans Go To College and Work
Younger people aren't immune to the coronavirus but they are less likely to die or be hospitalized because of it. Let them choose their own risk.
Divided Sixth Circuit Panel Discovers Constitutional Right to a "Basic Minimum Education"
In a 2-1 decision sure to provoke substantial debate, a court concludes that states are obligated to provide citizens with a certain degree of education.
Education Won't Be the Same After the Pandemic Passes
After an unexpected experience with different approaches to learning, many families won’t want to return to business as usual.
Georgia High School Students Expelled for Racist TikTok Video Had Their Free Speech Rights Violated
The video was appalling, but it does not constitute a safety threat.
Learning To Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
Boys skateboard in the streets of Kabul, one student explains in the documentary, but girls would risk reprisals for daring to do so.
No, Dr. Oz Didn't Say Only 2–3% of Children Would Die of Coronavirus If Schools Reopened
Dr. Oz deserves criticism, but he was clumsily referencing a real—and actually encouraging—scientific study.
Kids Missing School Because of Coronavirus? Don't Worry Too Much
Most will avoid significant academic losses in the long term.
Jerry Falwell Jr. Has a Free Speech Problem
The Liberty University president thinks two reporters' coverage was unfair—so he wants them arrested.
How to Teach Your Kids During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Try 'Unschooling'
Education researcher Kerry McDonald sees this crisis as an opportunity to experiment with self-directed learning.
How Coronavirus Is Kickstarting the 21st Century
A global pandemic has done what 30 years of internet manifestoes never accomplished: a mass migration into our screens.
Moot Court in a Time of Coronavirus
If law students can run a moot court tournament through video conference, I'd think appellate courts can too.
This Rap-Based School Curriculum Is Teaching Kids That John Locke Was Cool Like Che Guevara
The Cuban revolutionary was not a big fan of life, liberty, and property.
Seattle's School System Has Begun Dismantling Its Gifted Programs
Parents should be able to respond to this blunt dismissal of their children's needs by taking their business elsewhere.
New York Bans Gatherings of 500 People Unless They Are Children Penned in Enclosed Spaces
Scientists, teachers, and parents are asking: Why is one of the most coronavirus-impacted cities keeping its schools open "at all cost"?
School Canceled Because of Coronavirus? A Homeschooler Offers Some Tips
If you try homeschooling, you may discover that it's not just a good way to keep COVID-19 at bay, but a good educational approach and fit for your family more generally.
Why Are Public Schools Fighting To Keep Home School Kids Off Their Teams?
In West Virginia, advocates have been fighting to pass the Tim Tebow Act since 2011. They're on the verge of scoring a partial legislative victory.
Bloomberg Supports Charter Schools, Deeply Vexes Sanders and Warren
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders correctly diagnose the problem, but fail to provide an adequate solution.
AOC Admits She Got Her Goddaughter Into a Bronx Charter School
The democratic socialist congresswoman has lamented that the public-school system hinges on zip codes.
Arkansas School Resource Officer Suspended After Video Showed Him Choking Student
The incident is just the latest in a string of excessive force incidents involving school resource officers around the country.
School Calls Cops on 6-Year-Old With Down Syndrome Who Made Finger Gun Gesture
The little girl said, "I shoot you," but her mother says she didn't understand what she was saying.
President Trump, Betsy DeVos Want To Reduce the Education Department's Size and Power
It's a solid budget proposal—too bad it won't go anywhere.
Trump: 'No Parent Should Be Forced To Send Their Child to a Failing Government School'
In his State of the Union address, the president promised to give an opportunity scholarship to a specific child who needed one.
Berkeley Weeded Out Job Applicants Who Didn't Propose Specific Plans To Advance Diversity
The university's litmus test is a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Elizabeth Warren Is a Teachers Union Pet
Despite costing less to educate, Boston's charter students significantly outperform their peers in both reading and math. So why is Warren still opposed?
Bureaucrats Are Trying to 'Control' School Choice
Administrators are squeezing out charters in the name of desegregation. The results: Parents are upset, enrollment is declining, and the schools are no more integrated than before.
Biased Textbooks Are Just Part of the Public School Curriculum Wars
To reduce conflict over classroom lessons, let people choose their kids’ education.
School Choice Opponents Need To Stop Gaslighting Parents
Education activist Andrew Campanella on the moral perversity of school-choice critics.
Watch Elizabeth Warren Lie About Her Son's Private School Education
Political hypocrisy on school choice needs to be exposed, says Reason Foundation's Corey DeAngelis.
Whatever Happened to the Classroom of the Future?
Clayton Christensen, father of the theory of "disruptive innovation," predicted that half of high school classes would be delivered online by 2018. What went wrong?
Sibling Grammy Winners Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell Praise Homeschooling
"I've never been to school. I grew up homeschooled, stayed homeschooled, never was not homeschooled."
Public Schools Are Teaching The 1619 Project in Class, Despite Concerns From Historians
"Mandating the use of The 1619 Project in K-12 curricula is at best premature until these issues are resolved."
We Chose Our Child's School. More Parents Should Be Given That Choice for Their Kids
It’s good to be able to pick an education that suits your kid instead of one crafted by bureaucrats.
