Plexiglass Barriers Are Everywhere, but They're Probably Useless
There's a good chance they haven't been preventing the spread of COVID, and they might even be counterproductive.
Public schools
Charter-Hating Democrats Now Relying on Charter Schools To Service Families Reluctant To Go Back Into School Buildings
The one-size-fits-all approach to monopolistic K-12 instruction continues to repel even as COVID-19 recedes.
Randi Weingarten's Hilariously Awful Media Rehabilitation Tour
Teachers union president tries to rebrand as a school-reopener, but parents aren't having it.
Teen Arrested Under Connecticut's Unconstitutional Hate Speech Law for Racist Social Media Post
Calling a classmate a racist slur on Snapchat is offensive. It’s also protected speech.
Americans Don't Want Schools To Punish Off-Campus Speech
Only students support extending the power to penalize speech, raising concerns about what they’re learning in school.
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of 'School Hesitancy'
Shocker: When you keep schools closed, lie about them being death mills, then call opening advocates white supremacists, parents may not be in a hurry to send their kids back to part-time Zoom-in-a-room.
Teachers Unions Use Political Clout To Keep Classrooms Closed
The public school system is a travesty that does not—and cannot—put students first.
In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Students Who Are Gifted at Math
The new framework aims to keep everyone learning at the same level for as long as possible.
White House: Schools Should 'Probably' Open in the Fall. Also: 'Maybe,' and 'It Depends.'
Amid message confusion, report shows teachers union fingerprints on the CDC's school reopening guidance.
Voters Have Defeated a Texas School District's Plan To Punish Students for Microaggressions
The opposition to Southlake's plan was understandable.
The Equity Mess
Despite their professed goals, Democrats' pandemic policies have widened disparities between races, classes, and genders.
This School Punished a Cheerleader for an Off-Campus Snapchat. Does That Violate the First Amendment?
The Supreme Court weighs the power of school officials to punish students for off-campus speech.
New York's Failed Political Class Puzzles Over Why Voters Seem To Prefer Outsider Andrew Yang
When government doesn't deliver, voters look for unpolished candidates from outside government. Go figure.
Republicans Open Schools, Democrats Still Keeping Them Closed
The latest data underscore an appallingly partisan split on what should be a more science-based decision.
Can Schools Punish Kids for Off-Campus Snapchats?
"The notion that a school can discipline a student for that kind of...non-harassing expression is contrary to our First Amendment tradition."
Kindergartners Abandoning Public School in Fall 2021, Too
A shocking 12 percent enrollment drop in New York City points to possible long-term structural impacts of the pandemic.
These N.C. Lawmakers Want To Police How Kids Express Their Gender
The latest anti-trans salvo isn't just a treatment ban. It forces school officials to snitch on kids who don't act or dress as their birth sex.
Teachers Unions Extracting Final Payouts Before Schools Reopen
L.A. teachers win $500 childcare concession, though New York union still holding firm on anti-scientific 2-case rule.
An Elite Public High School Changed Its Admissions Standards To Reduce the Asian-American Student Population
In the name of helping racial minorities, officials are adopting a plan that would boost whites at the expense of Asian Americans.
Legislators Override Kentucky Governor's Veto of School Choice Bill
Kentucky is now the 28th state with some form of school choice.
Kentucky Governor Caves to Special Interests, Vetoes School Choice Bill
Gov. Andy Beshear blocked a bill that would have allowed families to cross district lines in pursuit of better schools.
School Calls Child Services on Mom Who Was 7 Minutes Late to Pick Up Her 10-Year-Old Son
"I'm getting it out there to make people aware," said JaNay Dodson in an interview.
Teachers Unions Hate School-Opening Science Now That They Can't Influence It
Even after the massive Biden stimulus, union head honcho Randi Weingarten complains that schools don't have the resources or ability to fully reopen.
Everybody Except Teachers Unions Loves the CDC's Revised School Distancing Guidelines
By moving the recommended distance from six feet to three feet, the CDC brings the U.S. back in line with science, and hastens full school reopening.
Report: CDC May Relax Its Disastrously Strict School Distancing Rules
Mounting research shows that the Biden administration's politicized continuation of the six-foot rule last month flouts science and threatens full-time K-12 education in the fall.
California's Teachers Unions Are Still Fighting To Keep Children at Home
Despite billions in additional funding and assurances from the CDC and Anthony Fauci that schools can operate safely in person, the unions are holding out for 100 percent vaccination and lower transmission rates.
Biden Wants to Give Federal Workers 15 Weeks of Paid Leave if Their Kids' Schools Stay Closed
The rest of us are out of luck.
Dr. Seuss Is Canceled
President Biden did not mention the famed author in his Read Across America Day speech.
Donald Trump on School Reopening Failures: Joe Biden and Teachers Unions Have Betrayed America's Youth
The former president's wild CPAC speech was full of misleading claims, but he made a valid point about schools.
Richard Carranza, the Most Divisive Pro-'Equity' Public Official in America, Resigns
New York City's embattled public school system gets a new chancellor. But the influence of the old one will remain, and not just in the Empire State.
School Board Mocks Parents Who Support Reopening: 'They Want Their Babysitters Back'
In a hot mic moment, school officials were caught belittling parents.
The Dark Underbelly of Equity Based Thinking
Also: What we learned from impeachment.
Some Fairfax Students Go Back to School 2 Days a Week, Wear Masks, Sit 6 Feet Apart While Their Teachers Stay Home
Is this really what reopening looks like?
CDC's New 'Reopening' Guidance Will Keep Schools Closed in the Fall
This is what you get when you mix "science" with "stakeholders."
Did You Know That Two-Thirds of Families Prefer Full-Time, In-Person Schooling?
Probably not, if you read the newspaper. Parental preference is one of the most commonly misunderstood factors in the school-reopening debate.
Randi Weingarten Says D.C. Schools Should Close for Extra Cleaning If Anybody Catches COVID-19
A perfect example of hygiene theater
Biden Airlifts the Goalposts on School Reopening: 1 Day a Week!
Administration wants to spend $200 billion hiring new teachers for closed schools that are bleeding students. What could go wrong?
Pandemic-Forced Homeschooling Is Winning Converts
Unplanned and maybe even unwanted, coronavirus-fueled experiences with DIY education impress more people than they turn off.
San Francisco School Board President Says Critics of School Renaming Are Undermining Anti-Racist Work
"What I keep hearing is you're trying to undermine the work that has been done through this process."
When Fairfax Schools Reopen, More Than 2,000 Teachers Will Still Teach From Home
The school district is hiring classroom assistants to watch the kids as they learn from their laptops.
