Will New York Lead the Way in Screwing Up School Reopening?
Remote learning continues to be the norm for more than three out of four New York City public school students.
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Oregon's Plan To Vaccinate Teachers Before the Elderly Is Terribly Misguided
If the aim is to reduce COVID-19 deaths, Oregon's plan is a failure.
The New York Times Helped a Vindictive Teen Destroy a Classmate Who Uttered a Racial Slur When She Was 15
"I’m going to remind myself, you started something," Jimmy Galligan told the paper. "You taught someone a lesson.”
Public Schools Are Losing Their Captive Audience of Children
Pandemic chaos is driving families to flee government institutions in search of education that better suits their needs.
As Schools Reopen, Chicago Will Hire 2,000 Employees to Assist Students Whose Teachers Stay Home
Surprise: The teachers union opposes this plan.
School Board Won't Reverse Fourth-Grader's Suspension for BB Gun Incident During Virtual School
Ka’Mauri Harrison is accused of bringing a BB gun to school. But he never left his house.
Chicago Teachers Union: 'The Push To Reopen Schools Is Rooted in Sexism, Racism, and Misogyny'
No one has fought harder to keep kids out of the classroom than teachers unions.
Lockdowns and Leviathan
How pandemics joined war, terrorism, crime, and economic depression in the toolbox for ratcheting up government
Anthony Fauci: 'Close the Bars and Keep the Schools Open'
"If you look at the data, the spread among children and from children is not very big at all."
New York, Shamefully, on the Verge of Shuttering Public Schools
Just 0.18 percent of randomly tested teachers and students have been positive for COVID-19. So why the hell would you close the schools?
Public School Forces Kids To Take the Bus Home. Walking Is Faster.
A mother of three children—ages 9, 10, and 11—just can't convince the principal to let them walk home.
Bureaucrats Declare War on Learning Pods. They'll Lose.
Flexible education crafted to meet family needs is destined to prevail over failing government schools.
COVID-19 Didn't Break the Public School System. It Was Already Broken.
Families are leaving traditional schools in record numbers for pods, homeschooling, charters, and more.
D.C. Schools Suddenly Abandon Plans To Reopen After Teachers Union Objects
"This timeline will need to be adjusted."
Survey: Parents Are Vastly More Satisfied With In-Person Education Than Distance Learning
Low-income kids were most likely to get online-only instruction, according to Pew.
'This Building Has Caused More Problems Than It Solved'
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on schooling during COVID-19, the future of higher ed, and why her cabinet department probably shouldn't exist at all
School Threatens 12-Year-Old With Arrest for Allegedly Missing 90 Minutes of Zoom Class
"Who in their right mind could do that?"
Joe Biden Has No Realistic Plan To Reopen Schools
Trump didn't offer much in terms of concrete solutions either.
Fairfax Teachers Union Wants Schools Closed Until August 2021
"No one should return to in person instruction until there is a widely available scientifically proven vaccine or highly effective treatment."
San Diego Public Schools Will Overhaul Its Grading System To Achieve 'Anti-Racism'
"If we’re actually going to be an anti-racist school district, we have to confront practices like this that have gone on for years and years."
San Francisco Won't Reopen Schools. But It Will Rename Them.
"To hear that the District is focusing energy and resources on renaming schools is offensive," says Mayor London Breed.
Public School Superintendent Who Warned Pod-Based Learning 'Causes Inequities' Is Sending His Own Kid to Private School
Alexandria City Public Schools is still in virtual mode, and top education official Gregory Hutchings has enrolled his child elsewhere.
Louisiana School Threatens 9-Year-Old Boy with Expulsion for Having BB Gun During Virtual Class
"They’re applying on-campus rules to these children, even though they’re learning virtually in their own homes."
Unlock the Damned Playgrounds, Already
Playing outside is one of the safest group activities kids can do, yet Gavin Newsom and other pols are extending the pandemic misery indefinitely.
Trump's 1776 Commission to 'Promote Patriotic Education' Is Executive Overreach
Plus: Child mortality has dropped sharply, progressives have retro ideas about sex, farmers get $14 billion, and more...
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Delays School Reopening at the Last Minute, Infuriating Parents
He also refused to apologize.
Trump's Struggle To Win the Gary Johnson Vote
Sadly for the president, 2016 Libertarians are not "all Republican voters." Sadly for us, his opposition to "endless wars" doesn't translate into ending them.
School Calls Cops on 12-Year-Old Boy Who Held Toy Gun During Zoom Class
Isaiah Elliott also received a five-day suspension, but plans to transfer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chicago Cuts School Police Budget by More Than Half
In other news, Chicago Public Schools will still spend $15 million on school police.
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.
