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.
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...
The Reason Roundtable weighs in on the latest coronavirus policy debate.
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.
Plus: Some California universities cancel in-person fall classes, the U.K. extends its lockdown, and more...
The Mat-Su School Board evidently doesn't understand the purpose of a school.
After an unexpected experience with different approaches to learning, many families won’t want to return to business as usual.
The video was appalling, but it does not constitute a safety threat.
Dr. Oz deserves criticism, but he was clumsily referencing a real—and actually encouraging—scientific study.
Most will avoid significant academic losses in the long term.
Scientists, teachers, and parents are asking: Why is one of the most coronavirus-impacted cities keeping its schools open "at all cost"?
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.
The little girl said, "I shoot you," but her mother says she didn't understand what she was saying.
To reduce conflict over classroom lessons, let people choose their kids’ education.
"Mandating the use of The 1619 Project in K-12 curricula is at best premature until these issues are resolved."
When educators don't see their parents and students as customers, they make some really stupid decisions.
She fights against school choice while her kid and grandkids go to private school.
The Washington Post finally corrected Dean Robert Pianta's erroneous op-ed.
Draconian anti-vaping policies are ruining students' lives.
"You don't like the building? You think it's old and decaying? Then get out there and push to get a new one," she said.
Elizabeth Warren was so "#PublicSchoolProud" that she sent her son to expensive private schools for the majority of his K-12 education.
"Anyone, regardless of age, accused of such disgraceful actions will be charged accordingly."
Such actions remind kids that government authority is stupid, arbitrary, and worth fighting at every opportunity.
She didn't break the law or threaten anybody, but her school still panicked.
A new ethnic studies curriculum will teach students that "ancient mathematical knowledge has been appropriated by Western culture."
More than 300,000 students in Chicago were out of school on Friday as the teachers strike continued.
Virginia Walden Ford talks about her role in integrating schools in the 1960s and leading a movement to escape failing public schools four decades later.
"The safety of our children in school is paramount, today more than ever," said the police chief.
The logic behind school busing is back. And so is flight from government-operated schools.
"Controlled choice" is supposed to fix inequality in New York public schools. It might make everything worse.
Kerri Owens' firing from her job at Allen High School may well be a First Amendment violation.
School lunches are unlikely to improve, whatever the lawsuit’s outcome.
"It was the year 2019, and everybody was finally equal."
Instead of teaching kids the importance of paying their debts, Wyoming Valley West school district offered a lesson about the arbitrary and terrifying power of government.
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