Corey DeAngelis: 2021 Was 'the Year of School Choice,' But 2022 Will Be Even Better
Covid lockdowns, insane teacher-union demands, and fed-up parents are fueling historic breakthroughs in all sorts of education reform.
Covid lockdowns, insane teacher-union demands, and fed-up parents are fueling historic breakthroughs in all sorts of education reform.
Long before the pandemic, millions of students were completing their education at home. I was one of them.
Biden wants billions for universal preschool, but a new study finds such programs could be harmful for children.
Inflation-adjusted revenue per student in public schools is up 68 percent in the Empire State—and 24 percent nationally—over the past two decades. Time for School Choice.
Charters have proved their worth by serving students failed by traditional public schools.
The West Virginia Hope Scholarship lets parents use their kids' per-pupil funding wherever and however works best for them.
School choice is the best alternative for parents who are reasonably frustrated with this insanity.
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Homeschooling, charter schools, and other “alternative” learning approaches are now mainstream.
The science isn't actually on school districts' side.
"It's the taxpayers that are funding this."
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As public schools push them out the door, many families are embracing change in how they educate children.
After doing the jobs of teacher, coach, and cafeteria monitor for more than a year, many parents resented being told to sit down and shut up.
As Democrats push back against more choice in schooling, the evidence in its favor keeps piling up.
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Children are too important to be entrusted to unions or government monopolies.
“Free” preschool will cost the government a lot of money.
Parents are at their wits' end and that might cost the Democrats the governor's race.
Calling voters racist is an odd closing argument, let alone an effective response to concerns over schools.
The governor’s race could be an opening for the culture war, or an opportunity for school choice policies that offer just about everybody what they want.
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The bill could provide much-needed assistance to students who would otherwise fall through the cracks.
One-size-fits-some policies drive parents and students to seek better education options.
Muzzling critics of government policy will just make them angrier.
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Normally, Randi Weingarten isn't a fan of giving parents more control over their kids' education.
Charter enrollment grew by 7 percent last school year, double the prior year.
"If you would have told me when I was 12 years old, I would run this organization, I would have said you were crazy."
It's time for some out-of-box thinking about school reform. What if we let the market do more work and relied on the state for less?
Families looking for alternatives to battlefields of the culture war have a bonanza of educational options.
Leading candidates Larry Elder, Kevin Faulconer, and Kevin Kiley cite homelessness, crime, housing costs, and energy shortages as evidence that one-party rule is failing the Golden State.
"It’s OK that our babies may not have learned all their times tables," says Cecily Myart-Cruz. "They learned resilience."
DeSantis was wrong to restrict options for COVID control in Florida schools, but the push to blame mask bans is misdirection.
Private schools can stay open even when pandemic rules shut government institutions, court says.
Government domination of education has bred distrust and conflict.
A new law allows cash-strapped districts to send students to private religious schools.
Religious families aren’t the only ones seeking escape from endless curriculum wars.
Democrat-heavy districts remain most likely to stay partly closed.
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Guide your children’s education and let your opponents teach their own kids.
It's wrong for politicians to suppress important debates in schools. Instead let families have more control of their kids' educations.