Randi Weingarten Is Very Disappointed That NYC Mayoral Candidate Kathryn Garcia Supports Charter Schools
Yes, that very same Randi Weingarten, the teachers union president who has fought to keep children out of the classroom for the last year.
Yes, that very same Randi Weingarten, the teachers union president who has fought to keep children out of the classroom for the last year.
Only students support extending the power to penalize speech, raising concerns about what they’re learning in school.
The new framework aims to keep everyone learning at the same level for as long as possible.
Unresponsive government institutions fuel state-level measures to help parents and children pick learning models that suit them.
Giving kids more educational options would help produce the long-term change activists want.
Kentucky is now the 28th state with some form of school choice.
Gov. Andy Beshear blocked a bill that would have allowed families to cross district lines in pursuit of better schools.
Not only are more families picking alternatives to public schools but, by and large, they like them.
School closures are the best thing to happen to educational choice.
Public schools can barely teach kids at all, but their defenders don’t want you trying alternatives.
Abusive teachers’ unions and floundering bureaucrats make do-it-yourself education pretty attractive.
Why not give parents the money to send kids to a private school that is actually open?
Unplanned and maybe even unwanted, coronavirus-fueled experiences with DIY education impress more people than they turn off.
We literally can't afford it.
The silver lining to disastrous education lockdowns? A massive increase in support for all sorts of student-centered reforms.
First the union invaded, now it refuses to leave.
The pandemic showed me how many choices I have about my kids’ education. Everyone should have the same options.
Black families need control of their children's K-12 education, says the Minnesota activist. The past year's lockdowns might just make that happen.
There’s no reason to fight over the content of your kids’ lessons when you can choose your own.
Black education activist Chris Stewart is done with liberal falsehoods and conservative failure to deliver reform.
If passed, new laws will give parents more control over how their education dollars are spent.
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Making it easier for families to fund their preferred education options will be a lot more effective than throwing a big bribe to teachers unions.
Union leaders shame parents, arguing that equity gaps will widen if parents pull their children out of public schools.
"That behavior was unconscionable for our country."
Even as the pandemic has exposed the desperate need for disruptions to the calcified public school system, Congress just voted to restrict some of the very creativity that's sorely needed.
Pandemic chaos is driving families to flee government institutions in search of education that better suits their needs.
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Flexible education crafted to meet family needs is destined to prevail over failing government schools.
Families are leaving traditional schools in record numbers for pods, homeschooling, charters, and more.
Low-income kids were most likely to get online-only instruction, according to Pew.
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
Trump didn't offer much in terms of concrete solutions either.
The growing movement to fund students rather than government monopolies
Alexandria City Public Schools is still in virtual mode, and top education official Gregory Hutchings has enrolled his child elsewhere.
Lockdowns are forcing students, parents, educators, and even taxpayers to look for all sorts of alternatives to the status quo.
The University of Illinois' Jon Hale and Reason Foundation education analyst Corey DeAngelis go toe to toe
As K–12 education goes remote, groups of parents are hiring teachers to teach their kids in person. Is that wrong?
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 choice programs can help Hispanic families ease their fears about the coronavirus.
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.
Republicans have turned away from freedom in many ways during the Trump era, but at least they've embraced school choice at the national level.
Punishing families for struggling with distance learning is doubly wrong.
As families flock to virtual charter schools and "pandemic pods," California blocks the money from following the child.
Sen. Rand Paul wants to help families find a route around the public school monopoly.
DIY approaches to education—including homeschooling, learning pods, and microschools—are gaining popularity as public schools fold under pressure.
Independent education means a wide range of approaches as to what children are taught.