Government Control Turns Schools into Partisan Battlegrounds
End the curriculum wars by letting families choose education options that work for them.
School Choice
Florida Men Screw Up Less Than Usual
The Florida Legislature had a heck of a week, passing everything from a major school choice program (yay!) to restricting the voting rights of felons (boo!).
Achievement Gap Between Rich and Poor Public School Students Unchanged Over 50 Years
Spending four times more in real dollars per pupil doesn't compensate for low-quality teaching.
Beto Called Charter Schools a 'Good Idea' in 2012. He Was Right.
The presidential candidate suggested at the time that charter schools and traditional public schools can coexist.
College Bribery Scandal Shows How School Systems Set Up Poor, Minority Students To Fail
Those without a financial leg up have a much harder time succeeding.
West Virginia Teachers Striking Over Law That Would Allow Charters and Vouchers for Special-Needs Students
Walkout unmasks how unions put kids second when it comes to publicly financed education.
This Private School Has a Better Way to Keep Kids Interested
"It was me choosing my life."
Cory Booker Is Running for President. Must He Run Away from School Choice?
The New Jersey senator was once a big supporter of education reform, but that could be a liability in 2020.
A Charter School Moratorium Will Not Fix What Ails L.A.'s Education System
The district's budget is broken, and the latest deal with the unions will make it worse.
Why School Choice Is Growing Everywhere: Podcast
Q&A with the president of National School Choice Week, Andrew Campanella
What Really Drove Los Angeles Teachers To Go on Strike?
They demanded higher salaries. The real problem: A disconnect between what teachers see in their paychecks and what employers are actually paying them.
Private College for $11,000 a Year? Libertarian Businessman Creates an Alternative to Higher Ed Waste
Bob Luddy, who made a fortune in commercial kitchen ventilation, is opening Thales College in North Carolina later this year.
Do Kids Need School? Inside the 'Unschooling' Movement
"School is a place where children go to learn to be stupid," said author and educator John Holt.
Private Schools Provide Educational Choice—For Now
Private schools are holding their ground against surging competition and scared regulators.
School Vouchers Aren't Welfare for the Rich
Data from North Carolina, Florida, and Arizona show how school choice programs take care of students who would otherwise be neglected.
Stossel: Exposing Students to Free Markets
Stossel in the Classroom offers teachers free videos.
Does School Choice Help Students Learn? All Signs Point To Yes
National School Choice Week, an annual event designed to promote educational options for K-12 students and parents, is underway.
Do You Believe in Educational Pluralism? Come Out to This Reason Event in D.C. on 1/23!
Lisa Snell interviews Johns Hopkins' Ashley Berner, author of Pluralism and American Public Education: No One Way to School.
New York Officials Threaten Private Schools
Once again, politicians in the Empire State want to leave nowhere to hide from their control.
Michael Bloomberg's Chances of Becoming President: Slim, None, and Fat
The latest trial balloon from the perennial White House Hamlet contains more lead than the paint of a New York public school.
The Fate of Arizona's Successful School Choice Initiative Hangs in a November Ballot Measure
Until we can get government entirely out of education, we'll have to keep fighting to preserve and expand our ability to choose what's right for our kids.
Teens Are Triggered By In-Class Presentations and Would Like Them Abolished
"I think if a student is really unsettled and anxious because of it you should probably make it something less stressful."
Public Schools Threaten Parents With Jail Time for Truant Kids
Those tykes are worth big bucks to institutional educators, so if you don't hand 'em over, you might be slapped with fines or even incarceration.
The Case for a Consistent Approach to Government Discrimination on the Basis of Religion
Both right and left decry implicit government discrimination on the basis of religion when it targets groups they sympathize with. But both are all too ready to turn a blind eye in other cases.
Decades after Brown v. Board of Education, Choice Finally Integrated Schools in Alabama's Poorest County
Opponents of charter schools often claim that school choice will segregate K-12 education. Sumter County, Alabama proves them wrong.
Back To School Choice
These days, kids are heading back to increasingly varied learning experiences that might or might not include anything recognizable as a traditional school.
Judge to Detroit Students: We Can't Force Schools to Actually Teach You Anything
Reading is fundamental, but it's not a fundamental right.
LAUSD's Fiscal Crisis Can't be Blamed on Charter Schools or Declining Enrollment
Rising benefits costs and a bloated administration is putting Los Angeles' schools deep in the red.
Arizona's #RedForEd Fiasco Was a Gift to School Choice Advocates
Seeing your kids held hostage in a battle between government factions is a great incentive to look for alternatives.
Stossel: Betsy DeVos Responds to Her Critics
Trump's secretary of education says she's "undeterred."
Why the Federal Government Can't Mandate an Ideal School Suspension Rate
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos might rescind Obama-era guidance on school discipline.
D.C. Public School Chief Resigns After Sneaking His Kids Into Top School
Top public school officials will risk their careers to have school choice. Maybe they should let everyone else have it too.
Success Academy Charter Schools Are a Big Success
The education establishment hates them.
Catholic School Parents Fight Lesbian Teacher's Firing. Here's Why That's Good.
School choice and cultural pressure are better than government mandates.
Michigan State Students and Faculty Protest Interim President for Supporting School Choice, Not Being a Woman
The Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal brings new leadership and old complaints.
Is Spending $1 Trillion on Education a Waste of Money? Bryan Caplan Says Yes.
"The Case Against Education" author and economist says "if all we're trying to do is prepare people for a job, why not prepare them with a *job*?"
"Micro-Schools" Might Be the Next Big Education Thing: Podcast
It's way past time that we dump factory-model schools for more individualized K-12 programs.
In New York, Rich Disabled Kids Get the City to Send Them to Private School. Poor Disabled Kids Get Screwed.
School choice is about extending the privileges of the upper middle class to everyone else.
Donald Trump Supports School Choice. Here's Why You Should Too.
We're spending more than double what we used to spend per pupil with no improvement on tests for high school seniors.
State Legislators Want to Repeal Charter School Law Before Any Charter Schools Have Opened
Officials tasked with setting up charter school rules are imposing onerous regulations instead.
The Case Against Education: Economist Bryan Caplan Says Government Spending of $1 Trillion a Year on Schooling Is a Waste
"If all we're trying to do is prepare people for a job, why not prepare them with a job?"
The Case for School Choice Is Overwhelming From Every POV Except One
You get one guess and if you can't figure out, go back to first grade.
Just How Much Did Nancy MacLean Get Wrong?
Despite being a finalist for the National Book Awards, Democracy in Chains is fatally flawed history.
No, Harvard Students, Betsy DeVos Is Not a 'White Supremacist'
More school choice, and fewer Title IX kangaroo courts, would actually help black students.
Union-Run Schools Dump Struggling Kids on Charters
Public schools cherry-picking students, something they once accused charters of doing.
