D.C.'s Preschool Teacher Education Requirement Won't Help Working Families
Even if credentialed teachers help kids learn more, it’s not worth making D.C. day cares prohibitively expensive and pushing experienced teachers out of jobs.
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Corey DeAngelis: How COVID Has Changed the Face of Education Forever
The school-choice scholar and activist explains why "backpack funding" is here to stay, why Texas is terrible on school choice, why CRT bans are a bad idea, and why even non-parents should care about radical reform.
The (Partial) Myth of the Poorly Paid Public School Teacher
In the popular imagination, teachers are compensated terribly. What about in the real world?
Despite Polarization, Americans Agree: School Learning Losses Are a System Failure
Democrats and Republicans share dismay over how educators handled the pandemic and support alternatives.
Corey DeAngelis: COVID Lockdowns Made School Choice Inevitable
By forcing kids to learn from home, teachers unions did more to promote the need for radical K-12 education reform than a million activists.
A Belated Vindication for School Reopeners
The Stolen Year acknowledges the public schools' COVID failures but refuses to hold anyone responsible.
Americans Increasingly See Political Polarization Overtaking Public Education
School choice would help families escape classroom battles by leaving the battleground.
Florida County Approves Bad Spanish Translation of Property Tax Ballot Measure
The Spanish text contains inaccurate translations of technical tax language and direct translations of phrases like "school resource officers," which could confuse voters.
COVID Taught More Than 1 Million Parents the Value of School Choice
Educational freedom is good for everybody but unions, bureaucrats, and the education establishment.
Arizona's New Law Funds Students, Not Just Government-Run Schools
Arizona's new law should make alternative school arrangements more accessible than ever to families interested in educating their kids instead of funding bureaucracies.
This Is the School Choice Moment. Will the GOP Screw It Up?
Republicans are in danger of squandering a promising opportunity for education reform on culture war squabbles.
Microschools Have a Big Future
Small-is-beautiful education avoids conflicts that plague larger one-size-fits-few institutions.
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.
Kids Stay Home as Chicago Teachers Revolt
Plus: Looking back on the Capitol riot, library book bans, and more...
Virginia Governor Race Is an Education Policy Wake-Up Call That Democrats (and the Media) Won't Heed
Calling voters racist is an odd closing argument, let alone an effective response to concerns over schools.
Pandemic Disagreements Fuel Exodus From Public Schools
One-size-fits-some policies drive parents and students to seek better education options.
Parents Are Filling the Political Vacuum for Charter School Support
Charter enrollment grew by 7 percent last school year, double the prior year.
Forget Classroom Battles: Homeschooling Is Easier Than Ever
Families looking for alternatives to battlefields of the culture war have a bonanza of educational options.
Learning To Live With Coronavirus
How the past two years of COVID-19 can better inform how we go about the next two
School Choice Picks Up Steam After Pandemic Closures
Unresponsive government institutions fuel state-level measures to help parents and children pick learning models that suit them.
Homeschoolers Triple in Number During the Pandemic
Not only are more families picking alternatives to public schools but, by and large, they like them.
Teachers Unions Hate School-Opening Science Now That They Can't Influence It
Even after the massive Biden stimulus, union head honcho Randi Weingarten complains that schools don't have the resources or ability to fully reopen.
School Choice Is Coming to Union Stronghold West Virginia
School closures are the best thing to happen to educational choice.
The Education Establishment Fears You Might Teach Your Kids Unapproved Ideas
Public schools can barely teach kids at all, but their defenders don’t want you trying alternatives.
Public Schools Are the Best Advertisements for Homeschooling
Abusive teachers’ unions and floundering bureaucrats make do-it-yourself education pretty attractive.
Maryland Is Vaccinating Remote Public School Teachers Before In-Person Private School Teachers
Teachers who refuse to go back to work should not get to cut in line.
A Rigged System Is Keeping a California Charter School Under Union Rule
First the union invaded, now it refuses to leave.
What Are the Prospects for School Choice Gains in 14 States?
If passed, new laws will give parents more control over how their education dollars are spent.
